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July 24, 2013 | News | Poster Award
During the 28th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling Ph.D. student Silvia Rizzi won the Toyota Motor Corporation Award for the best student poster more
July 17, 2013 | News | New Publication
For the first time, women in the East between the ages of 50 and 64 have lower mortality than women in the West more
July 12, 2013 | News
Ph.D. student Christine Schnor was awarded a poster prize during the international workshop “Life Course Transition after Separation“ more
July 10, 2013 | Press Release
New MPIDR study: Rising unemployment rates stop upward trend of fertility in European countries more
July 09, 2013 | Defo News
Read in the new issue of “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand“ why education protects against natural disasters and how many years in life expectancy people in Eastern Germany have gained thanks to the fall of the wall. more
July 04, 2013 | News
MPIDR-researcher Mikko Myrskylä has been appointed full professor at the London School of Economics. He will take up his new position in the Department of Social Policy in September. more
June 20, 2013 | News
On June 19, Boris Kramer from the Laboratory of Evolutionary Biodemography successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Mainz. His Ph.D. research focused on the lifespan of eusocial insects. more
June 10, 2013 | News
Are birth rates rising when the state ensures that childcare provision is high? MPIDR-researcher Sandra Krapf has been looking deeper into this matter. At Rostock’s Eleven, to take place June 13, 2013, she will present some of the results of her Ph.D. work. more
June 06, 2013 | News | Research Award
MPIDR-researcher Adam Lenart has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal. The Medal comes with a prize money of 7500 Euro and is awarded by the Max Planck Society to young scientists for outstanding scientific achievements. more
April 16, 2013 | News | Suessmilch Lecture
On April 19 Filiz Garip from Harvard University will give a talk at the MPIDR. She will focus on the question, which mechanisms underly the migration from Mexico to the US more