Matthijs Kalmijn

Prof. Matthijs Kalmijn holds a dual role as Professor at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Spatial Sciences (Department of Demography) and Senior Researcher/Theme Leader at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI-KNAW). His expertise spans demography, sociology, quantitative research methods, and family/life course studies. He coordinates major surveys like the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study and Parents and Children in the Netherlands (OKiN), focusing on topics such as migration, social inequality, and intergenerational relations.

Education: PhD in Demography from UCLA (1991).
Key Research Areas: Family dynamics, migration, divorce economics, parental support inequalities, and cultural demographics. His work addresses how social structures and policies shape individual and familial trajectories.

Grants & Projects: Secured €30 million for social cohesion research (2024) and leads multi-country projects on aging and migration. His research informs policy through analyses on retirement migration, immigrant return intentions, and cultural audience trends.

Awards: Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), recognizing his contributions to demographic science. Active in public discourse on topics like classical music attendance demographics and retirement migration impacts.

Labs/Teams: Core member of NIDI and collaborator with international networks like Population Europe. Supervises interdisciplinary teams analyzing complex family structures and late-life employment trends.