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October 05, 2018 | Big Data
The MPIDR is organizing and hosting the first Symposium on Digital Demography (Rostock, October 17-18, 2018). more
October 01, 2018 | Suessmilch Lecture
On October 9th, Herbert L. Smith from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, will give a talk at the MPIDR about Age Period Cohort Analysis. more
September 04, 2018 | New Publication
Young adults experience increased mortality, known as the accident hump. But not all of these deaths are accidents. And some of them are due to senescence. A new method allows for decomposing and visualizing what’s really in the hump. more
August 28, 2018 | Event
the MPIDR will open its doors on Saturday, September 15, from 11 am to 4 pm and invites you cordially to the Max Planck Day. more
August 28, 2018 | Interview
Five questions to Christina Bohk-Ewald on her new study evaluating cohort fertility forecasting methods. more
August 16, 2018 | New Publication
Men have a higher risk of death than women at every age. As people become old and sick, the absolute survival advantage of women becomes much larger, a new MPIDR study shows. more
August 08, 2018 | News
The populations of all European countries are getting older, but not in same way or at the same pace. MPIDR researcher Fanny Kluge has offered a thought experiment: What would a transfer union look like in which the costs carried by the demographically disadvantaged countries is borne by the other countries? more
July 17, 2018 | New Publication
Individuals highly educated and on a high income spend less time in hospital. This is well known. But whether these influences grow or shrink with age is still disputed. A new MPIDR study now shows that both may hold. more
June 22, 2018 | Big Data
How can online data be dealt with properly in demography? MPIDR researchers take part in organizing a workshop on online data at the International Conference on Web and Social Media in Stanford. more
June 09, 2018 | Congratulations!
MPIDR founding director James Vaupel received the prestigious EAPS Award for population studies at the European Population Conference 2018 in Brussels. more