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April 11, 2012 | News | New Publication
AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe are suffering due to the dissolution of the traditional family network, according to a simulation that modeled the population development of the country. more
March 30, 2012 | News
Indian demographer Nandita Saika has been awarded with the Max-Planck-India Fellowship. more
March 28, 2012 | Defo News
Read in the new issue of „Demografische Forschung aus erster Hand“ about why female Turkish immigrants in Germany are getting children less often, and why the birth rate in Germany could be higher than previously thought. more
March 27, 2012 | News
Having entered the competition with the slogan "We produce wind", Rostock has beaten runner-up Jena. The city will receive up to 65.000 euros in prize money. more
March 21, 2012 | News | New Publication
Field ecologists are facing data problems as data sets often have large gaps. A new program developed by MPIDR researchers closes the gap. more
March 11, 2012 | News | Suessmilch Lecture
Economist Christian Dustmann from University College London will give a lecture at the MPIDR addressing the question “Why don´t we like immigration?” more
March 05, 2012 | News | New Publication
MPIDR researcher Vladimir Shkolnikovhas published a book about life expectancy and causes of death in Ukraine. The book traces a century of European history. more
February 27, 2012 | News
On this date 350 years ago, John Graunt presented to the Royal Society in London the first life tables. This date is considered the birthday of demography. more
February 21, 2012 | News | City of Young Scientists 2013
Rostock and Jena are the finalists in the annual competition. The prize is awarded to cities that have made exceptional efforts to get young people interested in science. more
February 14, 2012 | News
Karin Tesching has defended her thesis successfully at the University of Stockholm. She analysed the interrelations between a woman’s educational trajectory and her childbearing behaviour. more