The Italian Society of Historical Demography will take part in the 2026 Conference of the Italian Society of Economics, Demography and Statistics, entitled “Analysis of Socio-economic, Environmental and Health Systems: the Integrated One Health Approach”, to be held in Catania from 27 to 29 May 2026.
As part of the conference, SIDeS is organizing the historical demography session:
Demographic Systems, Environment and Socio-economic Change in Historical Perspective
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 14:00–15:30
Room 4 – Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania
The session brings together contributions focusing on the relationships between demographic dynamics, environmental conditions, and socio-economic change in historical perspective, with case studies from Sicily, Sardinia, and Northern Italy.
Scheduled presentations:
- Gabriele Dore, Giambattista Salinari — The Long (H)arm of Population Decline? Causal Effects of Life-Exposure to Population Decline on Life Course Mobility
- Annalisa Busetta, Filippa Bono, Michel Poulain — Long-Life Patterns in Small Municipalities: Evidence from the Madonie Area (Birth Cohorts 1881–1917)
- Marcantonio Caltabiano, Alessio Fornasin, Giuliana Freni — Demographic Dynamics in Nineteenth-Century Sicily: Montallegro 1821–1865
- Francesco Scalone — Seasonality and the Demographic System at the Onset of the Demographic Transition: Evidence from Emilia-Romagna Provinces (1862–1923)
- Gabriele Ruiu — Maestri o Processioni? Municipal Budget Choices and the Fight Against Illiteracy in Late 19th-Century Sardini
The full conference programme is available at the following link:
SIEDS 2026 Conference Programme
Further information on the conference and the scientific sessions can be found on the official conference website.