Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

New Faces at MPIDR | November 14, 2025

Welcome Aysha Basheer!

Aysha Basheer joins the team  of the Laboratory of Migration and Mobility at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). Aysha comes to MPIDR from the University of Manchester, where she is working toward her PhD in Social Statistics. Her thesis focuses on data-driven approaches to estimate and forecast human migration, specifically using Bayesian methods to understand patterns and determinants of migration flows.  More

Research Funding | November 05, 2025

Six Million Euros for MigScene!

Mikko Myrskylä, the director of the MPIDR and professor at the University of Helsinki, and his colleagues, Wolfgang Lutz, the founding director of the Wittgenstein Center for Demography, Mirkka Danielsbacka, professor at the University of Turku, and Anna Rotkirch, research professor at Family Federation of Finland, will receive six million euros over the next six years to do research on population projections for migration scenarios, human capital development, and sustainable integration (MigScene).  More

Marriage or Separation | October 29, 2025

How Age and Cohabitation Duration Modulate Partnerships Transitions

Scientists have developed a model to analyze transitions from non-marital cohabitation to either marriage or separation considering two-time scales simultaneously: the age of the individuals and the duration of the cohabitation.  More