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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock investigates the structure and dynamics of populations. The Institute’s researchers explore issues of political relevance, such as demographic change, aging, fertility, and the redistribution of work over the life course, as well as digitization and the use of new data sources for the estimation of migration flows. The MPIDR is one of the largest demographic research bodies in Europe and is a worldwide leader in the study of populations.

Contact

Konrad-Zuse-Straße 1
18057 Rostock
Phone: +49 381 2081-0
Fax: +49 381 2081-202

https://www.demogr.mpg.de

PhD opportunities

This institute has an International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS):

IMPRS for Population, Health and Data Science

In addition, there is the possibility of individual doctoral research. Please contact the directors or research group leaders at the Institute.

Mikko Myrskylä

Department Population Health, Fertility and Well-Being

+49 381 2081-118

sekmyrskyla@demogr.mpg.de

Emilio Zagheni

Department Digital and Computational Demography

+49 381 2081-104

sekzagheni@demogr.mpg.de

James W. Vaupel, em.

Department Emeritus Group James W. Vaupel

+49 381 2081-103

jwv@demogr.mpg.de

Scientific highlights 2021

December 22, 2021

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2021 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year

Life expectancy decreased in most high-income countries

November 04, 2021

Ageing Corona

Biggest declines seen in Russia and the US

Covid-19 influences life expectancy

September 30, 2021

Ageing Corona

Period life expectancy drops significantly due to pandemic

Years of life lost to COVID-19

February 18, 2021

Ageing Corona

Outside the industrialized nations, numerous younger people die and lose a particularly large amount of their lifetime

Scientific highlights 2020

December 21, 2020

Ageing Astronomy Astrophysics Black Holes Brain Corona Evolutionary Biology Galaxies Genome Editing (Crispr) Language Materials Sciences (M&T) Neanderthals Neurobiology Quantum Physics Structural Biology Synthetic Biology

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2020 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 13 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year

Digital Demography

MaxPlanckResearch 3/2021 Culture & Society

More than one-third of the world’s population uses Facebook at least once a month. In the process, Facebook collects a lot of data from its users, which represents a valuable but barely tapped source for scientific research. Emilio Zagheni and his team at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock are using social media data in an attempt to track and predict international migration.

At the Margins

MaxPlanckResearch 1/2018

It’s easy to overlook the marginalized. Social exclusion can have very different causes and consequences – also in the context of migration. Six Max Planck Institutes have now joined forces for a cross-institute project focusing on the topic. The project examines, among other things, the question of why immigrants often lose their good health. It explores what prompts Somalis to move from Europe to Kenya, and what consequences the deal between the EU and Turkey might have for the rights of asylum seekers in Greece. Their common aim is to uncover exclusion and develop fair rules to regulate migration.

A Hint of Immortality

MaxPlanckResearch - 3/2015 Focus: Aging

Eternal life lasts a very long time. Nevertheless, Ralf Schaible from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock can already affirm that the freshwater polyp Hydra comes quite close to this ideal. In a long-term experiment initiated by the institute’s Director James W. Vaupel, he and his colleagues investigate why, under certain circumstances, Hydra doesn’t age.

Getting More out of Life

MaxPlanckResearch 4/2012 Humanites & Social Sciences

Demographers are astounded at the way human mortality continues to drop. This trend started well over a hundred years ago. What used to be a statistical investigation of death rates has now developed into the science of longevity. This is what Jutta Gampe focuses on at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock.

Census at the Zoo

MaxPlanckResearch 3/2012 Biology & Medicine

Although everyone is talking about species protection, the lack of information about the species that need to be conserved can be quite shocking. To ensure that threatened animal species can be protected more effectively, the research team working with Dalia Amor Conde in the Conservation Demography Research Area of the Evolutionary Biodemography department headed by James W. Vaupel at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock is using special methods to gather important data about the lives of endangered animals.

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