Regional Studies

In addition to its considerable research portfolio and accomplishments focusing on the United States the Population Studies Center has extensive research experience and expertise in virtually every region of the world. Our international research portfolio includes studies of: schooling, families, and income in Latin America; fertility, mortality, and aging in Europe; health and the transition to adulthood in Africa; and reproduction and family life in the Middle East. Our Asian work includes studies of: family and fertility in South Asia; fertility, health, and aging in Southeast Asia; and mortality, fertility, and social mobility in East Asia.

Funded Research and Affiliated Programs

A Post-Crisis Analysis of the Attitudes and Value Orientations of the Islamic Publics in Egypt, Iran, and Morocco (Moaddel)

An In-depth Analysis of the Worldviews of Egyptians (Moaddel)

Cape Area Panel Study (Lam)

Collaborative Social Science Research and Training in South Africa (Lam)

Demographic Responses to Community and Family Context (Lee)

Educational Inequalities in reform-era China, 1990-2000 (Wu)

Families, Communities and Youth Outcomes in South Africa (Lam)

Family Support and Rapid Social Change in South Africa (Lam)

Gansu Survey of Children and Families

Health and Well Being Among Older-Old in United States and Japan (Liang)

In Search of a Sociopolitical Community: The Cases of Egypt, Iran, and Jordan (Moaddel)

Iraqi Perception of the Past, Present, and Future (Moaddel)

Mexico: Maquila, Environmental Vulnerability, and Health (Harlow)

PIRE (Partnerships for International Research and Education) Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population Processes, and Environmental Change (Axinn)

Population and Ecology Research Laboratory (PERL) (Axinn)

Reciprocal Relations Between Population and Environment (Axinn)

Research Training in Population Health in China and South Africa (Lam)


PSC blog

Recent resources, events, news

New Publications

Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"

Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report

Next Brown Bag

Tues, Dec 1
Arland Thornton & Barb Koremenos
Mobilizing for Human Rights
For live stream
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