We study the structure and dynamics of populations and explore issues of political relevance, such as aging, fertility, and the redistribution of work over the life course, as well as digitization and the use of new data sources for the estimation of migration flows.
New Faces at MPIDR | February 16, 2026
Welcome, Mallika Snyder!
The Lab of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-being welcomes Mallika Snyder as a new team member. Mallika joins MPIDR after spending over two years at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York, where she worked as an applied demographer developing subnational population projections to inform UN humanitarian action. She is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Ph.D. program in Demography and the M.A. program in Statistics. The title of her dissertation was "Mortality Crises as Experienced by Their Survivors: Computational Approaches to the Study of Bereavement." More
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Kick-Off
Advancing New Perspectives and Methodologies in Family and Population Research in sub-Saharan Africa.
The University of Malawi, in partnership with MPIDR, is hosting a kick-off workshop to formally inaugurate the partner group UNIMAX led by Ben Malinga John. The workshop will bring together researchers and institutional partners from across countries, under the theme 'Advancing New Perspectives and Methodologies in Family and Population Research in sub-Saharan Africa.' More
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Microsimulation Methods in Demography: Fertility Applications
Call for Abstracts
Second International Workshop on Life Course Analysis
Introduction to our research groups
Statistical Demography
New Research Group | February 06, 2026
New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography
For more than five decades, the Max Planck Research Groups have been a key focus of promoting young scientists within the Max Planck Society. The selection process for group leader positions is rigorous. Last year, Marcus Ebeling, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), successfully completed the process. He will lead the 'Medical Demography' research group from July onwards. More
Selected Publications
Basellini, U.:
Open science practices in demographic research: an appraisal Demographic Research 50:43, 1265–1280. (2024)
Conte Keivabu, R.; Cozzani, M.; Wilde, J.:
Temperature and fertility: evidence from Spain Population Studies, 1–15. (2024)
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Recommended Readings | February 12, 2026
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New Issue 4/2025 available | December 18, 2025
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Press Release | August 26, 2025
Cohort Life Expectancy is no Longer Rising as Quickly
January 15, 2026
Important Relatives
Family research usually focuses on the nuclear family, i.e. the father, mother and children. Relationships with other relatives have hardly been studied to date. Yet these relationships play an important role. More