The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is recruiting one highly qualified postdoctoral researcher to join the Kinship Inequalities Research Group. The position is based in Rostock, Germany, and is offered on a full-time basis for three years. This group, led by Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, brings together experts from Demography, Sociology, Anthropology, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Biology to advance the subfield of kinship demography and address pressing scientific and societal questions.
The successful candidate must hold a PhD (or expect to complete it before the start date). In this recruitment round, we are particularly interested in candidates who study kin availability and kin loss from a demographic perspective, especially in the context of crisis. That said, we welcome strong applicants who bring any of the following:
- Expertise in one or more of these areas:
- kin loss or bereavement;
- family composition and demographic change;
- generational overlap and resource exchange;
- measuring and modelling kinship.
- An interest in studying kinship dynamics in the context of crisis, such as armed conflict, natural disasters, epidemics, and climate change.
- An interest in developing social theory, in particular related to kinship demography or family bereavement.
We are committed to transparent and reproducible research. We welcome applicants who have embraced open science practices in their work and/or are enthusiastic about developing open science practices.
More information here.
Application deadline: Tuesday, November 17, 2026 (23:59 CET).