Professor Dr James W. Vaupel (✝︎)
- Section Economics and Empirical Social Sciences
- Location Rostock, Germany
- Election year 2008
Research
Major Scientific Interests: Biodemography, Paleodemography, Survival and Longevity, Mathematical and Statistical Methods of Population Analysis, Public Policy
Career
- 2011-2022 Professor of Demography and Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- 2018-2022 Emeritus Group James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
- 2013-2017 Director, Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Denmark
- 2006-2022 Senior Research Scientist, Sanford Institute, Duke University, USA
- 2003-2022 Honorary Professor, Rostock University, Germany
- 1997-2002 Part-time Professor of Demography and Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark
- 1996-2022 Founding Director, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
- 1992-2005 Senior Research Scientist, Sanford Institute, Duke University, USA
- 1991-1996 Professor of Demography and Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark
- 1988-1991 Professor of Ancient Studies and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, USA
- 1985-1991 Professor of Public Affairs and Planning, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs – University of Minnesota, USA
- 1978 Ph.D. (Public Policy) - Harvard University, USA
- 1972-1985 Assistant then Associate Professor, Duke University, USA
- 1971 Master of Public Policy - Harvard University, USA
- 1967 B.A. (mathematical statistics) - Harvard University, USA
Functions
- 2012-2022 President, Board of the Evolutionary Demography Society
- 2009-2022 Chairman, Board of Trustees of Population Europe: The European Population Partnership
- 2005-2022 Rector, European Doctoral School of Demography
- 2000-2022 Rector, International Max Planck Research School for Demography
- 1999-2008 Publisher, Online journal Demographic Research
Projects
- Project “Natural Experiments and the Determinants of Old‐Age Survival — Life‐Expectancy Convergence after German Reunification and the Importance of Changing Mortality Conditions
- Project “Methodological Issues in Mortality Research and Biodemography”
- Project “Gender Differences in Health and Mortality: Comparative Approach”
- Project “Biologische Mechanismen Stressbedingter Risiken in Moskau”
- Project “COMPADRE Datenbank” (Projektionsmatrizen für Pflanzenarten) & “COMADRE Datenbank” (Projektionsmatrizen für Tiere)
- Project “DATLife Datenbank: Demografie der Alterns über den Stammbaum des Lebens”
- Project “Der Einfluss der Umwelt auf Life‐History‐Merkmale im Polypen‐ und Medusenstadium von
- Eleutheria dichotoma”
- Project “Evolutionäre Biodemografie und altersspezifische Mortalität bei der Süßwasserpolypenart Hydra”
- Project “Kannisto‐Thatcher Database on Old‐Age Mortality”
- Project “Messmethoden und Dekomposition in Mortalitätsuntersuchungen”
- Project “Untersuchung zu Stress und Gesundheit in Moskau”
- Project “Vergleichende Demografie von geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschieden bei Tieren”
Honours and Memberships
- 2017 Cozzarelli Prize, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
- 2015 Honoraray Doctorate. University of Lund, Sweden
- 2011 European Latsis Prize, European Science Foundation
- 2010 Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, Newcastle, UK
- 2009 Seneca Medal, “Industrieclub” Düsseldorf, Germany
- since 2008 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- since 2008 Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2008 Mindel C. Sheps Award for Mathematical Demography, Population Association of America, USA
- since 2004 Regular Scientific Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
- 2001 Irene B. Taeuber Award for Lifetime Achievement, Population Association of America