New Faces at MPIDR | February 06, 2025

Welcome, Kelsey Wright!

Since January, Kelsey Wright is a new member in the Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being at the Department of Social Demography. In her research she focuses on family formation and fertility and how they are influenced by inequalities in society. She already had a wonderful start at the Institute with her smart, caring and fantastic coworkers. More

February

Scientific Presentations

LabTalks@DCD

Olle Järv from the University of Helsinki gives a talk. More

All Events

Registration for Online Participation

Second Rostock Open Science Workshop

Call for Papers

Growing Divergences in Longevity in High-Income Populations

Introduction to our research groups

MaxHel Center

Press Release | February 03, 2025

Understanding the Increase in Stillbirth Rates in Germany Amid European Declines

The stillbirth rate in Europe has been steadily improving over the last few decades, but there are some exceptions. In Germany and Belgium, rates have significantly increased since 2010, while other European countries have seen declines or stability. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) have investigated how factors like increasing maternal age and multiple births may have influenced these trends and differences across Europe. The analyses indicate that these factors explain only a small portion of the variations. More

Selected Publications

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)

Dudel, C.; Schneider, D. C.:

How bad could it be? Worst-case bounds on bias in multistate models due to unobserved transitions Sociological Methods and Research 52:4, 1816–1837. (2021)

More Publications

Career

Open Positions

Call for Papers

Demographic and Health Consequences of Violence and Armed Conflict

Questions and Answers

Being a Researcher at the MPIDR

Working at MPIDR

Life & Research in Rostock

Latest Publications | January 29, 2025

Winter 2024

New Issue 4/2024 available | December 18, 2024

The Quarterly German Newsletter

New articles every week

Workshop@PAA2025

Introduction to Digital Trace Data for Migration Studies

January 22, 2025

Research School at the MPIDR to Become a Permanent Institution

The International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS) has been made permanent by the Max Planck Society. This decision was announced at the Annual Academy, which took place from 4 to 6 December 2024. More