Congratulations to Kristen Harknett and Will Dow! Two valued members of our community have been elected to leadership positions in the Population Association of America. Kristen Harknett, Professor of Sociology and Berkeley Population Center (BPC) affiliate, was elected to the PAA Board of Directors, with her term beginning January 1, 2027. William Dow, Professor of […]

Reminder!! Essential Demography Symposium to honor Professor Kenneth Wachter. The schedule for the celebration of Ken this Friday, October 2 is attached. The event will take place in the Tilden Room on the 5th floor of the Martin Luther King Building, beginning with breakfast and coffee at 9:00 a.m. RSVP here. No Brown Bag Seminar […]

Join us Wednesday, September 23rd at 12pm PT for our next Brown Bag Seminar. Misbath Daouda, Assistant Professor of Health Equity and Environmental Justice, UC Berkeley, will present, “Energy Transitions as Population Health Interventions.” The event will take place in Room 310 in the Social Sciences Building and will also be available via Zoom (Meeting […]

We are delighted to invite submissions for our second annual CenSoc Users Conference, to be held remotely on Friday, December 4, 2026, and with an option to join in person in Berkeley. The conference will bring together an interdisciplinary set of researchers using CenSoc data for empirical research.   The CenSoc datasets link the complete-count IPUMS […]

Join us for our first Brown Bag of the semester this Wednesday, September 9, at 12pm, with Mathew E. Hauer (Florida State University) and Tyler H. McCormick (University of Washington), who will present, “AI in Demography.” 310 Social Sciences, and Zoom option. Event details are here. The fall Brown Bag schedule is also available and […]

We are ready for another exciting academic year, and we wish everyone a warm welcome back! Please do join our Welcome Back Lunch, Wednesday, September 2. The lunch will be held at noon in our Seminar Room, 310 Social Sciences, during our regular Brown Bag slot. We are delighted to welcome new and returning faculty, […]

We are gearing up for another excellent academic year and a fantastic Brown Bag seminar series. Please join us for a Welcome Back Lunch on Wednesday, September 2. The lunch will be held at noon in our Seminar Room, 310 Social Sciences, during our regular Brown Bag slot. We are delighted to welcome new and […]

  We invite paper submissions for presentation at an upcoming virtual workshop on the “Macroeconomic Effects of Population Aging,” to be held on September 18, 2026.  Hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the workshop is being co-organized by the NIA-supported Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA) and the […]

Wonderful news to share: Joshua R. Goldstein, Maxine J. Elliott Professor of Demography, and Director of the Berkeley Population Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive, recognizing “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” Josh is […]