We are thrilled to have talented students from all over the world joining us for our hybrid course on Topics in Digital and Computational Demography, and wish everyone a productive and exciting week of study!

Mentoring & advising doctoral researchers is at the very heart of the PHDS School. We are much indebted to PHDS faculty for their invaluable services in mentoring predocs as well as to Thomas Koch for leading a two-day workshop on "Supervising Doctoral Researchers" @mpidr.bsky.social. Thank you all!

Apply now for our five-day doctoral course on Topics in Digital and Computational Demography, which will take place in hybrid format from November 3-7, 2025.

Details: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...

Application deadline is September 28, 2025.

Big congratulations to @larabister.bsky.social, alumna of the EDSD and IMPRS-PHDS programs, on winning first prize in the Social Sciences section of the Körber Foundation's German Thesis Award for her doctoral thesis on economic crises and health!
Details: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

This week, @jschoeley.com from @mpidr.bsky.social shares his experience in designing and implementing impactful scientific data visualizations in a 5-day @imprs-phds.bsky.social elective course. Participants create, critique and refine visualizations, culminating in a final project. We are excited!

Does space matter? This week we are hosting an IMPRS-PHDS elective course on GIS and spatial analysis, led by our experts Stefan Leyk and @alekberg.bsky.social and attended by PHDS researchers and guests. We wish everyone a productive and exciting week of study!

It's fabulous to welcome our students and alumni back to @mpidr.bsky.social for the 6th IMPRS-PHDS Graduate Workshop! We are looking forward to two days of research updates and networking as well as mini-workshops on science communication and mastering Q&A sessions!

Many thanks to all who attended and contributed to the 6th IMPRS-PHDS Academy @mpidr.bsky.social in person and online, and congratulations to Chiara Micheletti, @parthpandya.bsky.social, @courtneyallen.bsky.social and @anaguv.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award!

💡💡💡We are delighted to welcome @imprs-phds.bsky.social students and their supervisors to the Annual Academy 2024 @mpidr.bsky.social. We're looking forward to two more days of student and faculty presentations, networking, and sharing future research endeavors. 🎓🎓🎓
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We're thrilled to have bright students from around the world join us this week for our hybrid course on Topics in Digital and Computational Demography, presented by our researchers @akbaritabar.bsky.social, @ezagheni.bsky.social, Tom Theile, @jiisu.bsky.social and @conteristo.bsky.social!

It's wonderful to have our doctoral researchers back for our 5th PHDS Graduate Workshop! We are looking forward to two days of research updates and networking as well as mini-workshops on open science and on career options outside academia!

It is great to see so many friends, colleagues and new faces joining us at the 5th PHDS Academy. We are looking forward to three days full of research presentations, networking and collegial exchange!

Pleasure to have inquisitive students from all over the world attending our hybrid course on Digital and Computational Demography this week, presented by our researchers @akbaritabar.bsky.social, @ezagheni.bsky.social, Tom Theile, @jiisu.bsky.social and Risto Conte Keivabu!