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January 18, 2013 | Suessmilch Lecture
Sociologist Melinda Mills from the University of Groningen will give a lecture at the MPIDR titled “Fertile Frontiers: Towards genetically-informed demographic research to study fertility” more
January 15, 2013 | New Research Project
Why do some countries experience continuous improvements in health and survival while others are lagging behind? A French-German team of scientists aims to answer this question more
January 07, 2013 | New Publication
In the future, fewer people will live in Germany than in its neighbor to the west more
December 18, 2012 | New Publication
Twenty years into unification - and still, eastern and western Germans continue to have different living arrangements. Which are these? A book, co-edited by MPIDR-researcher Michaela Kreyenfeld, provides answers. more
November 06, 2012 | New Publication
The MPIDR has published a new monograph in the "Demographic Research" series. In this book, author Eva Kibele researches and illustrates the distribution pattern of mortality risk in Germany. more
November 02, 2012 | New Science Publication
According to classical evolutionary theory, aging evolved because nature’s selective forces diminish as age increases. Two MPIDR scientists suggest that we may have to seek for an alternative explanation to understand why we age. more
October 30, 2012 | In the Press
Human mortality risk continues to decline. This downward trend has now lasted for well over 100 years. What was once the statistical investigation of death has become the science of long life. This is the issue that occupies MPIDR demographer Jutta Gampe. more
October 22, 2012 | New Publication
In 1950, the average life expectancy for women in Iceland was 73.5 years. But this figure is a snapshot of the conditions of the year 1950. The global life expectancy record for women of this cohort is actually expected to be at least 10 years higher. more
October 16, 2012 | Lectures
Within the framework of the international Ph.D. program Demo-Doc, three renowned scientists will hold lectures on October 22 and 23 on well-being and happiness. The lectures are open to the public. more
October 08, 2012 | New Publication
Using demographic methods, ecologist Roberto Salguero-Gómez investigates desert plants to find out how vulnerable they are to climate change. The results of his newest study are surprising: Climate change may have a positive impact on some plants. more