Research & Projects
Population research for planning, policy, and public understanding
PSR HUB brings together research on population projections, fertility, human capital, ageing, migration, education, and subnational futures. The work connects academic evidence with tools, training, visual communication, and policy-facing outputs.
Featured platform
POPSYM
POPSYM is a core research and modelling direction connected to population systems, multidimensional demographic analysis, and scenario-based thinking. This space will introduce the platform, its questions, applications, data products, and links to related tools and publications.
What POPSYM should connect
- Population projection models and scenario analysis
- Education, human capital, labour force, ageing, fertility, mortality, and migration
- Interactive dashboards, Shiny apps, and reproducible workflows
- Research papers, policy briefs, visual cards, and teaching materials
Project hubs
Current and developing research hubs
Population projections
Nepal Population Projections 2021-2051
Subnational population projection work supporting planning, policy, dashboards, and visual communication.
Fertility
Fertility behaviour and sociocultural differences in Nepal
A project hub connecting a BMC Women’s Health paper, seminar recording, future brief, press release, and public discussion.
Regional applications
Mozambique population projection work
Projection work, dashboard development, training, and workshop engagement connected to Mozambique population futures.
Themes
Research themes
Population projections
National and subnational projection models, scenarios, and planning applications.
Fertility and transition
Fertility behaviour, demographic transition, social differentials, and reproductive health.
Human capital
Education, skills, labour force, and multidimensional population modelling.
Ageing
Age structure, dependency, care systems, public finance, and ageing societies.
Migration
Internal migration, emigration, immigration, and regional population change.
Tools and communication
Dashboards, cards, policy briefs, teaching materials, and public-facing outputs.
Publication
The POPSYM paper
6 August 2026
Journal article
Population-Based Systems Models for National Planning: A Proposal for Country-Owned Demographic Systems Infrastructure
Samir KC sets out POPSYM as a country-owned analytical infrastructure that places population dynamics at the centre of integrated national planning, connecting demographic projections to health, education, labour, housing, food, water, and climate questions.
Populations, 2(3), 16. DOI: 10.3390/populations2030016.
Connect research to outputs
Each project can connect papers, datasets, seminars, visual cards, dashboards, briefs, press releases, and public comments in one place.
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