R24 Population Center Grant

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案要求为布朗大学人口研究与培训中心(PSTC)提供研究和基础设施支持。PSTC的主要使命是制作和传播关于美国和世界各地人口规模、构成、分布和福祉的原因和后果的创新研究。它通过为PSTC同事提供最先进的设施和研究支持来执行这一使命；维持一个关于人口相关问题的学科内和学科间交流的论坛；支持高质量的研究生培训计划；促进布朗大学人口相关教师的招聘和发展；以及在校园内和与世界各地的机构合作伙伴发展跨单位合作。PSTC的特点是与三个社会科学系--人类学、经济学和社会学--深度接触，与其他校园系的学者建立主题驱动的联系，以及整个大学对跨学科活动的长期承诺。它在以下方面形成了专门知识：在低收入国家收集初级数据；综合各种不同的方法学观点；以及利用空间数据处理重要社会问题的创新方法。研究的重点是影响人口变化的社会结构和制度，并针对四个实质性主题。第一个主题考虑社会、经济、文化和政治机构如何影响全球南方的人口变化进程。第二部分考察了健康和人力资本持续不平等的社会、行为和生理根源。第三部分探讨了移民不仅在转移人员，而且在转移资源、机构和思想方面的作用。第四个重点是空间结构在决定人口健康和福祉方面发挥关键作用的两个实质性领域：城市化和人口与环境的相互关系。广泛的方法专长和主题连贯性相结合，创造了一种肥沃的媒介，培育创新学术，促进初级学者的发展，并影响人口研究的轨迹。 公共卫生相关性：有效设计和实施卫生政策和方案需要对影响和约束个人和群体行为的社会和人口过程有细致入微的理解。布朗的人口科学家使用各自学科中最先进的视角和方法来阐明这些过程。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests research and infrastructural support for the Population Studies & Training Center (PSTC) at Brown University. The primary mission of the PSTC is to produce and disseminate innovative research on the causes and consequences of population size, composition, distribution and well-being in the U.S. and around the world. It carries out this mission by providing state-of-the-art facilities and research support to PSTC associates; maintaining a forum for intra- and inter-disciplinary exchange on population related issues; supporting a high-quality graduate training program; facilitating the recruitment and development of population-related faculty at Brown; and developing cross-unit collaborations on campus and with institutional partners around the world. The PSTC is distinguished by its deep level of engagement with three social-science departments -- Anthropology, Economics, and Sociology -- as well as thematically driven links to scholars in other campus departments and a long-standing university-wide commitment to interdisciplinary activity. It has developed particular expertise in primary data collection in low-income countries; the integration of a broad spectrum of different methodological perspectives; and innovative methods of using spatial data to address important social issues. Research focuses on social structures and systems that influence population change and targets four substantive themes. The first theme considers how social, economic, cultural and political institutions influence the process of demographic change in the Global South. The second examines social, behavioral and physiological sources of persistent disparities in health and human capital. The third explores the role of migration in transferring not just people, but resources, institutions and ideas. The fourth focuses on two substantive areas in which spatial structures play a key role in determining population health and well-being: urbanization and population-environment interrelations. A combination of broad methodological expertise and thematic coherence creates a fertile medium that nurtures innovative scholarship, promotes the development of junior scholars, and influences the trajectory of population research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Effective design and implementation of health policies and programs requires a nuanced understanding of the social and population processes that influence and constrain individual and group behavior. Brown's population scientists use state-of-the-art perspectives and methods from their respective disciplines to shed light on these processes.