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October 16, 2026 | New Faces at MPIDR
The Department of Digital and Computational Demography welcomes Becky Arnold as a new team member. She will be working with Emilio Zagheni on the Horizon Europe project LIFe. Becky comes with a wide research span that includes astrophysics, epidemiology, regional development, and demography. She is particularly interested in policy-relevant research and its potential to inform evidence-based decision-making. more
October 14, 2026 | Overview
Here is an overview of the latest reading recommendations for papers published by scientists at the MPIDR. more
October 09, 2026 | New Faces at MPIDR
The Research Group Reproductive Ageing welcomes Jason Paul Bonham as a new team member. Prior to joining MPIDR, he worked at the sociology department of the University of Chicago where he completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Demography and Economics of Aging. Jason studies the history of demography. Hereby, he uses individual-level population data, archival material, and social theory to research how institutions organize fertility behavior across time and place. In the Group Reproductive Aging, he will consider how these institutional objectives and policies expose males to their reproductive ageing through delayed fatherhood. more
October 07, 2026 | Family
A new study by researcher from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institut (Nidi) reveals that gender and social background shape family complexity through distinct life-course pathways, highlighting how social inequalities in family formation persist even in highly gender-equal Nordic countries. more
October 06, 2026 | New Position
Alyson van Raalte, Leader of the Research Group Mortality Inequalities at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), has been appointed as Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health (EPH) linked to the Department of Population Health (DPH). more
October 02, 2026 | New Faces at MPIDR
The team of the International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science is happy to welcome Kirsten Emmert as the new IMPRS-PHDS Coordinator. Kirsten holds degrees in Molecular Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology and has gained experience in research and research management through a variety of positions over the past years. Before joining the MPIDR, Kirsten was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Health Promotion and Prevention at the University of Bremen. In her main research project, she developed strategies for communicating cancer risk scores and investigated factors that facilitate or hinder the adaptation of screening strategies to individual cancer risk. more
September 30, 2026 | News
How much do the circumstances of your birth shape where you end up as an adult? The project LIFe (Intergenerational Fairness: A Life-Course Approach) brings together research and policy-analysis institutions across Europe to examine how advantages and disadvantages build up over entire lifetimes and across generations. MPIDR’s Department of Digital and Computational Demography will take a leading role in modelling demographic and health developments. more
September 25, 2026 | New Faces at MPIDR
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)'s press department is happy to welcome Dr. Miriam Franchina to the team. Based in Berlin, Miriam will support the PR department in the area of science communication and also work for Population Europe. more
September 24, 2026
British universities face a potential funding crisis by 2030, as the number of international undergraduate students—is expected to stagnate or decline. This is the conclusion of a new study by University College London (UCL), the University of Liverpool, and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). more
September 22, 2026
When adult children are unemployed, their parents are affected, too. A study of more than 73,000 adults in India links this experience to higher depression risk among parents, especially in states where income gaps are wider, while active social participation may offer some protection. more