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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Jul 16

🦘#IPC2025 – Day 4
We're not tired of conferencing yet! Meet Carolina Coimbra Vieira, @vinodjosephkj.bsky.social (Poster), Alyson van Raalte, @lpcalderonb.bsky.social and @conteristo.bsky.social. @iussp.bsky.social

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Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal @lpcalderonb.bsky.social · Jul 8

I will present this research at IPC, Session 170 on Kinship. Patterns, Changes and Determinants, on the 17-07 at 17h (Brisbane time)

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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 demo...

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Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal @lpcalderonb.bsky.social · Jul 8

I'm happy to share that the 2nd paper of my PhD "Assessing the validity of microsimulated kinship networks using Swedish population registers", with @demography.bsky.social, @martinkolk.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, is available as an MPIDR Working Paper share.google/g0nVmiSI6huB...

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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 demo...

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Jun 16

#IPC2025! Workshop by @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @aasli.bsky.social & @ridhikashyap.bsky.social in Brisbane: "Demographic Microsimulation in R Using SOCSIM:Modeling Population & Kinship Dynamics."
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Applicants will be notified by the end of June.

Workshop: Demographic Microsimulation in R using SOCSIM:
Modelling Population and Kinship Dynamics
Date and time: 13 July 2025, 10am-1.30pm
Location: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Organisers: Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal – Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research (MPIDR), Aasli Abdi Nur and Ridhi Kashyap – University of Oxford
Description
Join us for an interactive workshop on SOCSIM demographic microsimulation using the
"rsocsim" R package. SOCSIM is a powerful open-source tool for modelling individual
demographic events and producing synthetic populations with plausible age and
kinship structures, using population-level demographic rates as input. It has supported
demographic research for decades.
By simulating individual life courses that are consistent with macro-demographic rates,
microsimulation enables the study of complex demographic phenomena, such as kin
availability, kin loss, generational overlap, and the long-term effects of changing fertility
and mortality rates on kinship networks. This approach is particularly useful for studying
heterogeneous populations and understanding variation in demographic experience at
both the individual and the population levels.
In this workshop, we will cover the basics of demographic microsimulation with
SOCSIM, including the process of setting up, running, and verifying a microsimulation in
R using ‘rsocsim’ (https://github.com/MPIDR/rsocsim) and publicly available data from
the World Population Prospects (WPP) 2024. From there, you will explore how to
interpret and analyse the simulation output through practical examples of estimating
kin loss and kin availability. Whether you are new to demographic modelling or looking
to deepen your expertise, this workshop will provide valuable skills and insights for
researchers interested in studying kinship dynamics.
Requirements
- Own laptop
If you wish to attend this workshop, please fill out the online form here:
https://forms.gle/nqyKrNaXzMSEmgWf6

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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · Jun 4

Some good news to brighten up your feed: Our #R package 📦 DemoKin for the demographic analysis of kinship has a new website with extensive documentation and literature 🎉🎈 @mpidr.bsky.social If you don't know it yet, why not check it out? ivanwilli.github.io/DemoKin/inde...

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Apr 30

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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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Apr 4

you after the PAA. If you win, you can pick up Pinky at the booth on Sunday until noon. You can come to the booth and meet Pinky there and apply, but you can also already apply here:
survey.demogr.mpg.de/index.php/99...

MPIDR Quiz PAA 2025

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Apr 4

Max is currently hosting a guest alpaka for a short research stay at MPIDR. The pink Alpaka will also be attending PAA and is looking for a travel buddy to explore other academic institutions around the world. If you would like to offer "Pinky" a research stay, you can apply here to take her with

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Apr 4

#PAA2025 – we are on our way! 🛫🚄🎒🛄
Who else is starting to pack for Washington D.C.?
If you want to know where & when to meet us at the conference, check out our MPIDR program: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/PAA2025
Meet us at booth 212 in Liberty.
Max, the MPIDR Alpaka will be there and bring a friend.

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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · Dec 12

Feliz de haber concluido nuestro taller sobre "Modelos de Parentesco para América Latina y el Caribe" en el Congreso #ALAP2024 junto a @lpcalderonb.bsky.social @amandamalmeida.bsky.social e Ivan Williams. Todas las slides, código y materiales están en linea: amandamartinsal.github.io/ALAP24_paren...

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Jul 16

#ALAP2024 en Bogotá @mpidr.bsky.social estará allí! @demography.bsky.social @amandamalmeida.bsky.social @lpcalderonb.bsky.social organizan la escuela "Familia,parentesco y hogares en América Latina y el Caribe". ¡Inscríbase antes del 18 de agosto!
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Diego Alburez @demography.bsky.social · Dec 28

In our new paper, we present the first set of global protections of kinship structures for the 1950-2100 period. How will families change in the future and how many relatives will we have as populations grow older? Check it out here 👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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