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November 15, 2016 | News | Call for Papers
In 2017 the Human Mortality Database Project celebrates its 15th anniversary. On this occasion a symposium will be held on May 22 to 23, 2017 in Berlin. more
November 09, 2016 | News
In June 2017 the MPIDR hosts the Rostock Retreat on data visualization. The retreat aims to bring together people interested in the visualization of population data. Applications will be accepted until January 15, 2017. more
November 02, 2016 | News | RAPHIS
The database RAPHIS has gone online recently. It contains individual data from censuses, church registries and death registers in Rostock from 1800 to 1905. more
October 19, 2016 | News | Demografische Forschung aus Erster Hand
Over the last century, life expectancy rose on average by three months a year. As this trend is mainly attributable to life expectancy gains among more educated people people are getting older. This shows that there is still considerable room for for an increase in the average life expectancy to continue to improve. more
October 09, 2016 | News | News
On October 9, 2016 MPIDR researcher Angelo Lorenti has been awarded the “Valeria Solesin” prize by the Italian Society of Statistics for his thesis. The prize is endowed with 1000 Euro. more
September 29, 2016 | News
On September 27, 2016, MPIDR PhD student Robert Stelter successfully defended his PhD at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium; and at the University of Rostock. In his work, Robert Stelter studied incentives to procreate from three different perspectives. more
September 26, 2016 | Defo News
Read in the new issue of "Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand" what Europe thinks of working moms with small children and how the highly educated can show us the way to higher life expectancy. more
September 08, 2016 | News | News
MPIDR-researcher Alyson van Raalte has been awarded a grant of up to 1.48 million euro from the European Research Council for a research project on inequalities in ages at death. more
August 31, 2016 | News | Interview
An interview with MPIDR director Mikko Myrskylä about the future of our longer lives, the riddle of low fertility, gender equality and why demographic science should care about people’s well-being. more
August 17, 2016 | News
Many MPIDR researchers will present their work at the European Population Conference, which takes place in Mainz from 31 August to 3 September. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth. more