Research Scientist (post-doc)

Risto Conte Keivabu

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Risto Conte Keivabu is a postdoc in the Laboratory of Digital and Computational Demography of Emilio Zagheni at the Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research in Rostock (Germany).

His research interests are in climate change, socio-demographic inequalities and demography. More precisely, in his work he I tries to understand the population consequences of climate change and environmental exposures.

MPIDR Publications

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Conte Keivabu, R.; Chunara, R.:

Monsoon weather and food security in Pakistan

Food Security, 1–16. (2026)    

Kannankeril Joseph, V. J.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Muttarak, R.; Zagheni, E.; Mazzuco, S.:

Harvesting effect and extreme temperature-related mortality in Italy

European Journal of Population 42, 1–37. (2026)    

Conte Keivabu, R.:

Changes in birth seasonality in East and West Germany, 1946-2017

Comparative Population Studies 50, 41–56. (2025)    

Fard, P.; Huegel, J.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Dominici, F.; Zagheni, E.; Estiri, H.; Patel, C. J.:

Developing a spatiotemporal repository of extreme heat and cold exposure in the United States for precision public health research

Environmental Science and Technology 59:37, 19872–19884. (2025)    

Kannankeril Joseph, V. J.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Muttarak, R.; Zagheni, E.; Mazzuco, S.:

Harvesting effect and extreme temperature-related mortality in Italy

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-018. (2025)    

Recent All

Conte Keivabu, R.; Chunara, R.:

Monsoon weather and food security in Pakistan

Food Security, 1–16. (2026)    

Kannankeril Joseph, V. J.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Muttarak, R.; Zagheni, E.; Mazzuco, S.:

Harvesting effect and extreme temperature-related mortality in Italy

European Journal of Population 42, 1–37. (2026)    

Conte Keivabu, R.:

Changes in birth seasonality in East and West Germany, 1946-2017

Comparative Population Studies 50, 41–56. (2025)    

Fard, P.; Huegel, J.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Dominici, F.; Zagheni, E.; Estiri, H.; Patel, C. J.:

Developing a spatiotemporal repository of extreme heat and cold exposure in the United States for precision public health research

Environmental Science and Technology 59:37, 19872–19884. (2025)    

Kannankeril Joseph, V. J.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Muttarak, R.; Zagheni, E.; Mazzuco, S.:

Harvesting effect and extreme temperature-related mortality in Italy

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-018. (2025)    

Ronnkvist, S. R.; Haskell-Craig, Z.; Robinson, A.; Conte Keivabu, R.; Hauer, M. E.; Bovienzo, D.; Zagheni, E.:

What’s the TEE: metrics of temperature extremes in Europe NUTS regions (1980-2024)

Scientific Data 12:1114, 1–9. (2025)    

Valdés, M. T.; Espadafor, M. C.; Conte Keivabu, R.:

Can a low emission zone improve academic performance? Evidence from a natural experiment in the city of Madrid

Population and Environment 47:1, 1–31. (2025)    

Bernardi, F.; Conte Keivabu, R.:

Poor air quality at school and educational inequality by family socioeconomic status in Italy

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 1–40. (2024)    

Conte Keivabu, R.:

Temperature and school absences: evidence from England

Population and Environment 46:6, 1–20. (2024)    

Conte Keivabu, R.; Basellini, U.; Zagheni, E.:

Racial disparities in deaths related to extreme temperatures in the United States

One Earth 7:9, 1630–1637. (2024)    

Conte Keivabu, R.; Cozzani, M.; Wilde, J.:

Temperature and fertility: evidence from Spain

Population Studies, 1–15. (2024)    

Conte Keivabu, R.; Widmann, T.:

The effect of temperature on language complexity: evidence from seven million parliamentary speeches

Iscience 27:6, 1–13. (2024)    

Conte Keivabu, R.; Zagheni, E.; Fink, A.:

Dementia and risks of temperature-related mortality and hospitalizations in Germany

Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 1–29. (2024)    

Zanasi, F.; Conte Keivabu, R.:

Extreme temperatures and morbidity in old age in Europe

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 22, 1–28. (2024)    

Bernardi, F.; Conte Keivabu, R.:

Poor air at school and educational inequalities by family socioeconomic status

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-014. (2023)    

Conte Keivabu, R.:

Jeff Goodell The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet Little Brown and Company, 2023, 400 p., $29.00 [book review]

Population and Development Review 49:4, 971–974. (2023)    

Conte Keivabu, R.:

Spatial and temporal disparities in air pollution exposure at Italian schools

Genus 79:27, 1–27. (2023)    

Conte Keivabu, R.; Cozzani, M.; Wilde, J.:

Temperature and fertility: evidence from Spanish register data

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-021. (2023)    

Valdés, M. T.; Espadafor, M. C.; Conte Keivabu, R.:

Can a low emission zone improve academic performance? Evidence from a natural experiment in the city of Madrid

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-048. (2023)    

Conte Keivabu, R.:

Extreme temperature and mortality by educational attainment in Spain, 2012–2018

European Journal of Population 38:5, 1145–1182. (2022)    

Conte Keivabu, R.; Basellini, U.; Zagheni, E.:

Racial disparities in deaths related to extreme temperatures in the United States between 1993 and 2005

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-028. (2022)    

Conte Keivabu, R.; Cozzani, M.:

Extreme heat, birth outcomes, and socioeconomic heterogeneity

Demography 59:5, 1631–1654. (2022)    

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