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May 31, 2022 | 6th Human Mortality Database Symposium

Old and New Challenges to Longevity Prospects

The Human Mortality Database (HMD) Project team invites contributions to the 6th HMD Symposium in Paris from June, 16 to June 17. more

May 30, 2022 | Interview

Why is Health in the US Continuing to Lag Behind?

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Health and mortality in the United States ranks poorly by international standards. In 2010, life expectancy at birth in the United States was a full year lower than the average of 27 European Union countries; in the subsequent decade the shortfall doubled; and the COVID-19 pandemic has further widened the gap. A new Special Issue published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series B analyses the reasons for the US poor performance. more

May 23, 2022 | Interview

How to Use Bibliometric Data for Demographic Research

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Bibliometric data, information extracted from scientific publications, can be considered as a source of digital trace data. In this interview, MPIDR Researcher Aliakbar Akbaritabar explains how re-purposing bibliometric data allows answering social science and demographic questions more

May 13, 2022 | Interview

How to Calculate Excess Mortality to Better Estimate the Impact of the Pandemic

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Excess mortality is an often-used measure to estimate the mortality burden due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Marília Nepomuceno, Dmitri Jdanov and colleagues looked at factors that affect this measure. In this interview they explain why excess mortality rates vary substantially when changing data and methods and recommend ways to better calculate excess mortality. more

May 11, 2022 | Interview

“No Single Metric Is a Panacea”

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Jiaxin Shi, PhD Student in the Research Group: Lifespan Inequalities and colleagues suggest to use the stratification index to analyze mortality inequalities between groups. In the interview he explains why this metric offers a new perspective and what he found when applying it to Finnish register data. more

April 28, 2022 | Congratulations

Lydia Palumbo Obtained Her Doctorate

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Lydia Palumbo successfully defended her dissertation at the University of Southampton on April, 13th. The thesis was accepted without corrections, which is unusual. more

April 04, 2022

New Research Group on Kinship Inequalities

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A new independent Max Planck Research Group led by Diego Alburez-Gutierrez will be launched in May. The group will study how differences in kinship among persons and groups determine individual outcomes and structure human societies. more

April 04, 2022

New Research Group on Gender Inequalities and Fertility

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The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) will launch a new independent Max Planck Research Group in June, focusing on explanations why family life events such as union formation, separation, parenthood and family extension play out differently for women and men. The group is led by Nicole Hiekel. more

April 01, 2022 | Timetable

MPIDR at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting 2022

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Several researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) present their work at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, which takes place in an hybrid manner from April 6-9, 2022. The Institute also has an on-site exhibition booth and a virtual presence. more

March 28, 2022 | Obituary

Founding Director James W. Vaupel Passed Away

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We are saddened to announce that the Institute’s founding director and director emeritus, Prof. Dr. James W. Vaupel, passed away yesterday, after a brief period of critical illness. more

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