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January 17, 2023 | Call for Papers
A group of researchers, including Alyson van Raalte from the MPIDR, invites submissions of original and review articles to be featured in a special issue on ageing and health in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is centered around the three priority areas of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing: older persons and development, advancing health and well-being into old age, and ensuring enabling and supportive environments. more
January 12, 2023 | Research Funding
MPIDR Researcher Marília Nepomuceno received a grant from DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) to promote research cooperation between Germany and Brazil for an in-depth assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazilian population dynamics. more
January 06, 2023 | Doctoral School
For three days in December 2022, the PhD students of the International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS) exchanged ideas, presented their work, and networked with other researchers at the Annual Academy. After two years of virtual meetings due to the pandemic, this Annual Academy was the largest gathering since the doctoral school's inception in 2019. more
December 22, 2022 | Season’s Greetings
We wish all our employees, alumni, and friends of the Institute and Demography overall, a very happy holiday season and a good start into the new year. more
December 09, 2022 | Prize for Excellent Paper
The paper which examines differences in fertility levels between remarried women and women in intact unions in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ben Malinga John and a colleague was granted the award in the name of former MPIDR Director Jan M. Hoem. more
November 22, 2022 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Julia Kühne worked for many years in children's and adult education. Since October, she has been the secretary responsible for the MPIDR’s joint research area Demographic Data. She is particularly looking forward to work in an international and academic environment. more
November 21, 2022 | Relaunch
A newly designed website for the Human Fertility Database (HFD) has been launched in early November. Along with the launch, the HFD now provides ist data under a CC-BY 4.0 license. more
November 18, 2022 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Egor Kotov comes from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, where he analyzed intra-urban commuting and ist connections with urban spatial development and land use. While staying with us for the next three years, he will focus on studying the implications of human mobility for disease dynamics and inequality. more
November 16, 2022 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Katherine is Ecuadorian, comes from Linköping University in Sweden and has a background in health policy. She works with us for the next three years and will focus on reproductive health access and behavior, with a special interest in alternative data sources in middle-income countries. more
November 10, 2022 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Marcus Ebeling has conducted research at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm on the demographic consequences of disease prevention on individuals, health care, and society. He will continue this work at the MPIDR. For him and his family, it is a return to Rostock and to the Institute; they are happy to be closer to family and friends again. more