PSTC News
PSTC Reception at PAA
April 6, 2018
The PSTC will host a reception for PSTC and Brown University friends and alumni during the annual meeting of the Population Association of America.
In the age of inequality, does public schooling make a difference?
March 20, 2018
Associate Professor of Sociology Margot Jackson to participate in March 22 panel on the landmark Coleman Report.
Instrumental exploitation: Predatory property relations at city’s end
March 14, 2018
PSTC Postdoc Eric Seymour has co-authored a study on speculative bulk ownership and links to racial-spatial ordering of U.S. cities.
PSTC accepting applications for Associate Director of S4
March 2, 2018
The Associate Director will participate in scholarly program development and training across multiple disciplines. Apply by April 10.
GIS Institute highlights spatial research
January 25, 2018
The semi-annual GIS Institute took place in January with two weeks of training and project work.
PSTC’s S4 hosts Geographical Analysis journal
December 11, 2017
Associate Professor of Population Studies (Research) Rachel Franklin is now editor of the journal Geographical Analysis. Franklin, who is the associate director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4), the spatial core for the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC) at Brown, began her three-year term as editor on July 1.
PSTC at the International Population Conference
November 14, 2017
The 28th International Population Conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa, October 29-November 4 with strong representation from PSTC faculty and trainees. The conference, organized by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, takes place once every four years and draws approximately “2,000 population scholars, policy makers, and government officials from around the...
Mexican Migration Projects celebrates 30 years
November 9, 2017
For thirty years, the Mexican Migration Project (MMP) has been collecting survey data in Mexico and the United States on Mexico-U.S. migration. It is the longest on-going study of Mexico-U.S. migration and has transformed the way migration is studied. To celebrate the MMP’s thirtieth anniversary, a bi-lingual conference was convened in Mexico City at El Colegio de México (Colmex) October 26-27.
Former PSTC director elected PAA president
November 8, 2017
John Casterline has been elected the president-elect of the Population Association of America. Casterline, now a professor in population studies in the Department of Sociology at The Ohio State University, was the PSTC director from 1992-1994.
Marston wins Fulbright-Hays Award
November 1, 2017
Jerome Marston, a PSTC predoctoral trainee in Political Science, has been awarded the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award.