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April 04, 2022
A new independent Max Planck Research Group led by Diego Alburez-Gutierrez will be launched in May. The group will study how differences in kinship among persons and groups determine individual outcomes and structure human societies. more
April 04, 2022
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) will launch a new independent Max Planck Research Group in June, focusing on explanations why family life events such as union formation, separation, parenthood and family extension play out differently for women and men. The group is led by Nicole Hiekel. more
April 01, 2022 | 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 in an hybrid manner from April 6-9, 2022. The Institute also has an on-site exhibition booth and a virtual presence. more
March 28, 2022 | Obituary
We are saddened to announce that the Institute’s founding director and director emeritus, Prof. Dr. James W. Vaupel, passed away yesterday, after a brief period of critical illness. more
March 11, 2022 | Opinion Piece
Dmitri Jdanov, Head of the Laboratory of Demographic Data at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, David A. Leon, Professor of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and nine colleagues wrote a letter to the editor in “Lancet Regional Health – Europe” to comment on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ist public health consequences. more
March 04, 2022 | New Publication
In their recent paper in PNAS, Robert Stelter and Diego Alburez-Gutierrez analyzed the pitfalls and opportunities of using online genealogies to study long-term demographic processes. more
February 25, 2022 | Interview
In this Interview, Alyson van Raalte, Head of the Independent Research Group: Lifespan Inequalities gives an overview on how demographic research on mortality patterns has developed over the past 25 years, identifies two major challenges for the field in the future and explains why she thinks data availability also comes with a price. more
February 21, 2022 | Interview
Viorela Diaconu and colleagues want to introduce new measures to gauge key demographic issues in aging societies, one of them being the modal age at death. In this interview she talks about the advantages of this measure and her findings after applying it to Finnish register data. more
February 16, 2022 | New Publication
A team including MPIDR Researchers investigated changes in the union – first birth dynamics from 2000 through 2018 in Finland. The researchers observed a lower fertility in unions after 2010, a long-term decline in marriage rates and increasing dissolution rates among cohabiting couples. more
February 15, 2022 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Before Christian Bader started his job at the MPIDR in February, he had already worked for a 5-star hotel and a medical technology company. In this interview, he talks about things equally important to both employers, what he is looking forward to in his new job, and what everyone really should do at least once in Rostock. more