Welcome to the PSC!

The Population Studies Center (PSC) of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has fostered research and training in population since its founding in 1962, with support from the NICHD P30 program 1978-2003 and the R24 program since 2003. The PSC is ... read more

Themes

Research Themes

The research of the PSC is the research of its Research Associates and is ever evolving.  The scale ranges from macro economics and macro demography to human genetics, but the various axes...
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Health and Well-being of Populations

Research in this area is devoted to understanding the physical and psychological well-being of individuals, but differs from clinical research and medical practice by focusing on population health....
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Human Resources and Endowments

The study of human resources and endowments has a long history at Penn and evolves out of the recognition that differences between and within populations are often functions of individual differences...
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Innovations in Methods

A hallmark of PSC research activities in this area is the collaboration among those who have developed new methodologies and other Research Associates.
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International Population Research

PSC Research Associates have a long history of engagement in international population research in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, as well as in Europe, Russia and the countries of the former Soviet...
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Policy Evaluation

A strong organizational and intellectual current within the PSC that cuts across disciplines and schools is the evaluation of social, economic and health policies, including methodological work on...
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Growth and Structure of Populations

The PSC has a long tradition in the study of the “demographic triad:” fertility, mortality, and migration. In addition, the study of marriage, divorce and cohabitation are central to the study of...
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Networks in Population

Network and social interaction processes have emerged as a unifying theme in population studies to integrate previously disjoint areas of research. This integration has been facilitated by recent...
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Contact

239 McNeil Building
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298
Tel: 215-898-6441
Fax: 215-898-2124

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