Empirical Social Research and Demography - Rostock
@esrdrostock.bsky.social
Lehrstuhl für Empirische Sozialforschung und Demographie Universität Rostock / Chair of Empirical Methods in Social Science and Demography at University Rostock
Website: https://www.isd.uni-rostock.de/en/isd/lehrstuhl/esf/chair/
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Website: https://www.isd.uni-rostock.de/en/isd/lehrstuhl/esf/chair/
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We warmly congratulate Dr Elena Rakuša! After successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Health Care and Social Networks in the Context of Neurodegeneration and Mortality in Old Age and End of Life", she was awarded her doctorate by the Faculty Council of the WSF at the University of Rostock.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We warmly congratulate Dr Elena Rakuša! After successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Health Care and Social Networks in the Context of Neurodegeneration and Mortality in Old Age and End of Life", she was awarded her doctorate by the Faculty Council of the WSF at the University of Rostock.
Congratulations to our research assistants Jonas Mauersberger and Oliver Nix on officially receiving their graduation certificates!
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Congratulations to our research assistants Jonas Mauersberger and Oliver Nix on officially receiving their graduation certificates!
New paper in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease:
Can vigorous physical activity mitigate the effect of systemic inflammation on cognitive performance?
by Anne Fink, Constantin Reinke, Benjamin Aretz, Michael T. Heneka & Gabriele Doblhammer
doi.org/10.1177/1387...
#Cognition #Netherlands
Can vigorous physical activity mitigate the effect of systemic inflammation on cognitive performance?
by Anne Fink, Constantin Reinke, Benjamin Aretz, Michael T. Heneka & Gabriele Doblhammer
doi.org/10.1177/1387...
#Cognition #Netherlands
Can vigorous physical activity mitigate the effect of systemic inflammation on cognitive performance? Results from a large older community dwelling population in The Netherlands - Anne Fink, Constanti...
Background Elevated systemic inflammation is associated with poorer cognitive function, while vigorous physical activity enhances cognition. Objective This stu...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
New paper in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease:
Can vigorous physical activity mitigate the effect of systemic inflammation on cognitive performance?
by Anne Fink, Constantin Reinke, Benjamin Aretz, Michael T. Heneka & Gabriele Doblhammer
doi.org/10.1177/1387...
#Cognition #Netherlands
Can vigorous physical activity mitigate the effect of systemic inflammation on cognitive performance?
by Anne Fink, Constantin Reinke, Benjamin Aretz, Michael T. Heneka & Gabriele Doblhammer
doi.org/10.1177/1387...
#Cognition #Netherlands
Team dinner to start the semester – with farewells, welcomes and good conversations
October 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Team dinner to start the semester – with farewells, welcomes and good conversations
Prof. Dr. Nandita Saikia (from IIPS in Mumbai) is currently our Mare Balticum Fellow in Rostock, contributing her expertise in the areas of population studies and life expectancy.
Here she is at a meeting with the dean, the vice-rector, and chair holder Prof. Doblhammer.
#demography
Here she is at a meeting with the dean, the vice-rector, and chair holder Prof. Doblhammer.
#demography
June 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Prof. Dr. Nandita Saikia (from IIPS in Mumbai) is currently our Mare Balticum Fellow in Rostock, contributing her expertise in the areas of population studies and life expectancy.
Here she is at a meeting with the dean, the vice-rector, and chair holder Prof. Doblhammer.
#demography
Here she is at a meeting with the dean, the vice-rector, and chair holder Prof. Doblhammer.
#demography
As part of the Mare Balticum Fellowship Program, a guest lecture by Prof. Nandita Saikia (International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai) will take place on 28 May 2025.
Title: “Charting the course: India's triumphs and future horizons in population health”
Title: “Charting the course: India's triumphs and future horizons in population health”
May 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As part of the Mare Balticum Fellowship Program, a guest lecture by Prof. Nandita Saikia (International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) in Mumbai) will take place on 28 May 2025.
Title: “Charting the course: India's triumphs and future horizons in population health”
Title: “Charting the course: India's triumphs and future horizons in population health”
The current edition of “Demografische Forschung Aus erster Hand” reports on the research article “Contributions of causes of death to differentials in #lifeexpectancy by internal migrant status in the #Netherlands” by M. Frentz-Göllnitz and colleagues:
www.demografische-forschung.org/artikel/2025...
www.demografische-forschung.org/artikel/2025...
Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand - Migration und Lebenserwartung
Menschen, die innerhalb eines Landes umziehen, haben eine geringere Lebenserwartung als Menschen, die am selben Ort wohnen bleiben, so das Ergebnis einer neuen Studie. Man könnte denken, dass Stress d...
www.demografische-forschung.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The current edition of “Demografische Forschung Aus erster Hand” reports on the research article “Contributions of causes of death to differentials in #lifeexpectancy by internal migrant status in the #Netherlands” by M. Frentz-Göllnitz and colleagues:
www.demografische-forschung.org/artikel/2025...
www.demografische-forschung.org/artikel/2025...
New research article "Predictors of attendance at the first follow‑up and poor visual outcome after paediatric #cataract surgery in Kinshasa for the years 2001–2021" by Helene Schulz & colleagues has been published online Tropical Medicine and Health:
tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Predictors of attendance at the first follow-up and poor visual outcome after paediatric cataract surgery in Kinshasa for the years 2001–2021 - Tropical Medicine and Health
Background About 90% of blind children come from low- and middle-income countries. The main cause of childhood blindness is cataract. Cataract surgery can improve vision, but regular follow-up is nece...
tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
New research article "Predictors of attendance at the first follow‑up and poor visual outcome after paediatric #cataract surgery in Kinshasa for the years 2001–2021" by Helene Schulz & colleagues has been published online Tropical Medicine and Health:
tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
tropmedhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
NEW PAPER: " #Dementia as a predictor of palliative care: Uncovering patient patterns based on German claims data"
By Elena Rakuša, Constantin Reinke, Gabriele Doblhammer & colleagues
📖Open Access:
link.springer.com/10.1186/s129...
By Elena Rakuša, Constantin Reinke, Gabriele Doblhammer & colleagues
📖Open Access:
link.springer.com/10.1186/s129...
Dementia as a predictor of palliative care: Uncovering patient patterns based on German claims data - BMC Palliative Care
Background Palliative care aims to ensure a dignified and self-determined life for people facing the end of life. While palliative care is established for tumor diseases, it’s notably absent from Germ...
link.springer.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
NEW PAPER: " #Dementia as a predictor of palliative care: Uncovering patient patterns based on German claims data"
By Elena Rakuša, Constantin Reinke, Gabriele Doblhammer & colleagues
📖Open Access:
link.springer.com/10.1186/s129...
By Elena Rakuša, Constantin Reinke, Gabriele Doblhammer & colleagues
📖Open Access:
link.springer.com/10.1186/s129...
Today, Constantin Reinke successfully defended his thesis on “Dementia Risk Factors Over The Life Course - Identification, Trajectories and Pathways”. PhDone. Congratulations!
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today, Constantin Reinke successfully defended his thesis on “Dementia Risk Factors Over The Life Course - Identification, Trajectories and Pathways”. PhDone. Congratulations!
Our PhD student Poulami Barman recently met one of her thesis supervisors, Prof Nandita Saikia, in Mumbai to discuss the research on #mortality and #dementia challenges in India, part of the joint PhD programme between University of Rostock and International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai.
January 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our PhD student Poulami Barman recently met one of her thesis supervisors, Prof Nandita Saikia, in Mumbai to discuss the research on #mortality and #dementia challenges in India, part of the joint PhD programme between University of Rostock and International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai.
New research article: The role of #leukocytes in cognitive impairment due to long-term exposure to fine particulate matter - by B. Aretz, G. Doblhammer and M. Heneka
#mediation #analysis #cognitivefunctioning
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#mediation #analysis #cognitivefunctioning
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The role of leukocytes in cognitive impairment due to long‐term exposure to fine particulate matter: A large population‐based mediation analysis
INTRODUCTION
Our understanding of how fine particulate matter (PM2.5) impacts cognitive functioning is limited. Systemic inflammation processes may play a role in mediating this effect.
METHODS
Th.....
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2024 at 8:28 AM
New research article: The role of #leukocytes in cognitive impairment due to long-term exposure to fine particulate matter - by B. Aretz, G. Doblhammer and M. Heneka
#mediation #analysis #cognitivefunctioning
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#mediation #analysis #cognitivefunctioning
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New research article from Constantin Reinke: The effect of #diabetes in the multifaceted relationship between education and cognitive function
Open Access: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Open Access: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The effect of diabetes in the multifaceted relationship between education and cognitive function - BMC Public Health
Background Education has been shown to be positively associated with cognitive performance. However, the pathways via lifestyle-related disease through which education is related to cognitive performa...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
October 1, 2024 at 11:14 AM
New research article from Constantin Reinke: The effect of #diabetes in the multifaceted relationship between education and cognitive function
Open Access: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Open Access: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Das ESF-Team beim diesjährigen 15. Rostocker Firmenlauf im Stadthafen am 26. Juni- leicht erschöpft, aber happy nach dem Zieleinlauf bei bestem Sommerwetter 😎
July 9, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Das ESF-Team beim diesjährigen 15. Rostocker Firmenlauf im Stadthafen am 26. Juni- leicht erschöpft, aber happy nach dem Zieleinlauf bei bestem Sommerwetter 😎
Ein Team unseres Lehrstuhls um Prof. Gabriele Doblhammer, Poulami Barman und Anna-V. Holtz gaben am Rostocker Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium einen Einblick in die Demographie.
Themen u.a.: #Lebenserwartung und Bevölkerungsentwicklung Indiens sowie Deutschlands.
musikgymnasium-rostock.de/neuigkeiten/...
Themen u.a.: #Lebenserwartung und Bevölkerungsentwicklung Indiens sowie Deutschlands.
musikgymnasium-rostock.de/neuigkeiten/...
Uniluft in der Aula des MGKK geschnuppert
Wie stark altert unsere Gesellschaft? Wie schnell wächst die indische Gesellschaft? Welche politischen Entscheidungen können anhand von demografischen Prognosen getroffen werden? Mit diesen und ähnlic...
musikgymnasium-rostock.de
July 9, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Ein Team unseres Lehrstuhls um Prof. Gabriele Doblhammer, Poulami Barman und Anna-V. Holtz gaben am Rostocker Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium einen Einblick in die Demographie.
Themen u.a.: #Lebenserwartung und Bevölkerungsentwicklung Indiens sowie Deutschlands.
musikgymnasium-rostock.de/neuigkeiten/...
Themen u.a.: #Lebenserwartung und Bevölkerungsentwicklung Indiens sowie Deutschlands.
musikgymnasium-rostock.de/neuigkeiten/...
New research article: "Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands ..." - by M. Frentz-Göllnitz, G. Doblhammer and colleagues.
Published in: SSM - Population Health
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Published in: SSM - Population Health
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands. A population register based study, 2015–2019
Important health differences exist in the context of international migration and residential mobility. Less is known about health differences regardin…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 5, 2024 at 8:53 AM
New research article: "Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands ..." - by M. Frentz-Göllnitz, G. Doblhammer and colleagues.
Published in: SSM - Population Health
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Published in: SSM - Population Health
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Empirical Social Research and Demography - Rostock
Happy to share my first paper (ever) on colonoscopy procedures and subsequent risk of Parkinson’s disease. It's open access
content.iospress.com/articles/jou...
content.iospress.com/articles/jou...
Colonoscopy and Subsequent Risk of Parkinson’s Disease - IOS Press
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is caused by the misfolding and aggregation of α-synuclein in neurons into toxic oligomers and fibrils that have prion-like properties allowing them to infect heal...
content.iospress.com
June 6, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Happy to share my first paper (ever) on colonoscopy procedures and subsequent risk of Parkinson’s disease. It's open access
content.iospress.com/articles/jou...
content.iospress.com/articles/jou...
Introductory article published in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS):
#Demographic Developments in Eastern and Western Europe Before and After the #Transformation of Socialist Countries (Ed.: Gabriele Doblhammer, Zsolt Spéder)
www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
#Demographic Developments in Eastern and Western Europe Before and After the #Transformation of Socialist Countries (Ed.: Gabriele Doblhammer, Zsolt Spéder)
www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
May 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Introductory article published in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS):
#Demographic Developments in Eastern and Western Europe Before and After the #Transformation of Socialist Countries (Ed.: Gabriele Doblhammer, Zsolt Spéder)
www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
#Demographic Developments in Eastern and Western Europe Before and After the #Transformation of Socialist Countries (Ed.: Gabriele Doblhammer, Zsolt Spéder)
www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
Neue Publikation - Beitrag in Sammelband veröffentlicht:
Georges, Daniela & Doblhammer, Gabriele: Älter und diverser: Demografische Entwicklungen in Deutschland und ihre Herausforderungen für die Gesundheitsversorgung und Pflege.
#Demografie
Georges, Daniela & Doblhammer, Gabriele: Älter und diverser: Demografische Entwicklungen in Deutschland und ihre Herausforderungen für die Gesundheitsversorgung und Pflege.
#Demografie
April 13, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Neue Publikation - Beitrag in Sammelband veröffentlicht:
Georges, Daniela & Doblhammer, Gabriele: Älter und diverser: Demografische Entwicklungen in Deutschland und ihre Herausforderungen für die Gesundheitsversorgung und Pflege.
#Demografie
Georges, Daniela & Doblhammer, Gabriele: Älter und diverser: Demografische Entwicklungen in Deutschland und ihre Herausforderungen für die Gesundheitsversorgung und Pflege.
#Demografie
Nachwuchspreisverleihung DGD 2024- Benjamin Aretz erhält eine Auszeichnung für seine Dissertation "Health consequences of exposure to environmental living conditions: Pathways and spatial patterns in Europe"
- betreut von Prof. Dr. G. Doblhammer (Univ. Rostock)/Prof. Dr. F. Janssen (Univ. Groningen)
- betreut von Prof. Dr. G. Doblhammer (Univ. Rostock)/Prof. Dr. F. Janssen (Univ. Groningen)
March 26, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Nachwuchspreisverleihung DGD 2024- Benjamin Aretz erhält eine Auszeichnung für seine Dissertation "Health consequences of exposure to environmental living conditions: Pathways and spatial patterns in Europe"
- betreut von Prof. Dr. G. Doblhammer (Univ. Rostock)/Prof. Dr. F. Janssen (Univ. Groningen)
- betreut von Prof. Dr. G. Doblhammer (Univ. Rostock)/Prof. Dr. F. Janssen (Univ. Groningen)
The article entitled " #Antibiotics and #dementia: Antibiotic therapies can delay the onset of dementia" from "Demografische Forschung aus erster Hand" by Elena Rakuša has been published in Schattenblick magazine.
www.schattenblick.de/infopool/med...
www.schattenblick.de/infopool/med...
SCHATTENBLICK - DEMENZ/518: Studie - Antibiotika-Therapien können das Auftreten von Demenz verzögern (Demografische Forschung)
SCHATTENBLICK → MEDIZIN → KRANKHEIT → DEMENZ/518: Studie - Antibiotika-Therapien können das Auftreten von Demenz verzögern (Demografische Forschung) - DEMOGRAFISCHE FORSCHUNG - Aus Erster Hand - 3. Qu...
www.schattenblick.de
March 26, 2024 at 10:23 AM
The article entitled " #Antibiotics and #dementia: Antibiotic therapies can delay the onset of dementia" from "Demografische Forschung aus erster Hand" by Elena Rakuša has been published in Schattenblick magazine.
www.schattenblick.de/infopool/med...
www.schattenblick.de/infopool/med...
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Doblhammer and Dr. Daniela Georges are represented at this year's DGD annual conference with sessions on "Social Inequalities in #Morbidity and #Mortality in a Comparative Perspective" and "Demographic Data/Methods for Western and Northern Europe".
dgd-online.de/jahrestagung...
dgd-online.de/jahrestagung...
March 20, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Doblhammer and Dr. Daniela Georges are represented at this year's DGD annual conference with sessions on "Social Inequalities in #Morbidity and #Mortality in a Comparative Perspective" and "Demographic Data/Methods for Western and Northern Europe".
dgd-online.de/jahrestagung...
dgd-online.de/jahrestagung...
Wow, our article about "Dementia risk predictions from German claims data using methods of machine learning" is a #TopDownloadedArticle in Alzheimer's & Dementia 🤩
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Dementia risk predictions from German claims data using methods of machine learning
Introduction We examined whether German claims data are suitable for dementia risk prediction, how machine learning (ML) compares to classical regression, and what the important predictors for demen...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 19, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Wow, our article about "Dementia risk predictions from German claims data using methods of machine learning" is a #TopDownloadedArticle in Alzheimer's & Dementia 🤩
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New research article: “A powerful nonparametric test of the effect of #dementia duration on #mortality” - by Rafael Weißbach and Lucas Radloff in collaboration with Gabriele Doblhammer and Constantin Reinke from our chair.
Available at:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Available at:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A powerful nonparametric test of the effect of dementia duration on mortality
A continuous-time multi-state history is semi-Markovian, if an intensity to migrate from one state into a second, depends on the duration in the first state. Such duration can be formalised as mark...
www.tandfonline.com
March 12, 2024 at 9:57 AM
New research article: “A powerful nonparametric test of the effect of #dementia duration on #mortality” - by Rafael Weißbach and Lucas Radloff in collaboration with Gabriele Doblhammer and Constantin Reinke from our chair.
Available at:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Available at:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Chair of Empirical Social Research and Demography is now represented on Bluesky. Regular updates on research activities, publications, and teaching will be posted.
Check out our homepage at University of Rostock:
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Check out our homepage at University of Rostock:
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Lehrstuhl - Institut für Soziologie und Demographie - Universität Rostock
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February 27, 2024 at 10:32 AM
The Chair of Empirical Social Research and Demography is now represented on Bluesky. Regular updates on research activities, publications, and teaching will be posted.
Check out our homepage at University of Rostock:
www.isd.uni-rostock.de/isd/lehrstuh...
Check out our homepage at University of Rostock:
www.isd.uni-rostock.de/isd/lehrstuh...