Season´s Greetings 2024 | December 18, 2024

Looking Forward to New and Exciting Opportunities in 2025

A look back shows that in 2024, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) saw many accomplishments, scientific gatherings, and reasons to celebrate at the Institute. More

January

Scientific Presentations

LabTalks@SocialDemography

Philipp Dierker from the Laboratory of Population Health, Biosfer and MaxHel Center and Zafer Büyükkececi from the Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being and Biosfer give talks. More

All Events

New Issue 4/2024 available | December 18, 2024

The Quarterly German Newsletter

Latest Publications | November 26, 2024

Winter 2024

Introduction to our research groups

Gender Inequalities and Fertility

Workshop | December 18, 2024

2nd Annual MaxHel Center Meeting

For the second time, the researchers of the Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health met for their annual MaxHel Center meeting at the beginning of November, this year in Rostock. A total of 40 people from MPIDR and the University of Helsinki took part in the two-day event. More

Selected Publications

van Raalte, A. A.; Basellini, U.; Camarda, C. G.; Nepomuceno, M. R.; Myrskylä, M.:

The dangers of drawing cohort profiles from period data: a research note Demography, 1–10. (2023)

Dudel, C.; Loichinger, E.; Klüsener, S.; Sulak, H.; Myrskylä, M.:

The extension of late working life in Germany: trends, inequalities, and the East-West divide Demography, 1–23. (2023)

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Career

Open Positions

PhD Studentship in Social Statistics with focus on Digital and Computational Demography

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Questions and Answers

Being a Researcher at the MPIDR

Working at MPIDR

Life & Research in Rostock

Press Release | September 03, 2024

Pandemic Childcare Burden on Mothers: Study Reveals Increased Mental Health Strain

Open Access

Online Available Books

Press Release | September 25, 2024

Hardest Hit by Heat: Study Exposes Racial Disparities in U.S. Mortality Rates

News | October 15, 2024

The Debate on the Limits of Human Life Extension Continues

New Publication | December 05, 2024

Education Level Predicts Childbearing Trends in Same-sex Partnerships

A new study by the University of Helsinki and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has examined the fertility trends of same-sex female couples in Finland. The data shows a significant increase in the likelihood of these couples having a child within five years of registering their partnership, rising from 20% to 45% for partnerships registered between 2002 and 2016. This trend was particularly pronounced among couples with a higher level of education, while the probability decreased among couples with a lower level of education. More