Songyun Shi

Songyun Shi is a Research Scientist (post-doc) at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, affiliated with the Migration and Health Inequalities Research Group under the institute's Independent Research Groups structure.

Her research centers on migration-health linkages and social determinants of well-being, with specific expertise in:

• Longitudinal analysis of immigrant health trajectories and loneliness pathways
• Intergenerational mobility in educational attainment and cognitive aging
• Religion's buffering effects against poverty-related life dissatisfaction
• Gender and urban-rural disparities in relative deprivation

Methodologically, she employs advanced statistical techniques including growth mixture models, diagonal reference frameworks, and mediation analysis across diverse populations in China, Germany, and Hong Kong. Recent publications in Journal of Gerontology, Social Science & Medicine, and Research in Social Stratification and Mobility demonstrate her focus on quantitative rigor in social demography.

As part of MPIDR's Migration and Health Inequalities group, she contributes to the institute's core mission of advancing demographic science through interdisciplinary collaboration, though no specific advising roles, grants, or awards are documented in the source material.