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April 08, 2014 | News
Since April 1 André Schmandke has been serving as head of the International Research Network on Aging. The 31-year-old came to Rostock from the ETH Zurich, where he recently earned his PhD in neuroscience. more
April 02, 2014 | Press Release
Mapping the very old: Those who reached an age of 105 years or more in Germany are concentrated in the north-west and in Berlin. more
March 25, 2014 | Defo News
Read in the new issue of “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand“ about the partnership stability of partners living apart together and how life expectancy in Belarus has changed since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. more
February 27, 2014 | News | Picture Gallery
The Arctica islandica, or ocean quahog, can survive to a very high age—up to 500 years. But in order to reach this age, the clam has to live in the Atlantic. If it grows in the Baltic Sea instead, its life expectancy is only around 40 years. Researchers at the MPIDR are trying to find out why this is the case. more
February 25, 2014 | News
The MPIDR has launched a new research group, focusing in the main on the interplay between social policy and familial behavior. The group is led by Michaela Kreyenfeld. more
February 19, 2014 | News
MPIDR researchers Fanny Kluge and Tobias Vogt have been awarded a paper price by the Journal of Economics of Ageing. The article looks into the question of whether public spending on pension and health care increases life expectancy. more
February 13, 2014 | News
MPIDR researcher Tobias Vogt has successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Rostock. His Ph.D. work addressed the extent to which specific factors — primarily health care and disposable income — lead to higher life expectancy. more
February 03, 2014 | News | Aging Research
The MPIDR welcomes the new cohort of the MaxNetAging Research School. Starting February 3, 12 participants from six countries will stay at the Institute for six month. more
January 20, 2014 | News
Spiegel Online has constructed an interactive map of Germany's population development - with data supplied by MPIDR researcher Sebastian Klüsener. The Institute is making available the original data to those interested. more
January 17, 2014 | News
MPIDR researcher Michaela Kreyenfeld has been appointed Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. more