Pop Place member Rachel Barber was recently invited to Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität (RPTU) to give a talk entitled “Beyond Shrinkage: Population Decline as a Multifaceted Phenomenon”. Rachel was invited by Dr. Karina Pallagst, the Dean of the Faculty of Spatial and Environmental Planning and the President of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP).