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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