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October 04, 2017 | News | Former MPIDR Director
On April 11, 2017, the MPIDR held a workshop in memory of its former Director Jan Hoem, who passed away at the end of February of this year. Here we have summarized some impressions of the event. more
September 22, 2017 | News
MPIDR PhD student Georg Wenau was presented with the best poster award at the annual conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Demografie. more
September 21, 2017 | News
At this year's conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Demographie, Tobias Vogt was presented with the award for "Best Paper." more
August 03, 2017 | News | New publication
Bechstein’s bat has a low death rate well into old age. This could be one reason why unusual natural events often have such severe consequences for the bat's populations. more
July 20, 2017 | Press Release
People with good health behaviors can expect to live seven years longer than the general population, and to spend most of these extra years in good health. more
July 11, 2017 | News | New Publication
A new analysis shows for the first time that the male birth rate in eastern Germany has hit a global record low. more
June 17, 2017 | Defo News
In the new issue of “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand,” read about the values, goals, and perceptions of refugees in Austria, and about why the birth rate of German men is lower than the birth rate of German women. more
June 02, 2017 | News | News
The probability of not reaching the next year of life is not the same at every moment of life. MPIDR-scientist Marcus Ebeling provides likely reasons for varying values in different age groups at Rostock’s Eleven, which takes place on June 9. more
June 01, 2017 | Press Release
New MPIDR study: A mother's advanced age at childbirth is not the reason for the elevated risks of low birth weight or preterm birth, but may instead be related to individual circumstances and behavioral patterns of the mother. more
May 30, 2017 | News
Many studies have demonstrated that the cognitive abilities of children with low birth weight are generally lower than those of their normal-birth-weight peers. A MPIDR-study shows that these disadvantages have shrunk significantly over the past decades. more