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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
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The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is one of the largest demographic research bodies in Europe and part of
Max Planck Society (@maxplanck.de). www.demogr.mpg.de/go/press
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📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing
Interview with D. Susie Lee 이수지 Leader of the Group:
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RGRA
Job:
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/postdoc_research_scientist_in_the_reproductive_ageing_research_group_14844/
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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New Faces @MPIDR! Welcome, Aysha Basheer! 👋👋👋
Autumn is the time when many bright young scientists join MPIDR & become part of our team. This year's Welcome Weeks start with Aysha Basheer!
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/welcome_aysha_basheer_14850
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November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, & Population Dynamics: 1st Climate Conference @mpidr.bsky.social discusses connections between environmental #Hazards #Sustainability & the impact on #SocialInequalities #Mortality #Migration #Fertility #HumanCapital #Health:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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👓Recommended Reading📚 Rethinking Formal Demography: Birth as an Event Experienced by the Child
In their current paper, Annette Baudisch @sdu.dk & @polizzan.bsky.social (MPIDR) use methods from mortality research to describe when children are born in the parental ...1/6
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
Density, survival, and hazard functions in the Born once, die once framework and the conventional fertility framework, by maternal cohort (1880–1960), Sweden
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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🚨Job🚨Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck–University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health, a joint initiative of @mpidr.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi with the vision to unearth pivotal social processes that generate health inequalities.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Call for Papers!

Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Six Million Euros for Research on Population Projections in Finland

MPIDR director Mikko Myrskylä + coll. Wolfgang Lutz, Mirkka Danielsbacka and Anna Rotkirch will receive 6 million euros to do research on population projections for migration scenarios (MigScene). www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🆕📰Marriage or Separation
Angela Carollo, H.Putter,P.Eilers​​​​​​ &J.Gampe have developed a model to analyze transitions from non-marital cohabitation to either marriage or separation considering two-time scales simultaneously: age of individuals & duration of cohabitation.
https://ow.ly/WUty50XcZzT
Two people wearing aprons prepare food together in a modern kitchen, a symbolic image of partnership and living together.
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Job Offer: PhD Student Position
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the
@mpidr.bsky.social +
@imprs-phds.bsky.social
invite applications for a 4-year PhD position. The studentship is not limited to specific topics. Apply until November 17!
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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🆕📰COVID-19 Pandemic: Facebook Ads for Survey Recruitment
Jessica Donzowa, Daniela Perrotta & Emilio Zagheni investigated whether the recruitment material used for online surveys during the pandemic influenced respondents' answers.
https://ow.ly/THxk50XcUyq

October 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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EDSD Lightning Talks @MPIDR: 2 Minutes to Present Your Scientific Self

Each year, the EDSD cohorts resume their stay by giving short presentations. The 2025 cohort gave an outlook where future research might be heading. Next stop: @ined-english.bsky.social. @eaps.bsky.social @eapsphd.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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💻Join online! 🎧
Süßmilch Lecture at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
Putting Science Before #Statistics
🗣️Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ MPI-EVA Leipzig
📅Oct 21, 2025
🕒3 pm CEST
✏️Sign up now:
https://ow.ly/uxfc50Xb5Yx
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🎉Congrats Aliakbar Akbaritabar🎉We are happy to announce that @akbaritabar.bsky.social took up his new position as Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science at the University of Rostock. His position is a collaboration between the University and @mpidr.bsky.social.
ow.ly/XI4Z50X7zEO
October 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🎓🎓🎓Congratulations, Henrik Schubert🎉🎉🎉

Henrik is proud recipient of an award-winning doctorate. He successfully defended his thesis, "The #fertility puzzle. Trends and patterns of male and female fertility" at the Sociology at Oxford at the University of Oxford.
https://ow.ly/OM1O50X6U4Y

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October 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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35 Years of #Reunification
MPIDR Researchers Discuss the Demographic Situation in #Germany
Josephine Jackisch is Research Scientist in the Laboratory of Population Health @mpidr.bsky.social
Full quote:
https://ow.ly/MZT350X4WmO
#EastGermany #WestGermany #Childhood #Population #Family #Health
Woman with long brown hair in front of an orange background, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research logo visible. Josephine Jackisch says: I am particularly shocked by the significant disparities in childhood circumstances, as these can have long-term consequences. Nearly 1 in 4 children in Eastern Germany is at risk of poverty — about twice the rate in Western Germany.
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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35 Years of #Reunification
MPIDR Researchers Discuss the Demographic Situation in #Germany
Athina Anastasiadou is Doctoral Student in the Laboratory of Migration and Mobility @mpidr.bsky.social.
Full quote:
https://ow.ly/SBJh50X4Wlw
#EastGermany #WestGermany #Migration #Inequality #Gender
Young woman with long brown hair and a red sweater in front of a green background with a quote about gender-specific migration in Germany. Migration from Eastern to Western Germany is a notable example of gender-specific migration and its demographic consequences in the field of migration research.
October 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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💻Join online! 🎧
Süßmilch Lecture at the @mpidr.bsky.social
Climate Change Implications of Emissions Trends Since the Paris Agreement, via Bayesian Integrated Assessment Modeling
🗣️Adrian Raftery, University of Washington
📅Oct 8, 2025
🕒3 pm CEST
✏️Sign up now:
https://ow.ly/NtnU50X4kON
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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35 Years of #Reunification
MPIDR Researchers Discuss the Demographic Situation in #Germany
Henrik-Alexander Schubert is Research Scientist in the Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being @mpidr.bsky.social
Full quote: https://ow.ly/bpMV50X4l0h
#EastGermany #WestGermany #Fertility #Inequality
Man in a white shirt in front of an orange background with a quote from the Max Planck Institute on the birth rate in East and West Germany. Henrik Schubert says: Although the fertility rates in East and West Germany have converged significantly in the first decades of the 21st century and are now almost identical, the former inner-German border continues to be reflected in regional differences in fertility.
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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35 Years of #Reunification
MPIDR Researchers Discuss the Demographic Situation in #Germany
Nicole Hiekel is Leader of the Research Group Gender Inequalities & Fertility @mpidr.bsky.social.
Full quote: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/reunification
#EastGermany #WestGermany #CareWork #GenderInequality #Family
Portrait of a woman with brown hair and a black top in front of a green background with text about German reunification and gender inequality. Her quote says: German reunification brought together two different traditions of balancing family and career. Even 35 years later, these differences persist. While women's participation in the labor market has increased overall, the unequal distribution of care work remains a key challenge.
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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35 Years of #Reunification: This week our researchers discuss the demographic situation in #Germany in short quotes – starting with Jonas Schöley
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/topics_10339/35_years_of_reunification_14656
#LifeExpectancy #EastGermany #WestGermany #Health #Inequality
September 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Armut, Bildung und Konflikte in der Familie
Die neue Ausgabe (Nr. 03/2025) von Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand, dem demografischen Newsletter mit verständlich aufgearbeiteten Ergebnissen der aktuellen Forschung, ist erschienen.
www.demografische-forschung.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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💡[SPOTLIGHT] 💡Too Many Men, Too Few Women
Research by Henrik Schubert & @cdudel.bsky.social shows that regional partner markets —particularly the ratio of ♂️ to ♀️ in the relevant age & educational groups — significantly influence childlessness among men in Finland.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
A map of Finland showing the individual regions in different colors. The colors indicate the extent of childlessness among men in these regions. The map refers to men aged 45, born between 1968 and 1975. Childlessness is expressed as a percentage.
September 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Ben Malinga John began leading a Max Planck Partner Group (UNIMAX) at the University of Malawi in Zomba. Over the next five years, he will study family formation processes among highly educated individuals.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
September 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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‼️Free IDEM 187 Course‼️
Topics in Digital and Computational Demography
📅3-7 November 2025
💻Online 💸no tuition fee
📝Application deadline: 28 September 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/idem2025

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September 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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🚨Job Offer🚨PhD Student Position
The @lshtm.bsky.social, in partnership with the @mpidr.bsky.social is opening an 18-month Research Assistant position, with the successful candidate embarking on a PhD program at LSHTM.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
@ezagheni.bsky.social #phd #jobs #demography
September 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM