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“The Hidden Private Safety Net: Shared Households and Older Adults’ Housing Costs” by Kristin Perkins, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University
Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 Where U.S. public supports fall short of need, individuals often turn to the private safety net…
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“The Public Data Crisis: Policy Threats to Federal Population Measurement” by Amy O’Hara, PhD, Director of the Georgetown University Federal Statistical Research Data Center, Research Professor at the Massive Data Institute, and President of the Association of Public Data Users
Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 Discussant: D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center and Washington Post
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“Partner Choice, Marriage, and Demographic Change in Japan” by Yuko Hara, PhD, Visiting Assistant Professor, Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC), University of Maryland, College Park
Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 Japan has experienced a pronounced postponement and decline in marriage in recent decades, which has been…
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“Twelve Years of the Understanding America Study: What Have We Learned?” by Livia Montana, University of Southern California Center for Economic and Social Research
Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 Livia Montana of the University of Southern California Center for Economic and Social Research will lead a two-part discussion, on…
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“At the Border, in the City: Asylum, Arrival, and the Power of Welcome” by Elizabeth Chacko, George Washington University
Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
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“Rising Diversity in America: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking the Nation” by William Frey, Brookings Institute and University of Michigan
Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
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“A Program, Not a Policy: The Minority Role of One-Child Limits in the Transformative Consequences of China’s Great Malthusian Campaign (1970-2021)” by Daniel Goodkind
Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
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“Fertility and Youth Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa” by John F. May, George Mason University
Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 5:00 PM Population Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
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“Depopulation: Ready or Not, Here it Comes” by Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute
Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 5:00 PMPopulation Reference Bureau, 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036
Washington Demographic Society
D.C. area monthly meetings on population sciences
