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July 23, 2012 | News | In the Press

Measuring Migration-flows with E-Mails

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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

Paper prize for Setsuya Fukuda

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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

Congratulations!

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

Congratulations!

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

July 05, 2012 | News | New Publication

What the electric meter tells us about the birthrate

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Species that use more energy live longer and have fewer children. But is this true of humans? After all, humans satisfy their appetite for energy through electrical outlets. more

July 03, 2012 | Defo News

How many will we be in 2050?

Read the latest issue of Demografische Forschung aus erster Hand to find out how a new model produces more reliable forecasts of population development. more

June 25, 2012 | Press Release

You are where you e-mail: Global migration trends discovered in e-mail data

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MPIDR scientist discovers unseen global migration in e-mail flows and makes U.S. emigration visible for the first time. more

June 14, 2012 | News | Rostock´s Eleven

Male and Female: a Paradox unto Death

Men die earlier than women. But that was not always so, as long ago it was women who died earlier. Why that is and what has changed - these are questions addressed by MPIDR-scientist Svenja Weise. more

June 01, 2012 | News

MPIDR-Director James Vaupel speaking at the Baltic Sea States Summit

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James W. Vaupel held a discussion panel on demographic change at the summit. His appeal to the politicians: “The 21st century will be a century of the redistribution of work.” more

May 31, 2012 | News

10th Birthday of the Human Mortality Database

The Human Mortality Database is a collection of detailed population and mortality data, created to support research in longevity. It has celebrated its 10th anniversary in May. more

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