Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

New Research Group | November 19, 2025

New Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing

For over 50 years, Max Planck Research Groups have been a key source of support for junior scientists. They provide postdoctoral researchers with first-rate support to help them advance in their scientific careers. The selection procedure for Group Leader positions is rigorous. Susie Lee, research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), is one of the successful applicants. She will lead a research group to study reproductive ageing.  More

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