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.

Under the framework of the first two databases (PPD & PERFAR), Population Europe Partners carried out the data collection for the Policy Section until 2016.

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)

Between September 2016 and December 2022, 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.

Since January 2023, SPLASH has been developed by the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).

The project was coordinated until March 2024 by Diana López-Falcón.

Partners & Contributors (2009 - 2024)

Adina Rebeleanu Eva Maria Hohnerlein Martina Jančokova
Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak Ewelina Słotwińska-Rosłanowska Mathias Voigt
Agnieszka Mazalska Fabio Álvarez Ávila Matthias Dettendorfer
Aimie Bouju François Levrau Michael Henke
Ainhoa Alustiza Francois Peglow Mieke Zijlstra
Aivita Putnina Frankie Sorenson Niels Jegind
Albert Sabater Fred Heiden Nina Conkova
Alexander Wisbauer Gerda Neyer Nora Sánchez-Gassen
Allan Puur Ginevra Floridi Norbert Neuwirth
Alyson Silkowski Giulia Ferrari Olga Grigorieva
Amparo Necker Guido Sommer-Binder Olivier Thévenon
Anders Gravir Imenes Harald Wilkoszewski Pablo Montano Otero
Andreas Edel Helga A.G. de Valk Pau Miret-Gamundi
Anke Radenacker Henri Mougeot-Damidot Paul-Teodor Haragus
Anna Matysiak Ilze Mileiko Peter Wilhelm
Anna Rybińska Ina Jaschinski Philipp Stolzenberg
Anne H. Gauthier Inge Pasteels Pilar Zueras
Arianna Caporali Ingrid-Erika Banciu Raul Lohalm
Asta Põldma James W. Vaupel Regula Julia Leemann
Axel Börsch-Supan Jana Amtsberg Rob van der Erf
Balázs Kapitány Janne Mikkonen Rocío Treviño
Caroline Berghammer Jonas Loos Sandra Hafner
Cecilia Larsson Jonas Richter-Dumke Sandra Krapf
Charity Young Judit Monostori Sarmite Mikulionienė
Christoph Jährling Kaarina Korhonen Sebastian Klüsener
Cornelia Muresan Karel Neels Sonia Buchholtz
Daniel Kreft Karolis Žibas Tobias Vogt
Daniela Vono Katherine Knaust Ulrich Becker
Daumantas Stumbrys Katrien Swartelé Viatcheslav Obodzinskiy
Diana Ávila Moreno Krista Brantevica Vlada Stankūnienė
Diana López-Falcón Lene Tølbøll Wendy Sigle
Dirk Vieregg Līga Āboliņa Wida Rogh
Elīna Apsīte-Beriņa Manuela Schicka Wieke Selten
Elke Loichinger Maria Slopinski Wieteke Conen
Emily Lines Maria Stanfors Willemijn Bot
Emily Moren Aanes Marie Carnein Zane Cunska
Enes Eren Marie-Eve Zufferey Zhengqui Ding
Eric Widmer Marieke Bohne Zsuzsanna Makay
Ernestina Coast Marlene Haupt