Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)

#HFD provides standardised sets of #fertility data comparable across countries and time👇

✅Based on official vital statistics
✅Uniform methodology & thorough data documentation
✅Period and cohort fertility indicators
✅Live births & fertility rates by age & birth order
✅Fertility tables

#demography #fertility

📢We updated Short-Term Fertility Fluctuations #STFF data series!
✔️Monthly births for 47 countries and areas
✔️Seasonally & calendar adjusted monthly births & TFRs for 32 countries

Interested in short-term fertility trends?😉👇
humanfertility.org/Data/STFF

🚨Stellenausschreibung🚨
Fremdsprachensekretär*in (m/w/d)
Die Stelle ist bis 31. August 2031 befristet. Eine längerfristige Beschäftigung wird angestrebt.
📅Bewerbungsschluss: 10.04.2026
https://www-preview.demogr.mpg.de/de/karriere_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/fremdsprachensekretaer_in_m_w_d_15131

#demography #fertility

📢 #HFD data series for Estonia and Japan were updated through 2024. Fertility decline 📉 continued in both countries into 2024: TFR dropped to 1.14 in JPN and 1.18 in EST
👉 humanfertility.org

📣𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗘𝗣𝗖 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 🇮🇹
𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲
📅June 3rd
🗺️Bologna
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/calendar_1921/climate_demography_population_dynamics_in_a_changing_climate_15101

Risto Emilio Zagheni European Association for Population Studies

Weaponizing Kinship: Four out of ten Colombians have lost a family member in the conflict 🇨🇴
Enrique Acosta, Diego Alburez, Maria Gargiulo, & Catalina Torres quantified how many Colombians have ever lost at least a family member to conflict-related violence.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/weaponkinship

Definitely a database to follow here on Bluesky:
Welcome to the Human Fertility Database!
@hfdatabase.bsky.social

Silhouettes of people in front of a world map, symbolizing the big gaps in migration research.

Large Gaps in Migration Research: Study reveals imbalanced coverage of global areas in migration research. Jose Ignacio Carrasco, Aliakbar Akbaritabar, Marie Godin & Carlos Vargas-Silva identified and analyzed about 125,000 migration-related publications.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GapsMigrationResearch

📢Job Offer‼️Post-Doctoral Researcher‼️We are seeking to appoint a full-time post-doctoral researcher to join the Research Group on Labor Demography. Christian Dudel
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/post_doctoral_researcher_15072/
#LaborDemography #PostDoc #DataScience

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📣Joboffer‼️Redakteur*in Wissen­schafts­kommu­nikation (m/w/d) @MPIDR
Die Stelle ist auf 2 Jahre befristet und in Teilzeit (19,5 Stunden/Woche) zu besetzen.
📅Bewerbungsfrist: 2. April 2026
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/de/karriere_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/redakteur_in_wissenschaftskommunikation_15070/

📣Call for Applications‼️
ARTEMIS – African Research Talents Experiencing Mentoring In Science
📅Application Deadline: April 13, 2026.
👓Read all:
https://www.mpg.de/26122924/artemis-mentoring-programme
✍️Application:
https://www.mpg.de/26133233/MPG_ARTEMIS_2026_call-and-application-documents.pdf

Graphs show age-specific fertility and mortality rates, as well as total fertility and life expectancy from 1750 to 2000.

👓Recommended Reading📚Analysing Biases in Genealogies: Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal Diego Alburez & Emilio Zagheni investigated the accuracy of data from ascending genealogies for estimating fertility and mortality rates.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RRead

Person holding a certificate with the inscription ‘Best Paper Award 2026’ in front of a window overlooking water and buildings.

🎉Congrats 👋 DGD Best Paper Award for Philipp Dierker
He received the award for his paper "Re-partnering and single mothers‘ mental health and life satisfaction trajectories". https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/dgd_best_paper_award_for_philipp_dierker_15047

Job posting for a doctoral position at the University of Rostock and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

Large-scale bibliometric data project to analyze and forecast the migration of scientists.

Research project on scientific mobility with a survey on the motivations and context of researchers and skilled workers.

Apply now! The application deadline is April 15, 2026. For more information, visit www.demogr.mpg.de/go/jobs.

Job Offer‼️Doctoral Student Position
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) / University of Rostock
Supervisors: Aliakbar Akbaritabar | Emilio Zagheni
📆Apply until April 15, 2026
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/doctoral_student_position_15039/

The Lise Meitner Excellence Programme is designed to attract and specifically promote exceptionally qualified female scientists.

A position with prospects! We offer excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of #science. Applications are possible between February 11th and April 15th, 2026. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #lisemeitnergroups

Announcement of the course ‘Microsimulation Methods in Demography: Fertility Applications’ from June 11 to 17, 2026, at the MPIDR in Rostock.

Practical introduction to microsimulation methods for demographic research with a focus on fertility modeling.

Course description on simulation techniques in demographic research with a focus on agent-based models and dynamic microsimulation.

Announcement of a workshop on microsimulation methods in demography with a focus on fertility applications, June 11–17, 2026.

‼️IDEM 118 Course‼️
𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆: 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
📅11-17 June 2026
🗺️Rostock, Germany
@mpidr.bsky.social, IMPRS-PHDS
📝Application deadline: March 13, 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/idem2026-118
#Demography #Fertility #DynamicModels #AgentBasedModeling #DataScience #RStats

Welcome@MPIDR, Mallika Snyder!👋👋👋
We welcome Mallika Snyder as a new team member. Mallika joins MPIDR after spending over two years at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in New York. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/welcome_mallika_snyder_15028

In “Limits of Predicting Individual-Level Longevity,” Badolato et al. assess a range of classic statistical & machine learning survival analysis models. @nickirons.bsky.social @monjalexander.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

A study of gender and regional differences in scientific mobility and immobility among researchers identified as potentially talented Identifying potentially talented academics worldwide using publication data has been proven to be successful with other performance measures based on …

Aliakbar Akbaritabar, Robin Haunschild, Lutz Bornmann: A study of gender and regional differences in scientific mobility and immobility among researchers identified as potentially talented in Journal of Informetrics (2025), DOI: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👓Recommended Reading📚
How Mobile are Highly Talented Academics Compared to Other Scientists? Aliakbar Akbaritabar et al. examined whether regional & gender-specific differences exist in the academic mobility of highly talented scientists compared to other scientists.
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RRead

We are looking forward to welcome a new EDSD Cohort in September. Apply now!

#WomeninScience At MPIDR we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science & give visibility to female scientists and their research. We came together and listen to Saroja Adhikari, Jiseon Baek, Irena Chen, @nhiekel.bsky.social, Kelsey Wright, Mallika Snyder & @angelacar.bsky.social.

Job opening for postdoctoral researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic-Epidemiology.

The Medical Demography research group explains its goals for studying disease progression and its effects on health and the population.

We are looking for a PhD in demography, sociology, epidemiology, or related fields with experience in quantitative health data analysis.

Apply now: The application deadline is March 22, 2026. For more information, visit www.demogr.mpg.de/go/jobs.

📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography
Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc

Four people in formal attire stand in front of a light-colored wall, one holding a book with a red and white cover.

🎓🎩Congratulations, Donata Stonkute! She successfully defended her doctoral thesis “Measuring and Explaining the Educational Gradient in Health Across Europe: The Role of Individual and Contextual Factors” at the University of Helsinki. IMPRS-PHDS
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/phdds

Woman with short brown hair wearing a black blazer in front of a dark background.

We're happy to announce that Jutta Gampe has been appointed to the Chair of Excellence in Transformative Change: Statistical Demography at the Johannes Kepler University Linz.
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/chair_of_excellence_for_jutta_gampe_14996

Diagram shows predicted divorce probabilities for same-sex and opposite-sex couples in five models.

👓🌈Recommended Reading📚🏳️‍🌈
Married Female Couples at Highest Risk of Divorce
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/recommended_reading_14980
Maria Ponkilainen, Elina Einiö, Mine Kühn Kühn, Mikko Myrskylä
#Children #cohabitation #divorce #family #LGBTQ #marriage

The family sits together at a set table on the porch and enjoys a meal outdoors.

Bar chart showing distribution of relationship types to relatives by type of relationship, with intensity ratings for closeness and support.

Bar chart shows differences in family relationships by ethnicity with categories such as close and distant.

Family research usually focuses on the nuclear family. Relationships with other relatives have hardly been studied to date. Yet these relations play an important role: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/important_relatives_14970
Bettina Hünteler Diego Alburez

📣Calls of Abstracts‼️Second International Workshop on Life Course Analysis
Theory, methods, & applications
📅August 18-19, 2026
🗺️Hertie School, Berlin
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/calendar_1921/second_international_workshop_on_life_course_analysis_14953
Christian Dudel Carla Rowold

Happy New Year!
2026 already offers lots of opportunities to join or visit the MPIDR – last call!

These four MPIDR calls end in January.

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

www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
Visit:
incubator.demogr.mpg.de
Conference:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...