Office of Population Research

Doug Massey and Susan Fiske to retire

Former OPR Director Douglas Massey and OPR affiliate Susan Fiske, will retire as leading scholars in their respective fields
Dr. Jinyuan (Chi) Qi successfully defends her thesis

“Integrating Genetic Data to Examine the Link Between Religiosity and Demographic Behaviors in the United States”
Rafaela Dancygier elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Rafaela Dancygier is a professor of politics and international affairs, and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice.
In new book, Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond urges individuals to commit to abolishing American poverty

Matthew Desmond bluntly assesses who we are in the United States, “the richest country on earth, with more poverty than any other advanced democracy.”

About the Office of Population Research (OPR)

The Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University, founded in 1936, is one of the nation’s oldest demographic research and training centers. OPR has a distinguished history of contributions in formal demography and the global study of fertility change. Subsequent generations of OPR scholars have made significant and ground-breaking contributions in the areas of social demography, bio-social interactions, health and wellbeing, children, youth and families, poverty and racial/ethnic inequality, urbanization, migration and development, and innovative methodologies. (Click here for more)