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Max Planck Institute for
Demographic Research
International Max Planck
Research School for Demography
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research intends to foster interdisciplinary research in biodemography by promoting early career development.
For this purpose it organizes a
Summer School on Biodemography
Date: 24th July – 17th August 2006
Location: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Content and organization: Biodemography is a new branch of demography concerned with understanding the complementary biological and demographic determinants of and interactions between birth and death processes that shape individuals, cohorts and populations. The Summer School on Biodemography is divided into two lecture series and an international research workshop. In the first lecture series James Carey and James Vaupel give an introduction to the principles of biodemography, based primarily on a book in progress by Carey and Vaupel. The second lecture series addresses matrix methods in biodemography and is presented by Hal Caswell. The lecture series begin on 24th July and end on 11th August 2006. Instruction is given in the form of two two-hour lectures every day from Monday to Friday. The research workshop titled "2nd International Workshop on the Evolutionary Demography of Aging" focuses on the ultimate evolutionary determinants of age patterns of mortality across species, and will be held after the lecture series end, for three full days, 15th-17th August 2006.
Application: Advanced doctoral students and young research scientists (i.e., dissertation completed within the last three years) are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a strong interest in biology and understand elementary calculus, basic matrix algebra, and introductory probability and statistics. Scholarships are available.
Visit
www.demogr.mpg.de/school
for more information and application instructions. Application deadline is 20th May 2006. Review of applications will continue until all student positions have been filled.
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