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January 28, 2020 | Alcohol-related Mortality
Excessive alcohol consumption is the major cause of high and early mortality among men in Eastern Europe. Cross-border similarities of alcohol-related mortality might be rooted in shared history and traditions. more
January 20, 2020 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Ugofilippo Basellini’s research area focuses on modeling and forecasting human mortality. In addition to demography, the new research scientist is very passionate about sports, especially tennis. more
January 17, 2020 | Life Expectancy in Germany
Compared to other OECD countries, Germany experiences low regional variation in life expectancy despite having comparatively large regional economic inequalities. more
January 07, 2020
Enrique Acosta from the Laboratory of Population Health defended his doctoral thesis with the mention of “exceptional” and was recommended for the Dean´s list of honor at the Département de démographie at the Université de Montréal. more
December 19, 2019 | Season’s Greetings
We wish all our employees, alumni, and those associated with our institute happy holidays and a wonderful start into 2020. more
December 12, 2019 | New Publication
Research scientist Jennifer Caputo shows positive long-term relationships between working at midlife and health over many following years, even past retirement age. more
November 22, 2019 | Database Update
Scientists who want to do research on very old people can roll up their sleeves: The International Database on Longevity provides new data sets from 14 countries. more
November 08, 2019 | Workshop
The MPIDR organizes a workshop on migration data and models, at the 11th Social Informatics Conference in Doha, Qatar, on November 18th, 2019. more
November 07, 2019 | Suessmilch Lecture
On November 12th, Alastair Leyland from the University of Glasgow, gave a lecture titled "Measuring health inequalities – and why we struggle to reduce them" as part of the Suessmilch Lecture series. more
November 07, 2019 | First Annual Academy
The first Annual Academy of the new doctoral program IMPRS-PHDS was held at the MPIDR at the beginning of November. 22 doctoral students form the first cohort of the program. more