Reflecting critically on 50 years of the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) (RGS‐IBG) Population Geography Research Group (PopGRG), and drawing on interviews with leading population geographers of the British Isles, this paper identifies defining features of Population Geography that attest to its longevity: personal connections and material production; fluidity and adaptability over time and through interdisciplinary contexts; and utility, vitality and relevance of the subdiscipline. We argue that continuation of care, material production and nimbleness can sustain the subdiscipline in the context of ongoing neoliberalisation across Higher Education. To remain vital, Population Geography must also decolonise and promote ‘population thinking’ to more boldly and critically attend to contemporary global challenges.

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人口思维的可能性：从英国皇家地理学会（与英国地理学家学会）人口地理学研究组成立50年的反思看人口地理学的历史与未来

本文批判性地回顾了英国皇家地理学会（与英国地理学家协会）(RGS-IBG) 人口地理学研究小组 (PopGRG) 成立 50 周年，并根据对不列颠群岛主要人口地理学家的采访，确定了人口的定义特征证明其长寿的地理：人际关系和物质生产；随着时间的推移和跨学科背景的流动性和适应性；以及该分支学科的实用性、活力和相关性。我们认为，在高等教育持续新自由主义化的背景下，持续的关怀、物质生产和灵活性可以维持该分支学科。为了保持活力，人口地理学还必须去殖民化并促进“人口思维”，以更大胆、更批判性地应对当代全球挑战。