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October 02, 2012 | Defo News
Read in the newest issue of „Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand“, which political party in the US will profit from demographic change and why the record in life expectancy is higher than thought. more
September 06, 2012 | Press Release
Previously existing ideas on how advanced maternal age affects adult health of children have to be reconsidered find MPIDR researchers. more
September 04, 2012 | News | New Publication
Almost half of the Earth´s land surface is covered with deserts, savanna, and steppe. Nevertheless, these dryland ecosystems are only poorly investigated. MPIDR-researcher Roberto Salguero-Gomez has guest edited a theme issue on this topic. more
August 16, 2012 | News | Suessmilch Lecture
Sociologist Gøsta Esping-Andersen from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona will give a lecture at the MPIDR titled “Re-theorizing family demography” on August 23th. more
August 07, 2012 | News | Upcoming Publication
MPIDR researcher Saskia Hin has written a book that provides a new perspective on the population history of Italy during the late Roman Republic. more
July 31, 2012 | News
MPIDR researcher Ekaterina Ogurtsova was awarded a prize for the best student presentation at the International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. more
July 23, 2012 | News | In the Press
MPIDR researcher Emilio Zagheni has shown that migration trends can be measured using e-mail traffic, a result widely covered in the media. more
July 17, 2012 | News
Former MPIDR researcher Setsuya Fukuda has been awarded a prize by the Population Association of Japan for his paper investigating the home-leaving patterns of young adults in Japan. more
July 13, 2012 | News
Virginia Zarulli from the Laboratory of Survival and Longevity has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis at the University La Sapienza in Rome. more
July 10, 2012 | News
Adam Lenart from the Laboratory of Survival and Longevity has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Rostock. He examined a mathematical model widely used to describe mortality in demographic research. more