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PRB Spotlight: Innovative Population and Environment Research

Lori Hunter is glad that population and environment research is becoming more sophisticated. As editor of the journal Population and Environment for the past five years, she said in a “PRB Spotlights” interview that she’s seen the theory behind research become stronger and the methods more creative. Hunter said that innovation in environmental research can…

Alternate Routes to Equity in Higher Education

Marta Tienda is Maurice P. During ’22 professor in Demographic Studies, professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and from 1997 to 2002 served as director of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. She is past president (2002) of the Population Association of America, and is a board member of TIAA,…

Social Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Disasters

Susan Cutter is a distinguished professor of geography at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute. Cutter researches what makes people and the places where they live vulnerable to extreme events such as hurricanes or tornadoes, and how vulnerability and resilience are measured, monitored, and assessed. She has…

Demographic Impacts and Disaster Response to 2004 Hurricanes

The 2004 hurricane season was the worst in Florida’s history. Four hurricanes caused $45 billion in damages and widespread population displacement. About 1.6 million people evacuated their homes—and many had to more than once in the year. Based on sample surveys with 11,000 residents in heavily hit areas, Stanley Smith has found new results on…

There are more than 16 million children in immigrant families in the United States, and they are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the U.S. population. Most are U.S. citizens who were born in the United States to foreign-born parents. They face complex cultural and social challenges, navigating between their parents’ backgrounds and…

Social and Economic Impacts of U.S. Immigration

Immigration in the United States is a debated and much-researched topic. What are the social and economic effects of immigration on the United States? On the one hand, immigration leads to displacement of jobs. On the other hand, immigrants create economic demand and growth. In this video, PRB president Bill Butz talks with Charles Hirschman,…

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