PSTC Alum Andrea Mazzarino considers the effects of war on children's education.

Elizabeth Fussell has received recent attention for her research on inequality in post-disaster recovery, as well as on migration trends amid rising sea levels. 

PSTC Associate Emily Rauscher answers children's questions about school.

In January 2020, the PSTC will co-sponsor the inaugural conference of the Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement, in U.N. City, Copenhagen.

“The group has been able to foster intellectual community around migration and build on strengths in migration studies through productive exchange of work.”

A pervasive view of males as uncontrollable animals not only sells them short, but may encourage problematic practices.

Galor's work has been influential in building economists' understanding of the relationship between inequality, growth and human evolution.

PSTC Associate David Savitz receives prestigious honor.

Students learn less when teachers are hired after the start of the school year.

Explores the decline of union power, alternative representation options, and the increasingly unequal distribution of power.

Savitz’s service has helped the National Academy of Medicine serve the nation and the international community.

New infrastructure for HIV research will help build a foundation for new interventions to fight the spread of HIV within some of the country’s most vulnerable populations.

“Recognizing the important role that fathers, mothers and other adults play in the health-seeking behavior of boys and girls, and especially in rural areas, is crucial to getting adolescents into formal health system for information and treatment.”

"Simply ending the one-child policy, without additional institutional measures that address the issue of work-life incompatibility for women, may not successfully boost fertility level."

Balancing Rigor, Replication, and Relevance.

"The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility," a study coauthored by Economist John Friedman.

NGOs, government agencies, and scholars have been trying to increase awareness and involvement of young men in SRH matters for at least three decades, with mixed results at best.

The postpartum period is a major life transition that most women go through, often multiple times.

Why are boys failing at school? What can be done about it? And, can experts agree on root causes? Jayanti Owens provides commentary based on her education and gender research.

Omar Galárraga explores innovative approach to improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV in low-income and middle-income countries.

Jesse Shapiro provides insight on political polarization.

Katherine Mason discusses how the 2003 outbreak of the SARS virus drastically changed China's public health system.

On August 5, 2019, the Population Studies and Training Center lost a visionary scholar, founding director, and beloved mentor Sidney Goldstein.

PSTC Faculty Associate Stelios Michalopoulos received the distinguished scientific award for social sciences as part of the Bodossaki Foundation’s Scientific Prizes for 2019.