Emilio Zagheni

Director
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)

zagheni@demogr.mpg.de

Field of Study: Demography, Sociology, Statistics
 
Specialization: Data Collection and Processing, Economic Demography, Estimates and Projections, Families and Households, HIV/AIDS and STI's, Internal Migration, International Migration, Mathematical Demography, Mortality, Health, and Longevity, Population and Development, Population and Environment
 
Regional focus: Latin America and the Caribbean, United States and Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), University of California, Berkeley, Demography, 2010
 
Working languages: English
Italian, French
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), Population Association of America (PAA)


Curriculum Vitae:
Zagheni_CV_2024_07.pdf
Professional web page:
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/about_us_6113/staff_directory_1899/emilio_zagheni_2243  
 
Professional Summary:

Emilio Zagheni is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), in Rostock, Germany, and affiliate faculty of the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he served as Training Director of the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. He received his Ph.D. in Demography (2010) and M.A. in Statistics (2008) from the University of California at Berkeley. Zagheni is currently President of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS). In this role, he has been a strong supporter of open science, data and software, as well as an advocate for demographic training and for strengthened cooperation between regional population associations.

 

 At IUSSP, Zagheni chaired the Scientific Panels on Big Data and Population Processes (2015-2018) and on Digital Demography (2019-2022). Currently he serves as a member of the IUSSP Panel on Population Dynamics under Global Conflict and Climate Change (2022-2025). As part of his work with these panels, Zagheni has (co-)organized training and research activities that took place in all continents, favoring innovation, collaboration and interdisciplinary exchange, as well as expanding learning opportunities for students and early-career scholars.

 

 

Publications:

From a methodological perspective, Zagheni is best known for his work on combining digital trace data, traditional sources, and new forms of data collection, within solid statistical and formal demographic frameworks.  Substantively, his research has contributed to improve our understanding of migration processes, family and kinship dynamics, intergenerational transfers in aging societies, population and environment interlinkages, and the implications of technological transformations for health and well-being.  Below are five selected publications:  

 

Alburez-Gutierrez D., Acosta E., Zagheni E., and Williams N.E. (2024). The Long-lasting Effect of Armed Conflicts Deaths on the Living: Quantifying Family Bereavement. Science Advances, 10(30), eado6951.

 

Zhao X., Akbaritabar A., Kashyap R., and Zagheni E. (2023). A Gender Perspective on the Global Migration of Scholars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(10), e2214664120

 

Alburez-Gutierrez D., Kolk M. and Zagheni E. (2021). Women’s Experience of Child Death over the Life Course: A Global Demographic Perspective. Demography 58(5): 1715-1735

 

Zagheni, E., Weber, I., and Gummadi, K. 2017. Leveraging Facebook’s Advertising Platform to Monitor Stocks of Migrants. Population and Development Review 43(4):721-734.

 

Zagheni E. 2011. The Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on Kinship Resources for Orphans in Zimbabwe. Population and Development Review 37(4):761- 783.