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SUMMARY:Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan\, National University of Singapore\, "Aging with Limited Kin in Family-Oriented Societies"
DESCRIPTION:The Southeast Asian Studies Center (CSEAS) has invited Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan to give a talk at UCLA on Monday\, May 18. Puk is a demographer at the National University of Singapore (NUS) spending this academic year at the CASBS in Stanford: \n\n\nhttps://casbs.stanford.edu/people/bussarawan-teerawichitchainan \n\n\nHer talk will be about her project on aging in Singapore and Thailand. \n\n\nAcross the Asia Pacific\, rapid demographic transitions and changing family structures are producing a growing number of adults aging with limited close kin. Drawing on mixed-methods evidence from Thailand and Singapore\, this talk examines how childlessness and other forms of constrained kin availability shape later-life vulnerability\, adaptation\, and inequality in societies where aging systems continue to rely heavily on family support. Findings reveal heterogeneous pathways into kin limitation and the diverse ways older adults navigate—or struggle to adapt to—constrained kin configurations through their support networks\, care arrangements\, and planning strategies. These patterns are shaped by gendered life course trajectories\, socioeconomic circumstances\, and institutional contexts. The evidence also reveals persistent tensions between familistic norms and the lived realities of increasingly limited kin networks. The talk concludes by reflecting on what these shifts suggest about the future of aging in family-oriented contexts and the implications for promoting equitable aging as kin networks continue to shrink. \nBussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore and served as Co-Director of the NUS Centre for Family and Population Research until December 2025. Her research examines aging\, family\, and the life course in Southeast Asia\, including recent projects on the long-term impacts of war trauma among older Vietnamese survivors and the dynamics of childless aging in Singapore and Thailand. She is currently a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. \nMore Information and RSVP Link Can Be Found Here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bussarawan-puk-teerawichitchainan-national-university-of-singapore-nus-hold/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,CSS Events
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SUMMARY:Michael Lens\, UCLA\, "Where the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods"
DESCRIPTION:Biography: Michael Lens is Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy\, Chair of the Luskin Undergraduate Programs\, and Associate Faculty Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. Professor Lens’ research and teaching explore the potential of public policy to address housing market inequities that lead to negative outcomes for low-income families and communities of color. This research involves zoning and land use\, segregation\, housing subsidies\, and eviction. Professor Lens regularly publishes this work in leading academic journals and his research has won awards from the Journal of the American Planning Association and Housing Policy Debate. His book Where the Hood At: Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods\, was published in November 2024 by the Russell Sage Foundation. (Amazon) (Russell Sage – use promo code Lens for 20% off). In ongoing research\, Professor Lens is using microdata to study housing mobility\, whether and how accessory dwelling units are affecting housing costs\, and how planning reforms in California are achieving fair housing outcomes. \n  \n\n\n\nWhere the Hood At? Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: Substantial gaps exist between Black Americans and other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.\, most glaringly Whites\, across virtually all quality-of-life indicators. Despite strong evidence that neighborhood residence affects life outcomes\, we lack a comprehensive picture of Black neighborhood conditions and how they have changed over time. In Where the Hood At? urban planning and public policy scholar Michael C. Lens examines the characteristics and trajectories of Black neighborhoods across the U.S. over the fifty years since the Fair Housing Act. Hip hop music was born out of Black neighborhoods in the 1970s and has evolved alongside them. In Where the Hood At? Lens uses rap’s growth and influence across the country to frame discussions about the development and conditions of Black neighborhoods. Lens finds that social and economic improvement in Black neighborhoods since the 1970s has been slow. However\, how well Black neighborhoods are doing varies substantially by region. Overall\, Black neighborhoods in the South are doing well and growing quickly. Black neighborhoods in the Midwest and the Rust Belt\, on the other hand\, are particularly disadvantaged. The welfare of Black neighborhoods is related not only to factors within neighborhoods\, such as the unemployment rate\, but also to characteristics of the larger metropolitan area\, such as overall income inequality. Lens finds that while gentrification is increasingly prevalent\, it is growing slowly\, and is not as pressing an issue as public discourse would make it seem. Instead\, concentrated disadvantage is by far the most common and pressing problem in Black neighborhoods.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/michael-lens-ucla/
LOCATION:Room 4240A\, 4th Floor\, Public Affairs Building\, 337 Charles Young Dr.\, LA\, CA 90095
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