Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography | Vergütung: bis zu E14 TVöD Bund | Befristung: 3 years | Umfang: Vollzeit | Arbeitsbeginn: flexible, not later than Spring 2027 | Bewerbungsfrist: 13.10.2026

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is seeking to appoint a full-time postdoctoral researcher to join the Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography, led by Marcus Ebeling.

Description of the Research Group

Medical progress has fundamentally changed how people live with disease and how populations age, respond, and adapt. In many societies today, having a history of disease does not necessarily imply poor health. The Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography investigates this new demographic reality and addresses the intended and unintended demographic consequences of medical progress. Our mission is to advance the field of medical demography by building on existing approaches and developing new conceptual, methodological, and empirical foundations.

Three broad themes currently orient this agenda:

1. Disease Presence and Disease Impact
2. Diffusion of Medical Progress in Populations
3. Population Resilience and Vulnerability

These themes provide a rough structure and should be understood as broad and flexible rather than fixed. Postdoctoral researchers are expected to contribute to the group’s shared agenda, but are equally encouraged to develop their own independent research line within medical demography. In practice, work in the group is typically organized in roughly equal parts between group-related projects, projects of individual interest, and service to the group and community (for example (co-)supervision of PhD students, peer review, support in organizing workshops, and occasional teaching).

You can find a detailled description of the job offer here.