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

17

Scientific Presentations

Talks@BIOSFER

2:00 PM: Talk with Emilie S. Dahlberg (Aarhus University) - A status on clinical fecundity examinations in BIOSFER FEMALE EAST
2:20 PM: Talk with Kelsey Wright (MPIDR) - Diversification of Sending Regions of Immigrants and National Fertility in Finland
2:40 PM: Talk with Maria Lyster Andersen (NIPH) - The Transition to Grandparenthood: Health and Labour Market Effects  More

All Events

Registration for Online Participation

Second Rostock Open Science Workshop

Introduction to our research groups

Labor Demography

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

Klein, J. D.; Weber, I. G.; Zagheni, E.:

Stop, in the name of COVID! Using social media data to estimate the effects of COVID-19-related travel restrictions on migration   Demography, 1–19. (2024)

Shi, J.; Aburto, J. M.; Martikainen, P.; Tarkiainen, L.; van Raalte, A. A.:

A distributional approach to measuring lifespan stratification    Population Studies 77:1, 15–33. (2023)

More Publications

Questions and Answers

Being a Researcher at the MPIDR

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Life & Research in Rostock

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Winter 2024

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The Quarterly German Newsletter

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

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