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April 26, 2023 | News | Interview
In their recent paper published in the “European Journal of Epidemiology” MPIDR Researchers Domantas Jasilionis and Alyson van Raalte and Pavel Grigoriev and Sebastian Klüsener from the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) have a closer look on the development of life expectancy in Germany. In this interview Domantas and Alyson explain their findings. more
April 19, 2023 | News | Welcome to the MPIDR
Bettina Hünteler has submitted her doctoral thesis in social sciences at the University of Cologne and is particularly interested in intergenerational relationships, the life course and social inequality. At the MPIDR, she plans to spend the next three years researching the interconnectedness between family networks and various indicators of social inequality. In her free time, she enjoys climbing and traveling. more
April 17, 2023 | News | Congratulations
Shubhankar Sharma successfully passed his viva on March, 30th at the University of St. Andrews. His thesis makes substantive and methodological contributions to the study of how socio-political inequities create and perpetuate disparities in later-life cognitive function. more
April 12, 2023 | Defo News
Read in the new issue of "Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand“ about how uncertainty affects family planning and the impact of pandemic related school closures on mental health and educational outcomes. more
April 11, 2023 | News | Timetable
Several researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) present their work at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, which takes place from April 12-15, 2023. The Institute also has an on-site exhibition booth #207. more
April 03, 2023 | News | Research Center
Starting in July, MAXHEL: Max Planck l University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health aims to unearth the pivotal social processes that generate health inequalities by building on novel conceptual insight and a completely unique data landscape. more
March 30, 2023 | News | Symposium
On the occasion of the first anniversary of his sudden passing away, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research honored its Founding Director with a one-day symposium showcasing James Vaupel's groundbreaking contributions to the field of demography. more
March 09, 2023 | Press Release
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany and the University of St Andrews in Scotland estimates how long a 50-year old person in the US is going to live without a partner and/or be cognitively impaired. In their paper recently published in “Population Studies” the researchers find disparities of up to 10 years both between men and women and ethnic groups. more
March 03, 2023 | Press Release
Researchers at the MPIDR and University of Wisconsin-Madison developed a new measure called GAP to assess contemporary mortality inequality in the US across racial-ethnic groups. They find that current estimates based on standard metrics such as life expectancy underestimate racial-ethnic disparities in mortality. more
March 02, 2023 | News | Media Coverage
Collecting and evaluating data correctly is of great importance, especially now during the Covid-19 pandemic. As social scientists and data researchers, our demographers are currently in great demand. A selection of their media coverage. more