Andres Castro

Andrés F. Castro Torres is a sociologist and population scientist affiliated with the Laboratory of Migration and Mobility and the Laboratory of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania (2019) and a Master’s in Statistics (2010) and Bachelor’s in Sociology (2012) from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

His research focuses on social class and gender disparities in family formation and dissolution in Global South countries and immigrant populations in the U.S. and Europe. He employs quantitative methods to analyze census data, surveys, and administrative records, emphasizing inductive, data-driven approaches to identify social class groups and family trajectory types.

Castro’s recent publications address global knowledge disparities in demographic research, the role of linear statistical models in social science, and gendered migration patterns in Latin America. His work spans collaborations with institutions like the University of Pennsylvania and Universidad Nacional de Colombia.