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Research

The Department of Demography addresses demography in all its dimensions with a special focus on multi-dimensional demography and the relevance of demographic change for sustainable development. It does so by studying the multiple structures of human populations in the dimensions of age, sex, place of residence, level of educational attainment, labor force participation and other essential demographic characteristics of individuals. The focus lies on the determinants of such changes – in particular, fertility, mortality and migration – and the aggregate level consequences of past, current and future population changes on society, economy and environment.