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May 19, 2017 | New Publication
Hardly anywhere in the world do people live longer than in Switzerland. But Switzerland’s life expectancy varies, pending on where people live. MPIDR-researcher Mathias Lerch has now looked at the reasons. more
May 01, 2017 | News
Four MPIDR-researchers have been awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. more
April 20, 2017 | News
On April 12, former MPIDR Director Joshua R. Goldstein was elected one of the 228 new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. more
April 19, 2017 | News
On April 22, people around the world are heading to the streets to defend the value of research and science. The management and the board of directors of the MPIDR support this action. more
April 16, 2017 | PAA 2017
Several MPIDR researchers will present their work at the Meeting of the Population Association of America, which takes place in Chicago, Il, from April 27–29. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth. more
April 11, 2017 | News
On April 6, MPIDR researcher Ralf Schaible successfully completed his habilitation at the University of Rostock. more
March 29, 2017 | Suessmilch Lecture
On April 6 Clara Mulder from the University of Groningen will give a lecture at the MPIDR. She will present a new perspective on internal migration which takes into account that also family ties have an impact on the mobility of people.
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March 13, 2017 | Interview
MPIDR researcher Marcus Ebeling has done an interview with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her podcast. He asked her how politics should deal with demographic change. more
February 27, 2017 | Obituary
Jan M. Hoem passed away February 25th. He has been MPIDR director until 2007 and founded the Laboratory for Fertility and Family Dynamics in Europe. He trained many of today’s younger family demographers. more
February 22, 2017 | Suessmilch Lecture
On February 28, 2017, Jay Kaufman from the McGill University, Montreal, Quebec will give a talk at the MPIDR entitled "Racial Health Disparities in the United States”. more