The Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program is a 3-month research visit for a diverse group of PhD and master students.
The goal of the Summer Incubator Program is to enable discovery by bringing together data scientists and population scientists from around the world to work on focused, intensive and collaborative projects of broad societal relevance.
Participating students are exposed to best practices across social and data sciences while contributing to a hands-on project experience. All participants have access to lectures and participate in other scientific activities happening at the MPIDR.
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock investigates the structure and dynamics of populations.
The Institute’s researchers explore issues of political relevance, such as demographic change, aging, fertility, and the redistribution of work over the life course, as well as digitization and the use of new data sources for the estimation of migration flows. The MPIDR is one of the largest demographic research bodies in Europe, and is a worldwide leader in the study of populations. The Institute is part of the Max Planck Society, the internationally renowned German research organization.
Directors of the Institute are Mikko Myrskylä and Emilio Zagheni. The Institute is based in Rostock, a vibrant city with a rich maritime history located near the Baltic Sea coast.