Seminars and Speakers
CPC Seminars ARE HELD on Fridays, 1:25-2:40 PM in MVR 2250 (unless otherwise noted).
For additional information contact population@cornell.edu
CPC Seminars | FALL 2026
CENTERS FALL WELCOME RECEPTION
Tuesday, September 1 | 3:30 – 5 PM | HEB Commons
Co-Hosts: CPC, CSI, RJEF, Roper
INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE
Leonard M. Lopoo, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (Economics)
Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of American’s Population
Friday, September 11 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250
Co-sponsor: CSI
SOCIOLOGY COLLOQUIUM
Rin Reczek, The Ohio State University
Talk Title TBA
Friday, September 18| 3:00 – 4:15 PM | LOCATION: TBA
Co-sponsor: CPC
BOOK LAUNCH
danah boyd (with Dan Hirschman)
Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census
Tuesday, September 22 | 4:30 – 6:00 PM | LOCATION: Warren B25
Co-Sponsors: CPC, Sociology, Economics, Information Science, Science and Technology Studies
UNIVERSITY LECTURE
Cynthia Miller Idriss, American University
Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism
Wednesday, September 30 | 4:30 – 5:30 PM | GSH 132
Host: SOC; co-sponsors: Cornell Center on Democracy, Government, FGSS, German Studies, CSI, CPC
INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE
Julia Behrman, Northwestern University (Sociology)
The Deinstitutionalization of Parenthood in the United States
Friday, October 2 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250
Co-sponsor: CSI
INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE
Nicholas Mark, University of Wisconsin – Madison (Sociology)
Housing Costs and U.S. Fertility: A New Era?
Friday, October 23 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250
Co-sponsor: CSI
INNOVATIONS IN POPULATION SCIENCE
Bocar Ba, Duke University (Economics)
Reforming the Provision of Public Safety
Friday, November 6 | 1:25 – 2:40 PM | MVR 2250
Co-sponsor: CSI
LABOR ECONOMICS WORKSHOP
Matthew Notowidigdo, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Talk title: TBA
Monday, November 16 | 11:40 – 12:55 PM | Malott 406
Co-sponsor: CPC
BOOK LAUNCH
Benjamin Cornwell, Cristobal Young, Barum Park and Nan Feng
Friends and Fortunes: Social Capital Inequality in America
Friday, December 4 | 3:00 -4:15 PM | Malott 406
Host: SOC; Co-sponsor: CPC
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Past Events
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Sarah Tom, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University will present "A Life Course Approach to Cognitive...
The recent U.S. election is likely to have significant impacts on immigration policy and practices. Based on experience with the previous Trump administration and standing efforts...
Christina Cross, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Harvard University will present, "The Open Secret: Why The Two parent Family Is No Cure-All for Racial...
Jennifer Barber, Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington, will present, "Gatekeeping, Conflict, Obligation, and Agency: How Intimate Contexts Structure...
Jennifer Candipan, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University will present, "Neighborhood Racial Change and Racial Stratification in...
