*New* Open course by MPIDR on Topics in Digital and Computational Demography (Hybrid, 2-6 Nov 2026, Application Deadline 9/25/26)

Posted: 2026-09-17 12:10:38 ()

Topics in Digital and Computational Demography
Rostock, Germany & Online, 2-6 November 2026

• Application deadline: 25 September 2026

The course will be offered in a hybrid format: in-person for students in the IMPRS-PHDS network who are already in Rostock; online (via Zoom) for everyone else.

• Coordinator: Carolina Coimbra Vieira
• Instructors: Boris Barron, Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal, Irena Chen, Carolina Coimbra Vieira, Jordan Klein, Ebru Sanlitürk, Benjamin-Samuel Schlueter, Mallika Snyder,Tom Theile, Emilio Zagheni.

This year, topics include:

• Digital trace data for migration research
• Addressing bias in digital trace data
• Bayesian approaches with applications for data deficient contexts
• Demographic microsimulation and kinship demography
• Simulation in the social and population sciences

For more information and application instructions: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/DCD26