Demographic Transitions, Health and Well-Being : International Conference on Demographic Transition, Health and Technologies 2025 ICDTHT25, February 13-15, Salinas, Ecuador

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.

Pedro Miguel Gaspar is PhD Professor in the Economy, Sociology and Management Department (DESG) at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal and in Department of Economics and Management (DEG) at the Prince Henry Portucalense University, Oporto, Portugal. His is a researcher in human resources management, aging, economics of aging and health, and integrated in Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD) at UTAD. He is the founder and current President of the Intercontinental Association for Science and Research (AICI). He worked for 29 years as Higher Education Professor in Portugal and several years as Director of Human Resources or General Manager in different companies and in the largest and oldest social organizations in Portugal. He has also accumulated for several years the functions of trainer and consultant in numerous Portuguese companies and public entities.

David Facal Mayo is PhD Professor in the Department of Evolutive and Educational Psychology and Coordinator of Masters’ program in Psychogerontology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. His current research interests are the study of cognitive deterioration in its initial phases, including its early detection and non-pharmaceutical approaches; cognitive reserve, cognitive aging; and assistive technologies. He has published articles in various international journals.. In 2007 he was awarded the Humanitas Prize by the Economic and Social Council of the University of Santiago de Compostela for his social work as a psychologist in Galician Association of Help for patients with Alzheimer's Dementia (AGADEA).