Summer Research Visit: Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program
MPIDR, Rostock, Germany, 8 June–21 August 2026
- Application deadline: 14 January 2026 (23:59 CET)
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is inviting applications from qualified and highly motivated students for a Summer Research Visit.
The goal of the Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program is to enable discovery by bringing together data scientists and population scientists to work on focused, intensive and collaborative projects of broad societal relevance.
For a period of 3 months (June 8th – August 21st, 2026) participating students will work in small teams, with support from experienced mentors, towards a common research goal. For the summer of 2026, the focus of the program will be on two main research areas:
- “Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production” mentored by Aliakbar Akbaritabar, Andrés Castro (Computational Social Science and Humanities Programme of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (CSSH-BSC)), and Irena Chen
- “Digitalization, AI, and Inequalities” mentored by Carolina Coimbra Vieira, Megan Evans, Nkechi S. Owoo (University of Ghana) and Emilio Zagheni
Participating students will be exposed to best practices across the social sciences and data sciences while contributing to a hands-on project experience that will result in a scientific journal article. All participants will also have access to lectures and will be able to participate in other scientific activities taking place at the MPIDR.
Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral or master’s university program (at the time they visit the MPIDR).
In order to receive full consideration, applications should be received by January 14th 2026 (11:59 p.m. CET).
More information can be obtained here.