Federal Institute for Population Research

Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB)
Federal Institute for Population Research
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung

Office building of the BiB in Wiesbaden
Agency overview
Formed 12 February 1973
Jurisdiction Federal institution
(nicht rechtsfähige Bundesanstalt)
Headquarters Wiesbaden, Germany
Employees 49
Agency executive
  • Professor Dr. Norbert F. Schneider, Director
Parent agency Federal Ministry of the Interior
Website http://www.bib-demografie.de/en

The Federal Institute for Population Research (German: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung), abbreviated BiB, is research institute of the German federal government under the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (German: Bundesministerium des Innern, BMI) and has the task of providing scientific advice to the federal government on issues relating to demography and demographic trends in fertility, nuptiality, mortality, ageing and migration as well as global issues.

Purpose and Tasks

The BiB was established on 12 February 1973 as a federal institution and belongs to the executive agencies of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The establishment decree of the Federal Minister of the Interior of 12 February 1973 was supplemented by the decree of 28 July 1995, as well as by the new decree of 21 November 2007. It was called into being in the context of the immense fertility decline in Germany.

The three main areas of responsibility are:

Administration

The BiB has 49 employees on staff, including 38 researchers. The interdisciplinary team of researchers in the institute consists of sociologists, economists, demographers, geographers and other social scientists. [2]

The BiB is divided into three research areas:

The BiB is supported in its scientific research by a Board of Trustees composed of nine researchers and nine representatives of the government departments.

Since April 1st, 2009, Prof. Norbert F. Schneider is head of the BiB.

Publications

The programme of publications of the BiB is based on three series of publications following different scientific goals:

The Materials on Population Studies (Materialien zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft) were suspended after publishing Volume 129 and replaced by the series BiB Working Paper which include research-related papers and BiB Data and Technical Reports (Daten- und Methodenberichte) which publish descriptions of data sets and methods.

Furthermore, the BiB publishes brochures at irregular intervals.[4]

Cooperation

The BiB has worked in several international research projects, including GGP, PPAS/DIALOG, FEMAGE, FFS and JobMob.

The BiB is cooperating with the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) and has organised the European Population Conference (EPC), which is the largest European conference on population studies, in 2016. It is also a member of the Population Europe network.

External links

References

  1. "BiB - Purpose and Tasks". www.bib-demografie.de. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  2. "BiB - The Institute". www.bib-demografie.de. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. "BiB - Organisational Structure". www.bib-demografie.de. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  4. "BiB - Publications". www.bib-demografie.de. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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