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Understanding local, national, and global population challenges through interdisciplinary fieldwork, data science, and research-to-policy approaches.

PSTC News

Boarded up homes in Detroit

October 11, 2018

Speculative property purchases spur Detroit neighborhood decline

PSTC Postdoc Eric Seymour examines the post-crisis housing markets and worsening housing security.

In the News

Jalen Hayre and his mother, Joanna Ravello, at their home in Providence

October 11, 2018

Health disparities in R.I.: Wellness tied to race, income, education and ZIP code

The Opportunity Altas, published by economist John Friedman and colleagues, shows areas in RI that confirm the correlation between race and income.

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Research Themes

Family in park

Family in park

Children, Families, and Health

Shanghai highways

Shanghai highways

Migration and Urbanization

Reforestation

Reforestation

Population and Environment

Crowded New York City street

Crowded New York City street

Demographic Change and Global Development

Pregnancy checkup

Pregnancy checkup

Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

Social Inequalities

Events

A Unified Law of Mortality: Implications for the Long Run Effects of Early Conditions

October 18, 2018

The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility

October 18, 2018

Flight in and from Cities: Displacement due to Criminal Violence in Medellín, Colombia, and across Latin America

October 23, 2018

Conspicuous Redistribution: Masculinity and Money in Contemporary Nigeria

October 25, 2018

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