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March 21, 2013 | Press Release

Lifetime fertility on the rise

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New MPIDR projections: In many developed countries the trend of falling cohort birth rates reverses. Women born in the 1970s will have more babies than previous cohorts. more

March 11, 2013 | News | In the Press

The number of 110-year-olds continues to grow

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An article in the newspaper “Tagesspiegel” looks at longevity research at the MPIDR. It poses an important question that we have yet to fully answer: Why do we keep getting older? more

March 04, 2013 | Press Release

World population: The end of growth is improbable

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The global population may not stabilize at a level of 10 billion, as projections by the United Nations suggest. more

February 14, 2013 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Demography in Latin America

Albert Esteve from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) will give a lecture at the MPIDR entitled “The Second Demographic Transition in Latin America: are we seeing the first traces?” more

February 08, 2013 | News | Lecture

Labor market uncertainty and fertility

Sociologist Barbara Hofmann from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg will give a lecture at the MPIDR entitled “Labor market uncertainty and fertility” more

February 01, 2013 | News

New Max Planck Odense Center has been opened

On January 31 was the official opening of the new Max-Planck Center on the Biodemography of Aging. more

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

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