Demographic Transitions, Health, and Well-Being

Demographic transitions, including migratory flows and global ageing, increasingly affect the activity of many countries on different continents. The impacts of this on the health and well-being of societies seem to be a growing source of concern. Interventions in physical and cognitive health will open new paths of development of societies. This book explores the interconnection amongst demographic transition, health, and well-being. Featuring selected contributions presented at the 2025 International Conference on Demographic Transition, Health, and Technologies (ICDTHT25) held in Salinas, Ecuador, the contents of this book explore issues such as aging population, migration, physical health, and cognitive health as well as new approaches and innovations for the well-being of societies. It provides researchers, scholars, students, and academics with an interdisciplinary contribution to research on demographic transition, health, and well-being.

Esperanza Navarro-Pardo is a PhD Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Psychology, and Director of Research in Psychology at InterTech Interdisciplinary Modelling Group at the University of Valencia, Spain. Dr. Navarro-Pardo’s current area of research is in health psychology, in particular healthy aging and high-performance, Frailty Syndrome, and Autism Spectrum Disorders in women.  She is on the review board of several journals, including  BMC Neuroscience, World Journal of Surgical Oncology, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Journal of Genetic Psychology, Death Studies, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, among others. She has been involved in more than 25 research projects (regional, national and European) and published more than 100 scientific publications, including journal articles, books and book chapters and presented at more than 100 national and international scientific conferences. 

Veland Ramadani is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at the Faculty of Business and Economics, South-East European University, North Macedonia. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management, and family businesses. He authored or co-authored around 200 research articles and book chapters, 15 textbooks, and 35 edited books. He has received the Award for Excellence 2016 ? Outstanding Paper by Emerald Publishing Group. Furthermore, his research influence is underscored by his consistent inclusion among the World's Top 2% of the most influential researchers by Elsevier and Stanford University for the last five consecutive years. Between 2017 and 2021, Dr. Ramadani served as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Development Bank of North Macedonia, where he also took on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) for 10 months.