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March 05, 2026 | Press Release
In a recent study published in the journal Population and Development Review, researchers quantified how many Colombians have ever lost at least a family member to conflict-related violence in the country. These killings and disappearances can be considered a deliberate tactic to destabilize families and communities. more
March 04, 2026 | News
Migration research focuses primarily on high-income countries and regions, such as Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. Despite their significant migrant populations, researchers have found that low-income countries, particularly in Africa and parts of Asia, are underrepresented.
A recent study identified and analyzed about 125,000 migration-related publications. It shows that research output depends largely on the national research infrastructure and the authors' affiliation with specific institutions. more
February 20, 2026 | News | Congratulations
MPIDR researcher Philipp Dierker has won the Best Paper Award of the German Society for Demography (DGD). Philipp received the award on February 11 at the DGD's Workshop on “Changing Work Ability: Health, Disability, Care Work in the Context of Demographic Developments” for his paper "Re-partnering and single mothers‘ mental health and life satisfaction trajectories" in the Journal of Marriage and Family. more
February 16, 2026 | News | New Faces at MPIDR
The Lab of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-being welcomes Mallika Snyder as a new team member. Mallika joins MPIDR after spending over two years at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York, where she worked as an applied demographer developing subnational population projections to inform UN humanitarian action. She is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Ph.D. program in Demography and the M.A. program in Statistics. The title of her dissertation was "Mortality Crises as Experienced by Their Survivors: Computational Approaches to the Study of Bereavement." more
February 06, 2026 | News | New Research Group
For more than five decades, the Max Planck Research Groups have been a key focus of promoting young scientists within the Max Planck Society. The selection process for group leader positions is rigorous. Last year, Marcus Ebeling, a scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), successfully completed the process. He will lead the 'Medical Demography' research group from July onwards. more
January 30, 2026 | News | Phd
Donata Stonkute, from the Laboratory of Population Health at MPIDR, successfully defended her doctoral thesis, “Measuring and Explaining the Educational Gradient in Health Across Europe: The Role of Individual and Contextual Factors”, at the University of Helsinki. Her findings advance comparative ageing research and inform context-sensitive policies aimed at reducing health inequalities in older populations. more
January 29, 2026 | News
We are happy to announce that our colleague Jutta Gampe has been appointed to the Chair of Excellence in Transformative Change: Statistical Demography at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz. more
January 15, 2026 | News
Family research usually focuses on the nuclear family, i.e. the father, mother and children. Relationships with other relatives have hardly been studied to date. Yet these relationships play an important role. more
December 18, 2025 | Defo News
In the first article of this issue of Demografische Forschung aus Erster Hand, you will learn why family research should also focus more on relatives outside the nuclear family. The second article deals with the question of whether and when refugee women and men have children. The last article deals with palliative care for seriously ill people, which varies greatly depending on the illness. more
December 18, 2025 | News | Season´s Greetings 2025
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) looks back on an eventful and successful year. We wish all MPIDR employees, research partners, and supporters a peaceful holiday season and a happy New Year. We look forward to 2026 and to seeing and getting to know new and familiar faces at MPIDR, at PAA 2026, EPC 2026, and many other events. more