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January 11, 2024 | DeFo-Article
Here is your chance to read our article from the newsletter "Demografische Forschung aus Erster Hand" ("Demographic Research First Hand") in English.
Working life in Germany is getting longer – but not equally so for all population groups: Current pension and labor market policies aim to keep people in work for longer. But not everyone benefits equally from these regulations. more
December 15, 2023 | News
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has had a year full of memories, new opportunities and new beginnings, as well as tried and tested constants. more
December 07, 2023 | Award
Emma Zai from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research received the AIES Young Researcher Award together with Yinan Liu (Renmin University of China) at the 28th AIES Annual Conference in Rome. more
November 29, 2023 | Spotlight
How are migrants’ social integration processes reflected in social media? Is it possible to detect the evolution of new social connections? Jisu Kim, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, investigated these questions in a study with researchers from Saarland University, the World Bank, and Rutger University. Jisu Kim explains the research question, methodology and results in a short video. more
November 27, 2023 | New faces at MPIDR
The research group Gender Inequalities and Fertility welcomes Julia Leesch as a new team member. Julia holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Trinity College Dublin. While working at MPIDR over the next two years, Julia plans to focus, among other things, on the impact of changes in the educational composition of partner markets on fertility outcomes. more
November 21, 2023 | New faces at MPIDR
The Laboratory of Population Health welcomes Aapo Hiilamo as a new member. Aapo comes from Itla Children's Foundation, Helsinki, where he worked as a specialized researcher and focused on child poverty and health. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics and Political Science, London. Aapo will be involved in the MaxHel Center. During the next four years he will focus on heterogeneity in health selection processes. more
November 16, 2023 | New faces at MPIDR
The Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being welcomes Zafer Büyükkeçeci as a new team member. Zafer was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cologne, working on the KINMATRIX project, which examined extended family networks in nine European countries and the role of these networks as protection against isolation and as a source of various forms of capital to promote education and careers. Zafer will work in the BIOSFER Project at MPIDR. more
November 16, 2023 | Award
Last week, Nathan Robbins of the Gender Inequality and Fertility Research Group was awarded the Best Research Article Award by the National Council on Family Relations and its Men in Families Focus Group. Nathan received the award for his paper, "Child support debt and the well-being of disadvantaged fathers of color," which was published in the Journal of Marriage and Family. more
November 14, 2023 | New faces at MPIDR
The Laboratory of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being welcomes Irena Chen as a new team member. Irena comes from the University of Michigan, where she received her PhD in Biostatistics. Over the next three years, Irena plans to focus on Bayesian hierarchical models, correlated time series, and latent variable methods with applications in demography, epidemiology, and precision medicine. more
November 13, 2023
Bettina Hünteler successfully defended her dissertation on "Generational Placement Trajectories and Their Associations with Later-Life Well-Being and Wealth Accumulation" at the University of Cologne on November 8, 2023. more