🆕Publication Fewer Heart Attacks, More Cancer Cases, Better Survival Chances Medical progress is currently one of the strongest forces shaping populations & their health. Researchers examined how disease prevention has affected various diseases in Sweden. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/advancesprevention

My second PhD paper is out! 🎉 'Assessing the Agreement Between Microsimulated and Register-Based Kin Counts in Sweden',with @demography.bsky.social , @martinkolk.bsky.social & @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @suda-sthlm.bsky.social 🔗 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00324728.2026.2706778

Assessing the agreement between microsimulated and register-based kin counts in Sweden

Estimating kinship networks is a data-intensive undertaking, usually conducted using empirical sources or demographic models. Although empirical data, such as population registers, provide observed...

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MPIDR@ALAP2026! El MPIDR participará en la conferencia ALAP 2026, que se celebrará en San José (Costa Rica) del 24 al 28 de agosto de 2026. Ofrecemos dos escuelas en el congreso. 📅Fecha límite de inscripción: 2 de agosto de 2026‼️ ✍️Inscríbete aquí: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Individual-Level Mortality Predictions: Statistical Models vs. Machine Learning Study examined whether ML could improve individual-level lifespan predictions. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/ML-SM-LS Monica Alexander | Ugofilippo Basellini | Emilio Zagheni | Demography - the flagship journal of PAA

Hace un rato... cuando llegaba al @mpidr.bsky.social en Rostock para dar un tutorial sobre simulación de encuestas con LLMs y deployado local de modelos de lenguaje. Vino con bolsistas de bienvenida y todo. Gracias @ezagheni.bsky.social por la invitación.

We are happy to support this 📣 Call for Abstracts ‼️ for the POPCLIMA Conference in January 2027, organized by our colleague @conteristo.bsky.social together with @jasminabdelghany.bsky.social, Sirinya Kaikeaw, Raya Muttarak, Chiara Puglisi, Tobias Rüttenauer, and Nkechi S. Owoo, Ph.D

Jasmin Abdel Ghany@jasminabdelghany.bsky.social · 2w ago

Working on climate & population? Keen to discuss future directions & methodological frontiers? Join 28-29 Jan in Bologna 🇮🇹 📩 Call for abstracts by 20 Sep! Organized with POPCLIMA project, @iussp.bsky.social Panel on Climate & Environmental Demography & @eaps.bsky.social Climate Demography.

🎉PHD 🎓Congratulations, Sanny Afable successfully defended his thesis, "The Spatial Dynamics of Health and Intergenerational Ties in Later Life," @ University of St Andrews. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/congratulations_sanny_d_afable_15606 IMPRS-PHDS

📣Herausforderung Demografischer Wandel – wie sich unsere Gesellschaft verändert Das MPIDR lädt anlässlich seines 30-jährigen Bestehens am 10. September 2026 ab 16:30 Uhr zu kurzen Impulsen und einer Podiumsdiskussion ein. 📅10. September 2026 🕑16:30 Uhr www.demogr.mpg.de/go/30JahreMPIDR

Pension system reforms aim to extend working life. Reforms have been implemented throughout Europe, albeit to varying degrees in different countries. Jan Einhoff examined the progress: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/when_do_people_actually_retire_15600

Conference Recap: Researchers Discuss Kinship, Care, and Inequality Call for papers for special issue in Demographic Research https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/researchers_discuss_kinship_care_and_inequality_15594

Rente und Integration Die neue Ausgabe (Nr. 02/2026) von Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand, dem demografischen Newsletter mit verständlich aufgearbeiteten Ergebnissen der aktuellen Forschung, ist erschienen. https://www.demografische-forschung.org/ Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)

Population and Social Data Science ☀️Summer ☀️Incubator Program 2026 Since the beginning of June, MPIDR has been hosting the "Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program 2026." Learn all: https://incubator.demogr.mpg.de/ Emilio Zagheni Aliakbar Akbaritabar

Risto & Maria Rubio-Cabañez examined 3.4M births in 🇪🇸 to determine the impact of wildfires & air pollution on the health of newborns. Mothers affected by🔥were more likely to have premature births & the children had lower birth weights. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/BirthWildfire @cedemografia.bsky.social

Demographers running: Last week the infamous Rostocker Firmenlauf (Rostock Company Run) took place with more than 4100 runners from companies operating in and around Rostock. MPIDR was a part of it. We had a lot of fun, running and cheering! Thanks to the organizers, we're definitely back in 2027.

Tee final to a week of celebrations:🎓CONGRATS! Angela Carollo successfully defended her doctoral thesis, “Statistical Analysis of Time-to-Event Data with Multiple Time Scales“. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/congratulations_angela_carollo_15559

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IMPRS-PHDS@imprs-phds.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today and tomorrow, @imprs-phds.bsky.social doctoral researchers and alumni are gathering for our 7th Graduate Workshop @mpidr.bsky.social, which is organized by a group of volunteers. We look forward to two days of research updates and networking, as well as educational and social activities.

SMD 2.0 @akbaritabar.bsky.social & @theiletom.bsky.social not only won the EAPS Open Science and Outreach Award (www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...). They also updated the @smdatabase.bsky.social. More dissaggregations: Gender, field of science, subnational location. www.scholarlymigration.org

🎉Congratulations 🏅Henrik-Alexander Schubert was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal for his doctoral thesis. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/henrik_alexander_schubert_receives_otto_hahn_medal_15475 📸© David Ausserhofer / MPG Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

🎉Congrats! Carolina Coimbra Vieira🎓successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Universität des Saarlandes. IMPRS-PHDS | Emilio Zagheni. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/congratulations_carolina_coimbra_vieira_15539 #PHD #DataEngineering #Demography

🎉Congratulations, Rishabh Tyagi!🎓 Rishabh Tyagi successfully defended his dissertation at the Universitetet i Oslo. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/congratulations_rishabh_tyagi_15560 IMPRS-PHDS Vegard Skirbekk Christian Dudel Peter Eibich

Welcome to Rostock! It is that time of the year again. The Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program 2026 just started this Monday. We hope you will have a good time and we did our best to secure a ☀️sunny summer ☀️ https://incubator.demogr.mpg.de/Program

You know you’re at a demography heavy conference when the notepad is a lexis diagram… @mpidr.bsky.social

Conference@MPIDR #EPC2026 is over but no time to rest for MPIDR! Today we're heading into the second day of the Conference "Kinship Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities" here in Rostock. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/calendar_1921/kinship_structures_dynamics_and_inequalities_14814

MPIDR@EPC2026 We are on our ways home and looking back at a great conference. We had fun, great talks, delicious food, simply a really good time. Thanks to the organizers, thanks to Bologna, thanks to everyone who was there. We are looking forward to #EPC2028 in Tallin! #EPC2026

And here is another Award for MPIDR! Congratulations! Aliakbar Akbaritabar and Tom Theile received the EAPS Open Science and Outreach Award for Population Studies for the Scholarly Migration Database. www.scholarlymigration.org #OpenScience #EPC2026 European Association for Population Studies

Congratulations!2026 Dirk J. Van de Kaa Award at #EPC2026 for Mikko Myrskylä.European Association for Population Studies https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/mikko_myrskylae_receives_2026_dirk_j_van_de_kaa_award_for_outstanding_contributions_to_demography_15549

MPIDR@EPC2026 Good Morning! Last day but we are still presenting. Join Christian Dudel, Elena Pojman, Henrik Schubert and Risto Conte Keivabu in their sessions. We hope to see you at the Closing and Award Ceremony! https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/press_6175/mpidr_epc2026_15303

MPIDR@EPC2026 Have a chat with Marcus Ebeling 📅 Friday, June 5 🕑 14:00-15:00 📍MPIDR booth Marcus Ebeling will be promoting his new Research Group Medical Demography. If you want to learn about his research and the future possibilities to join the group, join us at our booth. #EPC2026

MPIDR@EPC2026 Hello Bologna! MPIDR is still very busy. So grab breakfast, get ready! Nicole Hiekel Risto Aliakbar Akbaritabar Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal Sha Jiang Flavia Mazzeo Diego Alburez Amanda Martins de Almeida #EPC https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/press_6175/mpidr_epc2026_15303

Starting the second day of the #EPC2026 with the brain I got from IASA's booth related to their research on human capital which goes well with our Scholarly Migration Database (www.scholarlymigration.org)! @mpidr.bsky.social