Объявляется набор участников Объединенной летней школы
"На переднем крае демографических исследований
смертности и продолжительности жизни"

Организаторы школы - Международный союз изучения народонаселения и Институт демографических исследований Общества Макса Планка. Школа проводится 25 июля - 2 августа 2005 года в Ростоке (Германия). Последний срок подачи заявок на участие - 31 декабря 2004 г.

Joint Summer School of the IUSSP and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR):
Frontiers of Demographic Research on Mortality and Longevity.
25 July - 2 August 2005 - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), Rostock (Germany). Application Deadline: December 31, 2004

The IUSSP and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) will hold the first Joint Summer School on "Frontiers of Demographic Research on Mortality and Longevity". The lecturers include:
1) Ronald Lee: Economic consequences of mortality decline
2) Yasuhiko Saito: Disability and Longevity. Computing health expectancy using Japan as an example
3) Alberto Palloni: Aging in developing countries
4) Jacques Vallin & Vladimir Shkolnikov: (topic to be selected)
5) Graziella Caselli: Demographic Analysis of Centenarians
6) Anatoli Yashin: Models of Disability and Mortality
7) Zeng Yi: Healthy Longevity in China
8) James Vaupel: Models of Negative and Positive Senescence

For further information on the course and plans please go to http://www.iussp.org/Announcements/9summerschool.php.

Recruitment of the students
A maximum of 25 students will be admitted. Applicants should either be enrolled in a PhD program (those well on their way to completion will be favored) or have received their PhD not more than 3 years ago. The selection will be made by Max Plank Institute and IUSSP based on the applicants' scientific qualifications. In addition 21 scholarships of 1500 euro will be awarded to cover transportation and daily expenses during the seminar.

Application Procedure
Applications should be sent to the MPIDR by email no later than 31 December 2004. Begin your email message with a statement saying that you are applying to the Joint IUSSP-MPIDR Summer School. You also need to include the following two documents, either in the text of the email or as attached documents.
(1) A two-page curriculum vitae, including a list of your scholarly publications.
(2) A one-page statement of your research and how it relates to the Joint IUSSP- MPIDR Summer School.
Send your email to Heiner Maier: office@imprs-demogr.mpg.de. Application deadline is 31 December 2004. Late applications cannot be considered. Applicants will be informed of the status of their application by 15 March 2005.