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This paper builds on the surveys undertaken under the FEMAGE project in eight countries (the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, and Finland) among natives on attitudes about migration and immigrants, interviews in these countries with immigrant women about their migration experiences, and policy deliberations among European stakeholders about policy options for addressing needs for immigrants in ageing societies and needs for their integration in the new home country. In this paper we have chosen to first address five critical questions: ? How native and migrant women see each other? ? How is need for migration viewed? ? How is integration perceived? ? What are the perceptions and experiences of discrimination? ? Emancipation and perceptions of one's own old age, and life satisfaction Then we identify policy implications of our survey findings. Finally, we discuss policy choices and draw conclusions about needs for tailoring of integration policies based on the reflexive approach and involvement of the key policy stakeholders active in European institutions and multipliers such as international NGOs and media.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Setting the Stage for Reflecting on a Universal Morality -- Abstract -- 1.1 Evolution Science -- 1.1.1 The Darwinian Revolution -- 1.1.2 The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis -- 1.1.3 The Molecular-Genetic Revolution -- 1.1.4 The Second Darwinian Revolution -- 1.2 The Hominisation Process -- 1.3 The Modernisation Process -- 1.4 Confronting Hominisation with Modernisation -- 1.5 The Time Dimension: The Third Millennium -- 2 Origin and Evolution of Morality -- Abstract -- 2.1 Evolutionary Mechanisms Producing Predispositions to Morality -- 2.1.1 Mutation -- 2.1.1.1 Genetic Mutation -- 2.1.1.2 Cultural Mutants -- 2.1.2 Selection -- 2.1.2.1 Natural Selection -- 2.1.2.2 Cultural Selection -- 2.1.2.3 Social Selection -- 2.1.2.4 Sexual Selection -- 2.1.2.5 Kin Selection -- 2.1.2.6 Reciprocity Selection -- 2.1.2.7 Coercive Selection -- 2.1.2.8 Group Selection -- 2.1.3 Migration -- 2.1.4 Genetic and Cultural Drift -- 2.1.5 Partner Choice -- 2.2 Evolutionary Background of Morality -- 2.2.1 A Brief Review of Evolutionary Ethics Theory -- 2.2.1.1 The Is/Ought Question and the Naturalistic Fallacy -- 2.2.1.2 The Darwinian and Spencerian Beginnings of Evolutionary Ethics -- 2.2.1.3 The New Evolutionary Ethics Following the Development of the Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Synthesis -- 2.2.1.4 The Latest Revision of the Evolutionary Ethics Theory Inspired by the Second Darwinian Revolution -- 2.2.1.5 Continuity, Refinement, but Persisting Discordance About Evolutionary Ethics -- 2.2.2 Biological Bases of Morality: Natural Needs and Drives -- 2.2.2.1 Individual Ontogenetic Development -- 2.2.2.2 Sociality -- 2.2.2.3 Reproduction -- 2.2.2.4 Competition Between Natural Needs and Drives -- 2.2.3 Evolutionary Causes of Human Morality -- 2.2.3.1 The Shift from Instinctive to Conscious Behaviour

This two-volume work explores social cohesion and the demographic challenges of low birth rates and population aging. The authors approach the topic from the perspective of citizens and key policy actors, analyzing attitudes from 14 European countries regarding the European integration process, demographic trends, and expectations towards private networks and public policies. Volume 2 focuses on demographic developments, gender issues, and aging.

Recently, the need to contribute to the evaluation of the scientific, social, and political impact of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research has become a demand of policy makers and society. The international scientific community has made significant advances that have transformed the impact of evaluation landscape. This article reviews the existing scientific knowledge on evaluation tools and techniques that are applied to assess the scientific impact of SSH research; the changing structure of social and political impacts of SSH research is investigated based on an overarching research question: to what extent do scholars attempt to apply methods, instruments, and approaches that take into ac-count the distinctive features of SSH? The review also includes examples of European Union (EU) pro-jects that demonstrate these impacts. This article culminates in a discussion of the development of the assessment of different impacts and identifies limitations, and areas and topics to explore in the future.

Recently, the need to contribute to the evaluation of the scientific, social, and political impact of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research has become a demand of policy makers and society. The international scientific community has made significant advances that have transformed the impact of evaluation landscape. This article reviews the existing scientific knowledge on evaluation tools and techniques that are applied to assess the scientific impact of SSH research; the changing structure of social and political impacts of SSH research is investigated based on an overarching research question: to what extent do scholars attempt to apply methods, instruments, and approaches that take into account the distinctive features of SSH? The review also includes examples of European Union (EU) projects that demonstrate these impacts. This article culminates in a discussion of the development of the assessment of different impacts and identifies limitations, and areas and topics to explore in the future.