The MigLab is an interdisciplinary working group for researchers, including students, postdocs, visiting scholars, and faculty, who are interested in the social scientific study of migration. It is co-sponsored by the Cornell Population Center and the Brooks School for Public Policy. Faculty organizers are Matt Hall and Shannon Gleeson, and coordinated by graduate students Hao Liang and Ashwin Kumar this term.

SpacePop is a graduate training workshop supporting students doing research in spatial demography, including studies of the spatial distribution of populations and resources, mobility patterns, mobility networks, and spatial inequality. Launched in Fall 2023, the group holds regular meetings to engage student research-in-progress, discuss new methods, and share information about data sources in spatial demographic research. Throughout the year, students have presented working drafts of projects in early stages (focusing on analytic approaches or theoretical framing), as well as drafts of conference submissions, qualifying papers, dissertation chapters, and conference presentations. SpacePop is sponsored by the Cornell Population Center, and coordinated by Peter Rich and Erin York Cornwell.

The Postdoctoral Social Science Working Group is cosponsored by the Cornell Population Center, the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research,  Cornell Center for Social Sciences, and Center for the Study of Inequality. This group fosters the development of work in progress and research collaborations through monthly lunch meetings. Jiwon Lee is taking the lead this term. For more information, look HERE.

The Brooks/CPC/CSI Working Group in Gender, Family and Fertility brings together a community of scholars working on topics related to gender, family, and fertility, with an emphasis on intersections with work, social policy, and social inequality. It provides a collaborative space for sharing work in progress and discussing emerging issues in the field, and it aims to foster research connections among participants. Kelly Musick is coordinating this term.

The Spatial, Computational, and Real-Time Analytic Methods (SCRAM) Working Group brings together faculty, researcher, postdocs, and graduate students at Cornell, Michigan, the University of Chicago, Ohio State, UT-Austin and beyond.  We are united by our interests in using geographical/spatial data, real-time data, and computational methods for research in social demography, urban sociology, social inequality, and population health.  Monthly virtual meetings (or “Scrambles”) include presentations of working papers and discussion on the use of spatial methods to explore the relevance of social environments and urban mobility for heath and well-being across the life course, including adolescence and later life.  To be added to the mailing list, please email Erin York Cornwell (eyc46@cornell.edu).