Tom Theile

Tom Theile is a Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, affiliated with the Laboratory of Migration and Mobility and the Laboratory of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being. His work focuses on computational approaches to migration studies using large-scale digital trace data from platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter.

His research spans migration studies, computational demography, and gender analysis, with specialization in scholarly mobility, professional migration patterns, and methodological innovation through digital trace data. He develops computational tools like the rsocsim R package for demographic microsimulation and leverages unconventional data sources to address traditional demographic questions at unprecedented scales.

Analysis of his publications reveals consistent focus on international migration of high-skilled workers, with particular emphasis on gender disparities, economic development impacts, and methodological advances using LinkedIn and bibliometric data. His work demonstrates how digital footprints enable new migration flow estimation techniques and granular analysis of professional mobility.

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At MPIDR, Theile contributes to the Laboratory of Migration and Mobility and Laboratory of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being through three major projects: Migration and Mobility of Scholars, Scholarly Migration Database, and Studying International Migration of High-Skilled Professionals using Digital Trace Data. His work involves close collaboration with Emilio Zagheni's Digital and Computational Demography group and international partners across demography and data science fields.