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Population Studies & Training Center

  • Adoptive migration

    In this brief video, Jessaca Leinaweaver discusses her research on migration within Peru as well as from Peru to Spain via both adoption and labor migration and the varying implications for Peruvians in Spain.

  • Trainee research

    Each year, an NICHD fellowship supports five PSTC trainees, providing them time and funding to pursue their research agendas. Click to read about the projects of recent fellows.

  • Subsidies remove healthcare barriers

    A study by Assistant Professor of Economics Anja Sautmann shows that subsidies help children in Mali recieve the healthcare they need.

  • American Communities Project

    The American Communities Project showcases the program of research coordinated by John Logan, including studies on social and spatial inequalities and school segregation and racial disparities in education.

  • Short appointed PSTC director

    Professor of Sociology Susan Short, a long-time faculty associate of the PSTC, assumed leadership of the PSTC on July 1. She replaces Professor of Economics Andrew Foster.

ADHD diagnosis detrimental in mild cases
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Sometimes the effects of an ADHD diagnosis have worse impacts than the actual disorder, says research co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Jayanti Owens. "The Downside of an ADHD Diagnosis" (page 11) reports on the study, which finds that children who are diagnosed with mild ADHD scored lower in math and reading than their undiagnosed peers.
PSTC affiliates address development economics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] –The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) held its annual development economics conference at M.I.T. this month. More than a dozen PSTC affiliates were in attendance with 11 of them participating in the program as session chairs, paper presenters, discussants, and poster presenters. PSTC faculty, trainees, alumni, and visiting scholars presented their research on topics related to health, education, agriculture, and trade. 

Assessing improved nutrition through SNAP

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Do families enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program use the assistance to buy healthier food and increase their overall health? Professors of Economics Justine Hastings and Jesse Shapiro are seeking answers to this question and assessing the effects of SNAP enrollment. Their research has recently received funding from Policies for Action (P4A), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

GIS Institute accepting applications

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] – Applications are now being accepted for the Winter 2017 GIS Institute offered by Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4). The Institute, co-sponsored by S4, the PSTC, Brown University Libraries, and EarthLab, will run January 9-20. It is free of charge and is open to all Brown faculty, graduate students, and staff. The Institute provides participants the opportunity to build and apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis skills. The application deadline is December 1 with rolling acceptances issued from November 21.