News & Press Releases
All
Press Releases
News
Defo News
September 04, 2019 | Research funding
Pavel Grigoriev receives a 1.42 million Euro grant from the European Research Council to conduct the project “Regional disparities in cause-specific mortality in Europe: the role of local context and national health policies” (REDIM). more
August 29, 2019 | Sabbatical Award
Does experiencing a death in the family influence young people’s behaviors, perceptions and well-being in a way that contributes to social inequality? Emily Smith-Greenaway wants to answer this question. She is funded by a Max Planck Sabbatical Award. more
July 24, 2019 | Publication
The 2011 census has left a long gap in Germany’s population figures. Between this and the preceding censuses a large number of errors must have crept into the statistics. How can plausible population figures still be derived even in the inter-censal period? more
July 18, 2019 | New Publication
How have birth rates in urban and rural areas developed in countries of the Global South? Mathias Lerch discusses the similarities and differences he identified in his PLOS ONE article just published. more
July 11, 2019 | Tutorial
The MPIDR organizes a tutorial titled "Introduction to Agent-Based Computational Modelling in Social Science” at the 5th International Conference on Computational Social Science in Amsterdam on July 17. more
July 09, 2019 | New Publication
A common cliché says that men are tough guys but whine about small aches. Then again, statisticians also see that women often assess their health to be more poorly than men do. So, which sex is more vulnerable? more
July 01, 2019 | Rostock Retreat on Simulation
Population researchers and social scientists who use computer simulations to advance discovery take part in the Rostock Retreat on Simulation at the MPIDR. more
June 28, 2019 | Project Days
At the end of June, tenth grade pupils of Rostock’s Innerstädtisches Gymnasium and the city’s Gymnasium Reutershagen were guests at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). more
June 14, 2019 | Apply now: Rostock Open Science Workshop
The Rostock Open Science Workshop will introduce demographic researchers to the tools and practices of open science. The Workshop will be held at the MPIDR on October 10th and 11th, 2019. more
June 11, 2019 | Suessmilch Lecture
On June 18th, 2019, Jennifer Hook from the University of Southern California, gave a lecture about the influence of family policies and income inequalities on mothers in 22 countries. more