1. Lifesaving and a new ticket to life: A reappraisal of the resuscitation approach • Vanessa di Lego, Vienna Institute of Demography.

2. A radically simple way to monitor life expectancy • Ilya Kashnitsky, Interdisciplinary Centre On Population Dynamics, University Of Southern Denmark; Alexey Raksha, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Jose Manuel Aburto, University of Oxford; James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and Max Planck Odense Center.

3. How disadvantaged are Roma and Travellers in Europe in terms of life expectancy? Indirect estimations with the orphanhood method • Marc Luy, Vienna Institute of Demography.

4. The association between containment measures implemented by countries across the world and excess mortality linked to Covid-19: a study based on functional data analysis • Chiara Micheletti, European Doctoral School of Demography; Marco Stefanucci, University of Trieste; Stefano Mazzuco, University of Padova.