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January 31, 2013 | News | New Research Project

How will families look like in the future?

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A new research project will investigate how family structures in Europe are changing. MPIDR researcher Michaela Kreyenfeld is participating in the project. more

January 29, 2013 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Changing living arrangements

Demographer Jane Falkingham from the University of Southampton will give a lecture at the MPIDR titled “Changing living arrangements across the live course; a focus on the UK” more

January 25, 2013 | News

Caravan of Science 2013

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At the opening event of the “Caravan of Science” (Wissenskarawane) on January 28 at the MPIDR school students can visit the institute and to get insights into the work of demographic researchers.

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January 24, 2013 | News | The Biodemography of Aging

A new Max Planck Center opens in Denmark

The Max Planck Society, in association with Syddansk University, has established a center for research on the biodemography of aging. MPIDR Director James W. Vaupel will head up the center, which opens on January 31, 2013. more

January 18, 2013 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Genetics and Demography

Sociologist Melinda Mills from the University of Groningen will give a lecture at the MPIDR titled “Fertile Frontiers: Towards genetically-informed demographic research to study fertility” more

January 15, 2013 | News | New Research Project

From disparities in mortality trends to future health challenges

Why do some countries experience continuous improvements in health and survival while others are lagging behind? A French-German team of scientists aims to answer this question more

January 07, 2013 | News | New Publication

France is growing while Germany is shrinking

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In the future, fewer people will live in Germany than in its neighbor to the west more

December 19, 2012 | Defo News

Wer traut sich noch?

Read in the new issue of “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand” why fewer people are getting married in France than in Germany and why by mid-century more people will nevertheless be living there than in the Federal Republic. more

December 18, 2012 | News | New Publication

Family and Partnership in eastern and western Germany: Things staying different after all?

Twenty years into unification - and still, eastern and western Germans continue to have different living arrangements. Which are these? A book, co-edited by MPIDR-researcher Michaela Kreyenfeld, provides answers. more

November 15, 2012 | Press Release

Nonmarital Births on the Rise

MPIDR researchers provide for the first time data on regional variation in the rise of non-marital fertility across 497 European regions. The analysis covers the last 50 years. more

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