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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
The Scholarly Migration Database 2.0 is now online! Just in time for the European Population Conference 2026 in Bologna! See the working paper here: dx.doi.org/10.4054/MPID... @ezagheni.bsky.social @theiletom.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social
My son and I just vibe-coded a two-player version of Subway-Surfer that he now plays with his brother: tomthe.github.io/TrainTrackRu...
Train Track Runner
A static endless runner set on train tracks with local multiplayer, ramps, power-ups, and installable app support.
tomthe.github.io
Believe in your work. Stop ending papers with “More research is needed” and start concluding with “No more research on this topic is needed.”
Come work with us: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
MPIDR - Doctoral Student Position
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world. At the MPIDR, researchers from all over the world investigate demographic change, aging, fertility, biological demography and other issues at the forefront of population research.
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Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens. Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading. homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p...
In the afternoon, @theiletom.bsky.social (@mpidr.bsky.social) guided participants through a hands-on tutorial on the LinkedIn Campaign Manager, where everyone had the chance to set up and run their own data collection.
A team @mpidr.bsky.social examined professional migration of men and women in 48 countries using data from LinkedIn. It found that, although men aspire to migrate more often than women, globally, as many women as men migrate for a job. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/professional-migration
I used the 'guess the correlation' game for teaching, but a while ago it started to collect data (Google ID, IP, guesses) It's amazing you can now make a Shiny app in 10 minutes using ChatGPT. If you want to play, a GDPR friendly version is online here: shiny.ieis.tue.nl/guesscorrela...
We are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website. Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!
2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) — Chapel Hill Expert Survey
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The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
If you’re thinking about the upcoming German election, check out this data viz created by Tom Theile, which allows you to find which parties you’re closest to on several issues (based on CHES data): https://wahlquiz.de/ches/en.html
@chesdata.bsky.social is an interesting data source for information about political parties. I made a small quiz website with its data for the upcoming german election: wahlquiz.de/ches/ When can I update it with 2024 data?
Wahlquiz
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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!
