About Us
Project History
Population and Policy Database (PPD)

The Social Policy Archive for SHARE (SPLASH) represents a milestone in the evolution of multiple projects involving the support and vision of several partner institutions.
The Population and Policy Database (PPD) was originally created and launched in 2011 at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock. Headed by James W. Vaupel along with team members Gerda Neyer, Harald Wilkoszewski, Sebastian Klüsener, and Sanda Krapf, the database’s development aimed to increase access to public information by sharing high quality demographic and social policy indicators with researchers.
Population Europe Resource Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

The directors of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy (MPISoc), Axel Börsch-Supan and Ulrich Becker, partnered with the coordination committee of the PPD in 2012. Then the Population Europe Secretariat in Berlin took over the management of the PPD’s first update. Later on, the Population Europe Resource Finder and Archive (PERFAR), however, replaced the PPD with its release in 2015. Coordinated by Diana López-Falcón with the guidance of the Scientific Advisory Board, PERFAR’s content provided legal documents, policy descriptions, and links to data resources attracting a more diverse group of users.
Data on migration policies for Italy, France and Spain were generously provided by the Collaborative SSH-FP7 Temporary versus Permanent Migration Project - TEMPER (http://www.temperproject.eu) in 2014.
Social Policy Archive for SHARE (SPLASH)
Since September 2016, the MPISoc has supervised the project with the Munich Center for the Economics of Ageing (MEA) coordinating the development of the current database - SPLASH. The Policy section currently offers information collected from the PPD and PERFAR until 2016.
We would also like to acknowledge our users and the invaluable feedback they provide. Please check back regularly as we are continually expanding our content and adding new features based upon user comments.
Please note, the PERFAR interface has shutdown with the release of SPLASH; however, all of the content has been transferred.
Partners & Contributors (2009 - 2018)
Adina Rebeleanu | Eva Maria Hohnerlein | Martina Jančokova |
Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak | Ewelina Słotwińska-Rosłanowska | Mathias Voigt |
Agnieszka Mazalska | François Levrau | Matthias Dettendorfer |
Aimie Bouju | Francois Peglow | Michael Henke |
Ainhoa Alustiza | Fred Heiden | Mieke Zijlstra |
Aivita Putnina | Gerda Neyer | Niels Jegind |
Albert Sabater | Ginevra Floridi | Nina Conkova |
Alexander Wisbauer | Giulia Ferrari | Nora Sánchez-Gassen |
Allan Puur | Guido Sommer-Binder | Norbert Neuwirth |
Alyson Silkowski | Harald Wilkoszewski | Olga Grigorieva |
Amparo Necker | Helga A.G. de Valk | Olivier Thévenon |
Anders Gravir Imenes | Henri Mougeot-Damidot | Pau Miret-Gamundi |
Andreas Edel | Ilze Mileiko | Paul-Teodor Haragus |
Anke Radenacker | Ina Jaschinski | Peter Wilhelm |
Anna Matysiak | Inge Pasteels | Philipp Stolzenberg |
Anna Rybińska | Ingrid-Erika Banciu | Pilar Zueras |
Anne H. Gauthier | James W. Vaupel | Raul Lohalm |
Arianna Caporali | Jana Amtsberg | Regula Julia Leemann |
Asta Põldma | Janne Mikkonen | Rob van der Erf |
Axel Börsch-Supan | Jonas Loos | Rocío Treviño |
Balázs Kapitány | Jonas Richter-Dumke | Sandra Hafner |
Caroline Berghammer | Judit Monostori | Sandra Krapf |
Cecilia Larsson | Kaarina Korhonen | Sarmite Mikulionienė |
Charity Young | Karel Neels | Sebastian Klüsener |
Christoph Jährling | Karolis Žibas | Sonia Buchholtz |
Cornelia Muresan | Katherine Knaust | Tobias Vogt |
Daniel Kreft | Katrien Swartelé | Ulrich Becker |
Daniela Vono | Krista Brantevica | Viatcheslav Obodzinskiy |
Daumantas Stumbrys | Lene Tølbøll | Vlada Stankūnienė |
Diana López-Falcón | Līga Āboliņa | Wendy Sigle |
Dirk Vieregg | Manuela Schicka | Wida Rogh |
Elīna Apsīte-Beriņa | Maria Slopinski | Wieke Selten |
Elke Loichinger | Maria Stanfors | Wieteke Conen |
Emily Lines | Marie Carnein | Willemijn Bot |
Emily Moren Aanes | Marie-Eve Zufferey | Zane Cunska |
Eric Widmer | Marieke Bohne | Zhengqui Ding |
Ernestina Coast | Marlene Haupt | Zsuzsanna Makay |