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September 15, 2014 | New book
The PhD of former MPIDR-Researcher Nora Sánchez Gassen has now been published as a book. She looked at the extent to which demographic changes in Germany have an influence on the composition of the electorate. more
September 09, 2014
Had there been no reunification, in 2011 East German men on average would have died 6.2 years earlier than in unified Germany. Women would have lived 4.2 fewer years. These are the results of model calculations by MPIDR-researcher Tobias Vogt. more
August 30, 2014
MPIDR researcher Annette Baudisch has been appointed professor at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. more
July 14, 2014 | New Publication
Women in Germany have much fewer children than females in neighboring states mainly due to the lack of child care services. This shows a comparison with the German-speaking region in neighboring Belgium done by MPIDR scientists. more
July 08, 2014
On July 8, Sonja Bastin has successfully defended her dissertation. Her PhD work focuses on the life-course of lone mothers. more
July 03, 2014 | STORIFY
At the end of June, about 800 demographers from across the globe gathered at the European Population Conference in Budapest. We have collected comments about the conference posted via social media. more
June 28, 2014 | European Population Conference
Two MPIDR researchers, Annette Baudisch and Frans Willekens, have received awards at this year's European Population Conference. more
June 17, 2014
Many MPIDR researchers will present their work at the European Population Conference, which takes place in Budapest from June 26-28. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth more
June 11, 2014 | Talk
On Thursday, June 12, the psychologist Alan Baddeley will give a talk at the MPIDR. The talk is part of a new series of events, “Meet the Expert”, where young scientists have the opportunity to meet experts from various disciplines. more
June 10, 2014 | Rostock´s Eleven
From a scientific point of view, the construction of the Wall is a large natural experiment: A single population divided into two, lives for four decades under very different conditions. At Rostock’s ElevenMPIDR-researcher will explain which factors can be studied in such a population. more