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October 04, 2017 | News | Former MPIDR Director

Impressions of the workshop held in memory of Jan Hoem

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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

Congratulations!

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

“Best Paper” award for Tobias Vogt

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 bats don’t age

Gerald Kerth, University of Greifswald

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

A healthy lifestyle increases life expectancy by up to seven years

MichaelJBerlin / photocase.com

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

Children born to fathers

photocase: altanaka / photocase.com

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

More people without children or less people with many children?

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

Puzzling mortality

barbaclara / photocase.com

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

Mother´s age doesn´t matter

DOC RABE Media / Fotolia.de

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

Better prospects for small babies

marshy / photocase.com

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

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