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May 02, 2015 | News
MPIDR-director Jim Vaupel turns 70 on May 2. The MPIDR staff wish him a happy birthday! more
April 21, 2015 | News
Many MPIDR researchers will present their work at the Meeting of the Population Association of America, which takes place in San Diego from 30 April to 2 May. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth. more
April 20, 2015 | News
On April 14 2015, demographer and statistician Griffith Feeney held a lecture about the problems in developing countries demography at the MPIDR. more
April 14, 2015 | News
On April 13 Felix Ringelhan, a doctoral student at the MPIDR, has successfully defended his PhD. His dissertation focused on the aging processes of various basal animals, particularly Cnidaria. more
April 14, 2015 | Defo News
Read in the new issue of “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand“ why retirees today are much more active than in the past and what advantages demographic change could bring us. more
April 01, 2015 | News | Süßmilch Lecture
On April 14, 2015, demographer and statistician Griffith Feeney will give a lecture at the MPIDR. He will address problems demographers face when investigating demographic issues in developing countries. more
March 19, 2015 | News
Former MPIDR-researcher Anne-Kristin Kuhnt has received a prize for young researchers at this year’s Annual Meeting of the German Society for Demography (DGD). more
February 21, 2015 | News | Supercentenarians
140 years ago, on February 21, 1875, Jeanne Calment was born in the town of Arles, southern France. She died in 1997 at the ripe age of 122, with the longest confirmed human lifespan at record. Why she lived that long is a puzzle to researchers. more
February 10, 2015 | News
In a new study, MPIDR-researcher Olga Grigorieva has shown that people with higher education are less likely to use long-term care than people with lower education. more
February 04, 2015 | News
The MPIDR welcomes the new cohort of the MaxNetAging Research School. Since February 2, 2015, 12 participants from six countries have been staying at the Institute for six months. more