PSTC News
2024 PSTC Call for Graduate Student Summer Research Awards
April 10, 2024
The PSTC is now accepting applications from graduate students for summer 2024 research awards. Summer research support nurtures research projects consistent with the PSTC’s mission to promote innovative and high-quality population science.
Brown at PAA
April 3, 2024
Appearances of Brown University Faculty, Researchers, and Students at the PAA 2024 Annual Meeting | April 17-20, 2024 | Columbus, OH
PSTC Call for Proposals for Mellon Anthropological Demography Awards
March 28, 2024
The PSTC welcomes proposals to advance Brown’s research and distinctive reputation in anthropological demography.
Pandemic Journaling Project Made Accessible to Researchers at New Long-Term Home
March 1, 2024
Researchers studying the COVID-19 pandemic will maintain wide access to this paradigm-shifting historical record at its new placement at Syracuse University
Investigating the Link Between Intra-Occupation Job Variation and Gender Segregation in the Workplace
January 31, 2024
Sociologist Ananda Martin-Caughey is re-examining social survey data to analyze the impacts of job title stratification.
Entrepreneurial Responses to Infrastructure Failures in Nigeria
December 18, 2023
PSTC researcher Daniel Jordan Smith’s 2022 book documents how citizen-government relationships in Nigeria have been impacted by the state’s infrastructural shortcomings.
The Launch of a Project on Mesoamerican Migration
November 16, 2023
Using innovative survey techniques, the project aims to comprehensively document the experiences of migrants to the U.S. from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
A Community-Driven Project to Analyze Local Drug Supply
October 17, 2023
As part of the TestRI research project, PSTC epidemiologist Alexandra B. Collins worked alongside RI community partners to better understand and mitigate local overdose risk.
PSTC Researcher Investigates Social Determinants of Gender Differences in Dementia
September 5, 2023
Assistant Professor of Population Studies Meghan Zacher explores potential link between educational inequality and women’s increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
PSTC Researcher Uncovers Educational Disparities among Africa’s Largest Religious Populations
August 4, 2023
In his recently published paper, PSTC economist Stelios Michalopoulos investigates why Christian populations experience higher rates of educational mobility throughout Africa.