The state of women’s health in the US is shocking — even to us, medical sociologists and demographers with a history of studying gender and health.

Oded Galor's book, "The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality," has been included on The Times' list of Best Philosophy and Ideas Books of 2022.

Despite an increase in wildfire risk spurred by climate change, Americans are moving to wildfire-prone areas and prioritizing lower housing costs and amenities such as temperate weather and recreational opportunities over risk of natural disasters.

PSTC Faculty Affiliate Dr. Megan Ranney explains the nationwide antibiotic shortage.

The Times of India interviews PSTC Researcher Elizabeth Fussell about key trends in climate migration.

Public health experts explain the recent overwhelming wave of illness that is pushing hospitals and emergency rooms to capacity or beyond.

PSTC Anthropologist Kate Mason discusses the origins of the Pandemic Journaling Project and engaging with archival activism.

PSTC Economist Emily Oster advocates for shifting our energies toward solving problems the pandemic revealed or created and away from arguing over choices made during the uncertainty of a novel public health crisis.

Today’s climate emergency is reminiscent of the past population growth crisis: Both represent existential challenges requiring sustained global efforts. Our success on the population issue holds key lessons for addressing the climate crisis as well.

School officials, educators, and public health experts discuss how to offset learning loss for America’s schoolchildren post-pandemic.

The nearly decade-old Veterans Affairs registry to track burn pit illnesses and help veterans get care for those injuries is achieving neither of those goals, according to research from independent health experts, who are recommending major changes to the effort.

PSTC Economist Oded Galor discusses how ancient factors like geography, culture and diversity impact today’s wealth inequality.

Eric Loucks, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, offers ideas on how to begin a meditation regimen.

PSTC Economist Emily Oster highlights disparities within the overall decline in student test score growth due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Associate Professor of Education and Economics Matthew Kraft discusses compelling evidence for the implementation of high-cost, intensive, long-term tutoring as a tool in academic recovery from the pandemic.

PSTC Epidemiologist Mark Lurie explains how a major new Brown University initiative—the Center for Mobility Analysis for Pandemic Prevention Strategies, or MAPPS—could avoid another public health crisis like COVID-19.

PSTC Sociologist and Demographer Elizabeth Fussell explains why people remain in places threatened by climate crises, despite the hazards, in this USA Today investigative series.

PSTC Economist Matthew Turner explains how proposed "congestion pricing" would disincentivize travel. “People reschedule their trips, or take them by a different mode, or don’t take them at all,” he said.

Drawing upon his recent paper co-authored by Annenberg Institute post doc Josh Bleiberg, PSTC affiliate Matt Kraft explains the difficulty of studying the teacher labor market in real time and the need for better data systems.

The tribal collaborative database project, led by PSTC affiliate Linford Fisher, seeks to understand settler colonialism and its impact through the lens of Indigenous enslavement and unfreedom.

Professor Omar Galárraga's work is featured at the 24th International AIDS Conference on "Behavioral Economics and Conditional Incentives to Strengthen HIV Treatment and Prevention: Actioning the Science"

"Those who were deployed at bases where burn pits were used clearly had exposure to agents that are known to be harmful," said PSTC Epidemiologist David Savitz, speaking about the negative health outcomes associated with military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan where burn pits were used to dispose of waste from 2010 to 2015.

PSTC faculty member & dean of public health Dr. Megan Ranney talks about the importance of treating gun violence the same way we treat other public health crises – before it lands people in the ER.

PSTC Researcher Elizabeth Fussell gave the keynote address at last month's meeting of the Geographical Sciences Committee at the National Academies of Sciences.

In a podcast produced by the Brookings Institution, PSTC Economist Anna Aizer discussed how economic shocks can have outsize effects on children, interrupting their growth and development.

Dr. Megan Ranney says exposure to gun violence at school can have lifelong consequences for students and communities.

Reducing congestion and its problems of pollution and carbon emissions won’t be easy or cheap. But transportation experts continue to search for answers.

Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Sociology Jayanti Owens, who studies gender and racial disparities in education, says the lack of time for play in many schools can be tough on boys in particular.

PSTC sociologist Elizabeth Fussell comments on environmental migrants.

PSTC economist John Friedman comments on persistent economic inequality in the context of the pandemic.

PSTC epidemiologist Mark Lurie commented on the current state of the COVID-19 crisis and what the coming months might hold.

PSTC sociologist John Logan commented on the findings of the 2020 Census.

This opinion piece by David Brooks cites PSTC sociologist David Lindstrom's work on Mexican immigrant integration.

The New York Times profiles PSTC economist Emily Oster's research on reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PSTC Postdoctoral Fellow Jake Carlson explains why housing is a social good, and proposes the creation of a Social Development Housing Authority, which would convert distressed real estate into permanently affordable housing.

PSTC epidemiologist Diana Grigsby-Toussaint comments on how racist practices such as redlining have made it more likely that communities of color live in areas with less green space and more air pollution, which may lead to more health risks.

PSTC sociologist Andrew Schrank comments on how President Biden's economic initiatives will benefit older Americans.

PSTC postdoctoral research associate Meghan Zacher comments on the long-term mental and physical health effects of the pandemic.

PSTC/S4 Postdoctoral Research Associate Jake Carlson proposes the creation of a new federal agency, the Social Development Housing Authority, as a way of creating affordable housing for tenants.

PSTC anthropologist Kate Mason discusses the Pandemic Journaling Project, an outlet for Americans to reflect on the pandemic while contributing to anthropological records.

PSTC epidemiologist Diana Grigsby-Toussaint comments on why communities of color may be less likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

PSTC economist John Friedman comments on why traditional stimulus payments aren't as effective during the pandemic.

In the context of consumer confidence, PSTC economist Neil Thakral explains how the speed at which the CARES Act stimulus payments are distributed impacts their potential to stimulate the economy.