Michigan’s Population Studies Center
PSC was established in 1961 and has a rich history as an interdisciplinary community of scholars in population research and training. PSC is one of five centers within the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR).
PSC receives core funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (P2CHD041028). The Population Dynamics and Health Program (PDHP) , which supports research in population health, is part of PSC.
News & Announcements
Remembering Social Demographer, Demographic Historian John Knodel
John Knodel, who extended the boundaries of population science, died, at 83, on January 10, in Ann Arbor. The Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan changed the way demographers think about fertility change, HIV/AIDS, aging, historical demography, and mixed methods research, and paved the…
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March 11, 2024
Remembering Social Demographer, Demographic Historian John Knodel
February 1, 2024
Making the US Census an Accessible Classroom Resource, SSDAN Fosters Data Literacy
January 29, 2024
More Americans support government assistance for care of older adults
January 24, 2024
China announces population decline for second year in a row
January 22, 2024
Two ISR-affiliated faculty members receive project funding from the Graham Sustainability Institute
January 22, 2024
December 5, 2023
The Population Studies Center Year in Review: 2023
November 16, 2023
Aging study in Kenya to help Sub-Saharan Africa navigate major shifts in its population
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PSC Small Grants
Private gifts are a true investment in the research and training conducted at the Population Studies Center. They are used to support graduate students, young faculty, and international scholars, and to seed small research projects.
Currently six funds have been established at PSC. Learn more about these funds— those they honor, and the work they support– or browse all PSC Small Grants awarded.