My research has been featured in the international press, such as The Economist, The Atlantic, El País, Der Spiegel, Scientific American, The Times, Die Zeit, CNN and Haaretz. I am also invited to speak at high-profile events about the demographic questions behind current affairs, from the future of the family to the human cost of armed conflict.

Media coverage

Newspapers

  • The Economist “The age of the grandparent has arrived.”
  • El País “Families are ever smaller, thinner and more stretched out.” In Spanish.
  • ABC “Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, demographer: there will be older people who have to care for their parents and their grandchild at the same time.” In Spanish.
  • La Vanguardia “Farewell to the phenomenon of grandparents at the school gate.” In Spanish.
  • Huffington Post “The average age of grandparents is changing — and it has startling implications.”
  • Southern Weekly “Fewer and fewer relatives.” In Chinese.
  • Der Standard “By 2095 people will have far fewer relatives. What are the consequences?” In German.
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung “Can friendships replace the family?” In German.
  • Tagesspiegel “Social environment: families will change dramatically in the coming years.” In German.
  • The Times “Why cousins are a dying breed — it matters more than you might think.”
  • Die Welt “Society: the classic family is in retreat.” In German.
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung “Families are shrinking — for China that is a problem.” In German.
  • Die Zeit “War dead in the Gaza Strip: more than 100,000 dead in the Gaza war.” In German.
  • Haaretz “From the individual to the family and beyond: what are the long-term social effects of bereavement?” In Hebrew.

Magazines and digital media

  • The Atlantic “The great cousin decline.”
  • Scientific American “Shrinking family sizes may change our experience with aging.”
  • Der Spiegel “People have fewer and fewer living relatives — a worldwide study of family sizes.” In German.
  • Papel (El Mundo) “The death of the family… as we know it: losing that support network will have very negative consequences in the future.” In Spanish.
  • National Geographic “How many living relatives we will have in the future.” In German.

Television, radio, and podcasts

  • CNN “Nearly 100,000 children in the US lost a parent to a drug overdose or gun violence in 2020, study finds.”
  • Deutschlandfunk “Study: the number of relatives in families is declining.” In German.
  • MDR Jump “Do people have fewer and fewer relatives?” on the podcast Fakt oder Fake. In German.

Public lectures and panels