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September 22, 2017

Congratulations!

MPIDR PhD student Georg Wenau was presented with the best poster award at the annual conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Demografie. more

September 21, 2017

“Best Paper” award for Tobias Vogt

At this year's conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Demographie, Tobias Vogt was presented with the award for "Best Paper." more

August 03, 2017 | New publication

Bechstein’s bats don’t age

Gerald Kerth, University of Greifswald

Bechstein’s bat has a low death rate well into old age. This could be one reason why unusual natural events often have such severe consequences for the bat's populations. more

July 11, 2017 | New Publication

Children born to fathers

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A new analysis shows for the first time that the male birth rate in eastern Germany has hit a global record low. more

June 02, 2017 | News

Puzzling mortality

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The probability of not reaching the next year of life is not the same at every moment of life. MPIDR-scientist Marcus Ebeling provides likely reasons for varying values ​​in different age groups at Rostock’s Eleven, which takes place on June 9. more

May 30, 2017

Better prospects for small babies

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Many studies have demonstrated that the cognitive abilities of children with low birth weight are generally lower than those of their normal-birth-weight peers. A MPIDR-study shows that these disadvantages have shrunk significantly over the past decades. more

May 30, 2017 | News

MPIDR data on life expectancy for web tool of the insurance industry

MPIDR researchers have calculated data on German cohort life expectancy for the German Insurance Association (GDV), which has now been published in a web tool by the GDV. Background information on the collaboration. more

May 19, 2017 | New Publication

You live longer in the outskirts

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Hardly anywhere in the world do people live longer than in Switzerland. But Switzerland’s life expectancy varies, pending on where people live. MPIDR-researcher Mathias Lerch has now looked at the reasons. more

May 01, 2017 | News

MPIDR researchers awarded Cozzarelli Prize

2017 Mark Finkenstaedt

Four MPIDR-researchers have been awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. more

April 20, 2017 | News

Former MPIDR Director Joshua Goldstein elected to the American Academy

MPIDR

On April 12, former  MPIDR Director Joshua R. Goldstein was elected one of the 228 new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. more

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