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December 08, 2021 | Interview
MPIDR-Researchers Marília Nepomuceno and Alyson van Raalte propose a novel lifespan variation measure in their recent paper published in Demography. In this interview, the researchers explain why it is important to analyze lifespan inequality and how the new metric provides an alternative perspective. more
December 06, 2021 | Prize for Excellent Paper
A paper which estimates the impact of mobility restrictions on excess deaths in England and Wales during the first wave of Covid-19 by Ugofilippo Basellini and colleagues was granted the award in the name of former MPIDR Director Jan M. Hoem. more
December 02, 2021 | IPC 2021
Several MPIDR researchers present their work at the IUSSP's International Population Conference, which takes place in a virtual manner from December 5 to 10, 2021. more
November 30, 2021 | Congratulations
Marie Böhnstedt from the Joint Research Laboratory of Statistical Demography successfully defended her doctoral thesis on “Statistical Methods for Frailty Models: Studies on Old-Age Mortality and Recurrent Events” at Leiden University Medical Center. more
November 24, 2021 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Coming from the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Isabella Marinetti is a new PhD-Student in the Joint Research Laboratory of Demographic Data. She wants to investigate the geographical and temporal pattern of mortality at a subnational level, in particular for Italy. more
November 18, 2021 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Coming from the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Athina Anastasiadou is a new PhD-Student in the Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography. She wants to find out why women and children decide to migrate. more
November 16, 2021 | Interview
One and a half years ago, Sophie Lohmann founded a group that promotes sustainable science at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). The main focus is on reducing CO2 emissions. In an interview, the researcher tells us why this is important and how their goals will be achieved. more
November 11, 2021 | New Publication
Studying Facebook data has helped reveal the number of European migrants in the UK has been underestimated by as much as 25 percent according to new research published in the journal Demography. more
November 10, 2021 | Interview
Sofia Gil-Clavel, PhD-Student at the Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) compared survey data and Facebook data to study the association between over-50-years-old’s characteristics and the likelihood of having close friends offline and online. more
November 10, 2021 | COVID-19 Blog
The COVID-19 pandemic has been dominating our lives for about two years now. Science has done an extraordinary job during this time at unravelling mysteries and unlocking solutions. In like manner, researchers at MPIDR are investigating demographic issues in connection to the novel coronavirus. more