• Philip N. Cohen, University of Maryland, “Research Is Not Enough: Public Engagement and the Citizen Scholar”

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

      Biography: Philip N. Cohen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. His latest book, Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists (Columbia University Press 2025), addresses the role of intellectuals in public life and offers guidance for a career in social science. His other research concerns demographic trends, family structure, […]

  • Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia, “Development Mismatch?: Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa”

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

      Biography: Nathan Nunn is a Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia and holds a Canada Research Chair in cultural economics. His research examines the historical and dynamic process of economic development, focusing on the evolution of culture, norms, and institutions across societies. He has published dozens of articles aimed at improving […]

  • Manasi Deshpande, The University of Chicago, “Explaining the Historical Rise and Recent Decline in Social Security Disability Insurance Enrollment”

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

    Biography:  Manasi Deshpande is an associate professor of economics with tenure at the University of Chicago Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her research interests include the optimal design of social safety net programs, their interaction with labor markets, and their effects on […]

  • Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University, “Colleges that obviously don’t have what you need”: Risk, Social Mobility and the Postsecondary Decisions of Low-Income Students”

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

    Biography: Stefanie DeLuca is the James Coleman Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the Johns Hopkins University, Director of the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab, and Research Principal at Opportunity Insights at Harvard University. She co-authored Coming of Age in the Other America (with Susan Clampet-Lundquist and Kathryn Edin), which was named an Outstanding […]

  • Marco Tabellini, Harvard Business School, Climate Matching in Migration: From the American Frontier to Prehistory

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

    Biography: Marco Tabellini is an assistant professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy unit and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), RF Berlin, and IZA. He explores how international and internal migration reshapes politics, societies, and the economy. His work investigates when and […]

  • Workshop: Brandon Stewart, Princeton University, “Using Large Language Model Annotations for the Social Sciences: A General Framework of Using Predicted Variables in Statistical Analyses”

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

    Biography: Brandon Stewart is Associate Professor of Sociology at Princeton University where he is also affiliated with the Office of Population Research and numerous other centers on campus. He currently serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Political Analysis and Associate Editor at Sociological Methods & Research. His work spans several areas of computational social science with […]

  • Workshop: CCPR Computing and Data Orientation

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

    Our Computing Orientation provides an overview of the technological resources, services, and support available through CCPR to advance affiliates’ research. The session will cover data management planning and security requirements, guidance on choosing and accessing appropriate computational resources (including individual, centralized, and high-performance environments), and an introduction to the Secure Data Enclave for projects with heightened security […]

  • Workshop: Kara Rudolph, Columbia University, Causal Mediation Workshop

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

    Biography: Kara Rudolph is an epidemiologist interested in developing and applying causal inference methods to better understand the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Currently, she is a Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University. Her current work focuses on developing and applying methods for transportability and mediation to understand mechanisms relevant for drug […]

  • Los Angeles’ Replication Games

    Room 4240A, 4th Floor, Public Affairs Building, 337 Charles Young Dr., LA, CA 90095

    We are looking for researchers, post-docs, and PhD students interested in a one-day replication challenge. Participants will be granted co-authorship on a meta-paper combining the reproductions and replications, and will have the opportunity to publish their work. Participants will be matched based on field, and a study from a leading social science journal will be […]

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