Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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

Years of life lost to COVID-19

February 18, 2021

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

Extended family or childfree?

November 12, 2020

Social Sciences

Study pinpoints factors in fulfillment of early fertility desires of college-educated women in the U.S.

Be generous, live longer

September 01, 2020

Ageing Social Sciences

Resource sharing affects mortality worldwide

Young, but vulnerable to Covid-19

June 24, 2020

Corona

Due to widespread pre-existing health conditions, Covid-19 may also affect young people in countries of the Global South.

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.

The Myth of the Healthy Migrant

MPR 4 /2011

The official statistics would have us believe that the "immigrant fate" guarantees a long life - and not only in Germany. According to official figures, the life expectancy of migrants far exceeds that of their fellow host-country citizens. Rembrandt Scholz, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, is investigating whether this is due to a healthy lifestyle or to errors in the recorded statistics.

Max Planck Research Group Leaders (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock July 28, 2021