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June 04, 2019 | News | Rostock´s Eleven
People of high social status enjoy prestige and are deemed competent; people of low social status are viewed as less capable. But how can such stereotypes be changed? MPIDR researcher André Grow is looking into this question. more
May 27, 2019 | News | Workshop Announcement
The MPIDR and IUSSP invite to a workshop on the use of web and social media data in demographic research taking place in Munich on June 11th, 2019. more
May 22, 2019 | News | Workshop Announcement
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) organizes a workshop on migration data and models, at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York City on August 9th, 2019. more
May 14, 2019 | News | New Publication
Using Facebook data on musical preferences, MPIDR researchers have shown in a new study that immigrants in the US adapt to the culture of their new homeland in very diverse ways. more
May 14, 2019 | News | Suessmilch Lecture
On May 21, Christopher Winship from the Harvard University will give a talk about new methods for age-period-cohort analysis at the MPIDR. more
May 08, 2019 | News | Conference Announcement
The Human Mortality Database Project team is organizing the 5th Human Mortality Database Symposium. The Symposium and the Satellite Meeting are scheduled to take place on 13-15th of May, 2019 at the Harnack Haus in Berlin. more
April 16, 2019 | News | Suessmilch Lecture
On April 23, 2019, Emily Smith-Greenaway from the University of Southern California, will give a lecture about life after death: The scale and salience of mortality exposure in sub-Saharan Africa. more
April 12, 2019 | News
Two researchers from the MPIDR have shown that the health of migrants in Italy adapts over time to that of their new compatriots. The worse the socio-economic situation of the immigrants is, the faster this convergence is. more
April 11, 2019 | Press Release
Income and social status have an increasing effect on life expectancy in Germany. On average, men with very low retirement pay die five years earlier than those who are much better off, a new MPIDR study shows. more
April 01, 2019 | News | PAA 2019
Several MPIDR researchers will present their work at the Meeting of the Population Association of America, which takes place in Austin, Texas, USA from April 10–13, 2019. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth. more