Research Scientist

Ugofilippo Basellini

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Ugofilippo Basellini is a research scientist in the Laboratory of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. His research focuses on statistical demography, particularly mortality modelling and forecasting, lifespan inequality and formal demographic methods for the study of mortality. His research has been published in leading journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Demography, and the International Journal of Forecasting. He is also a strong advocate for open science. In 2025, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant to establish his own research group for the project The Future of Longevity.

Projects

Analyzing and Monitoring the Early Spread of COVID-19: A Demographic Perspective Projects details
Demographic Perspectives on Kin Availability and Kin Loss Projects details
Forecasting Individual-Level Mortality Projects details
Forecasting Population-Level Mortality Projects details
Formal and Statistical Approaches to the Study of Inequalities in Mortality Projects details
The Impact of Climate Change and Environmental Exposures on Demographic Outcomes Projects details

MPIDR Publications

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Badolato, L.; Decter-Frain, A. G.; Irons, N. J.; Miranda, M. L.; Walk, E.; Zhalieva, E.; Alexander, M. J.; Basellini, U.; Zagheni, E.:
Demography, 1–24. (2026)    
Gómez Ugarte Valerio, A. C.; Basellini, U.; Camarda, C. G.; Janssen, F.:
Population Studies, 1–17. (2026)    
Kim, J. S.; Carrasco Armijo, J. I.; Vishnoi, S.; Liang, Y.; Lauber, M.; Cortes, J. D.; Akbaritabar, A.; Basellini, U.; Zagheni, E.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2026-019. (2026)    
Wang, Y.; Basellini, U.; Camarda, C. G.:
Social Science and Medicine 390:118881, 1–11. (2026)    
Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Basellini, U.; Zagheni, E.:
Population Studies 79:1, 45–57. (2025)    

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