Workshop | November 19, 2024

Demystifying Machine Learning for Population Researchers

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) organized a workshop to clarify the goals, techniques, and applications of machine learning methods for population research. The Süßmilch lecture series continues with the topic of machine learning with a visit from Vanessa Didelez on 25 February. More

November

Scientific Presentations

LabTalks@SocialDemography

1:00 PM:Talk with Marielle Cote-Gendreau - Family Influence or Individual Experience? Social Determinants of Migration Across Generations. More

All Events

Süßmilch Lecture, 22.11.2024

HistoGenes: Ancient genomes provide insights into demographic changes and social structures in the early Middle Ages

Latest Publications | October 18, 2024

Autumn 2024

Introduction to our research groups

Fertility and Well-Being

Press Release | November 05, 2024

Women´s Education Influences Fertility Rates in Sub-Saharan Africa

New research shows a strong correlation between higher levels of female education and lower fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and partners finds that educated women are leading the shift towards smaller family sizes, even influencing the decisions of less educated women around them. The study's innovative forecasting model based on education levels provides policymakers with better tools to understand how women's education can shape future population trends and promote sustainable development. More

Selected Publications

Gueltzow, M.; Lahtinen, H.; Bijlsma, M. J.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Genetic propensity to depression and the role of partnership status Social Science and Medicine 351:116992, 1–8. (2024)

Anastasiadou, A.; Volgin, A.; Leasure, D. R.:

War and mobility: using Yandex web searches to characterize intentions to leave Russia after its invasion of Ukraine Demographic Research 50:8, 205–220. (2024)

More Publications

Call for Application

Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program

Career

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Being a Researcher at the MPIDR

Working at MPIDR

Life & Research in Rostock

New Issue 3/2024 available | September 24, 2024

The Quarterly German Newsletter

New articles every week

Press Release | September 03, 2024

Pandemic Childcare Burden on Mothers: Study Reveals Increased Mental Health Strain

Open Access

Online Available Books

Award | November 15, 2024

Julia Mead Knox Memorial Prize for Henrik Schubert

The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the University of Oxford have honored Henrik Schubert, a doctoral student in the Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being at the MPIDR and the University of Oxford, for his paper “Too many men? Subnational population imbalances and male childlessness in Finland.” More