Silke Schulz

Silke Schulz

@silke007.bsky.social

ScienceCommunication @MPIDR.bsky.social/ mostly here for work / views are my own

274 Followers 323 Following 10 Posts Joined Sep 2023
4 months ago
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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

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3 months ago
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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/

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3 months ago
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Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE

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5 months ago
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.

💡[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...

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6 months ago
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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

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6 months ago
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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

@imprs-phds.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @conteristo.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @j-d-klein.bsky.social

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6 months ago
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🚨Open Positions!🚨
Postdoc/Research Scientist Positions
Migration | Population Dynamics | Computational Demography
Application Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
See job description here:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...
#Postdoc #Jobs
@ezagheni.bsky.social @perrottadaniela.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social

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6 months ago
Colorful illustration of a person with an abacus for a head, holding a stork and a skull. Copy reads: Certain Futures, Episode 1

Do you know somebody who isn't yet a fan of #demography? Send them episode 1 of "Certain Futures": a new podcast with our amazing experts from "FutuRes" project.

certain-futures.podigee.io

With: Jakub Bijak, U Southampton, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Miguel Sánchez-Romero, TU Wien. Host: Dan Stern

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6 months ago
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👓Recommended Reading📚Facebook Ads for Scientific Data Collection? @jdonzowa.bsky.social Z.Zindel & S.Kühne investigated how ad design influences quality of survey responses. Ads explicitly referencing specific topics generate more clicks but lower-quality responses:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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6 months ago
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#LifeExpectancy rose rapidly in the first half of the 20th century. But will those born between 1939 and 2000 benefit from these rapid gains in #longevity? A recent study suggests that none of these #generations will reach 100 years of age on average. 1/2 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/LifeExpectancy2025

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7 months ago
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#Stellenausschreibung #Jobangebot
Mitarbeiter*in Veranstaltungsorganisation & Hausdienste (m/w/d)
Deadline: 8. September 2025
@mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt ein*e Mitarbeiter*in Veranstaltungsorganisation & Hausdienste (m/w/d).
www.demogr.mpg.de/de/karriere_...

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7 months ago
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In spring Henrik Schubert, Research Scientist @mpidr.bsky.social spent two months at the United Nations Population Division in New York.
This is part two of our MPIDR on Tour blog about his stay. Enjoy Henrik’s vibrant storytelling!
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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7 months ago
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In spring 2025, Henrik Schubert, Research Scientist at the MPIDR spent two months at the United Nations Population Division in New York.
This MPIDR on Tour blog about his stay comes in two parts. Enjoy Henrik’s vibrant storytelling. A highly recommended read!
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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8 months ago
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MPIDR - New IUSSP Panel on Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities We are happy to announce that the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) has recently created the Scientific Panel Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities, chaired by...

Unfortunately, the link in the post is broken. So please follow this one:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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8 months ago
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🚅🛫🛄 Australia, brace yourself! MPIDR Alpaka Max & colleagues are setting off on their journey Down Under. We look forward to meeting you at #IPC2025! Safe Travels!
@conteristo.bsky.social @philippdierker.bsky.social
@aledinal.bsky.social @isamarinetti.bsky.social @thiagomalaguth.bsky.social

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8 months ago
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Kinderplanung und Gesundheit von Migrant*innen
Die neue Ausgabe (Nr. 02/2025) von Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand, dem demografischen Newsletter mit verständlich aufgearbeiteten Ergebnissen der aktuellen Forschung, ist erschienen.
demografische-forschung.org

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8 months ago
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🆕📰Rapid Demographic Changes Reshape Family Structures: Accelerated demographic change is creating significant differences in the number of relatives between peers of similar ages shows a study by @shajiang.bsky.social et al. in @readdemography.bsky.social. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rapidchange

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8 months ago
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🔦[SPOTLIGHT] Should you Claim Your #Pension Early or Wait? Retiring later increases the monthly pension amount in the US. @shajiang.bsky.social et al. have investigated whether this is optimal, given the uncertainties surrounding #LifeSpan. What they found:
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/USApension

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8 months ago
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#IPC2025 🦘🐨 We are getting ready!
Workshop:
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮
📅12 July 2025
🕐1pm-4pm
🗺️University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Organizers:
Carolina Coimbra Vieira & @ebrusanliturk.bsky.social
@mpidr.bsky.social
Info:
ipc2025.iussp.org/cms/wp-conte...

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8 months ago
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👓Recommended Reading📚 #Basketball, #Physics, and #Demography in one paper? Can we predict Steph Curry’s next move on the court? Boris Barron @mpidr.bsky.social & his colleagues @cornelluniversity.bsky.social analyze detailed positional info of players in #NBA games. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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9 months ago
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We welcome the participants of this years Population & Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program 2025!
We put together a video of our favorite places in and around Rostock for them to explore during the summer. After all, great research requires awesome breaks. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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9 months ago
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🚨Job Offer🚨
St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population, Health and Data Science
3.5-year St Andrews–Max Planck PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science.
Deadline: June 11
@mpidr.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @imprs-phds.bsky.social
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61...

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9 months ago
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Ever wonder what demographers do when they are not "demographing"? Sometimes they run! 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️
Yesterday Team Tempo-Effects represented the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) at the Rostocker Citylauf. Along the course they had the best MPIDR fans ever!
Go MPIDR!

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9 months ago
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Science Night in #Rostock! We were delighted by the level of interest in #demography among the people of Rostock. The room was packed, and we even had to set up extra chairs.
The hand strength measurement was also a big success!
Thanks to all our guests & to our host - the University of Rostock.

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10 months ago
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Open call for Associate Editors at our journal!! To find out more about requirements and application procedures 👀 here www.demographic-research.org/files/Call_f...

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10 months ago

‼️Save the date‼️
@jdonzowa.bsky.social is going to talk about what she learned from using Facebook Surveys.
📅 May 20, 2025
🕒 15:00 GMT
💻 Sign up and join online!

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10 months ago
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With a little delay we learned that @lpcalderonb.bsky.social, who could not attend #PAA2025, won a Best Poster Award! Her colleagues put up the poster and a note from Liliana and co-author @martinkolk.bsky.social jumped in to present the research. Congrats Liliana! @popassocamerica.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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We are happy to announce another winner: Pink Alpaka's new travel buddy! Huda Jabbar will take her home to Columbus, Ohio. We look forward to seeing Pink Alpaka travel the world.

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11 months ago
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🏆 Congratulations to Donata Stonkute! 🎉She just won a Poster Award at #PAA2025 for her poster on "Intersecting Pathways: Understanding Dementia, Hearing Loss, and Health Disparities". Well done and well deserved Donata!
@popassocamerica.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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🆕📰 How have Covid-19 vaccinations affected birth rates? Aiva Jasilioniene, Domantas Jasilionis, Dmitri Jdanov, and Mikko Myrskylä study fertility decline in response to the start of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
Read all:
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/VaccinationFertility

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