The
Office of Population Research
(
OPR
) at
Princeton University
is the oldest
population
research center in the United States. Founded in 1936, the OPR is a leading demographic research and training center.
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Recent research activity has primarily focused on healthcare, social demography, urbanization, and migration. The OPR's research has been cited in numerous articles by the
New York Times
and the
Wall Street Journal
.
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History
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Major General, heir, and eugenicist
Frederick H. Osborn
, a graduate of Princeton University, laid the foundation for the Office of Population Research in 1936.
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The founding director of OPR was
Frank W. Notestein
, who was a demographer at the
Milbank Memorial Fund
, a leading
peer-reviewed
healthcare journal
. While at the OPR, he was also the director of the Population Division of the
United Nations
between 1946 and 1948. He left in 1959 to lead the
Population Council
, an international, nonprofit,
non-governmental organization
. He was succeeded as OPR director by
Ansley J. Coale
, who held the post from 1959 to 1975. One of the early faculty appointments was
Irene Barnes Taeuber
, whose scholarly work helped found the science of
demography
.
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The current Director of the OPR is
Douglas Massey
, an American
sociologist
and Professor at the
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
.
Academics
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The OPR offers four degrees and certifications for
graduate students
at Princeton:
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- Ph.D. in Demography
- Department Degree with Specialization in Population
- Joint-Degree Program in Demography and Social Policy
- Certificate in Demography
Ph.D. in Demography
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The Ph.D. in Demography enrolls a small number of graduate students with an interest in population research and strong quantitative backgrounds, such as
statistics
and
mathematics
. The program allows students to select up to two fields of concentration.
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Department Degree with Specialization in Population
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Doctoral candidates in other departments at Princeton are able to work towards a specialization in Population. Most of these students work primarily in the
Departments of Economics
or Sociology, while some may also come from the
Departments of History
or Politics.
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Joint-Degree Program
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The Joint-Degree Program allows students interested specifically in
Social Policy
to apply for a specialized program. Students apply after their first or second year of graduate study and must complete additional coursework in “Issues in Inequality and Social Policy,” and “Advanced Empirical Workshop.”
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In the 2018?2019 academic year, there were nine students concentrating in Social Policy.
Certificate in Demography
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The Office of Population Research, in connection with the Program in Population Studies, offers a non-degree Certificate in Demography for students who complete four approved courses, one Independent Reading course, and one elective. Students must complete an individual or joint-research project under the supervision of an OPR faculty or research. Students who complete this certificate are often enrolled in the
Master's of Public Administration
program at the
Woodrow Wilson School
.
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Research
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Specialties
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Research conducted at the OPR falls within six categories:
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Affiliations
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The OPR maintains close relations with other departments within the
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
. Because of its inherent interdisciplinary research, the OPR works with researchers at the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW), the Center for Migration and Development (CMD), and the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW).
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Outside of Princeton, the OPR maintains partnerships with some of the world's leading research centers, including the Wiggenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital and the
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
.
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