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January 10, 2017 | News | Rostock
From January 11 to 24, the “Wissenskarawane” gives school students the opportunity to get insights into the research done at research institutes in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. On January 17, the MPIDR opens its doors to students. more
December 20, 2016 | Press Release
A new MPIDR study makes birthrates for men in Germany available for the first time. Men on average have less children then women and have them later in life. Differences are strongest in eastern Germany, where men set a new world record for low fertility. more
December 19, 2016 | News
A low birth weight is considered a risk factor for decreased cognitive abilities in later life. This risk factor now seems to be dissolving; it is much less pronounced in younger birth cohorts. more
December 19, 2016 | Defo News
Read in the new issue of “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand“ how strongly future life expectancy in the Netherlands depends on the level of education and what impact a large health sector has on prosperity and economic growth. more
December 16, 2016 | News
On December 15, former MPIDR PhD student László Németh successfully defended his thesis at the University of Rostock. more
November 28, 2016 | News | Suessmilch Lecture
On December 1, Joel E. Cohen from the Rockefeller University, NY, USA, will give a talk at the MPIDR entitled "Evaluating multi-regional population projections with Taylor's law of mean-variance scaling and its generalization". more
November 22, 2016 | Press Release
New PNAS study: The higher the life expectancy in a society, the smaller the difference between the ages at which people will die. Scientists discover a novel regularity for vastly different human societies and epochs. more
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