The Urbanization Project at NYU Stern presents the “Brown Bag Discussion Series.”

This week’s discussion is titled The Rising Tide: New Approaches to Urban Demography in the 21st Century. featuring Deborah Balk.

Deborah Balk is Associate Director of the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research, and Professor at the Baruch School of Public Affairs and the CUNY Graduate Center (in the Sociology and Economics Programs). Her expertise lies in spatial demography and the integration of earth and social science data and methods to address interdisciplinary policy questions. Her current research focus is on urbanization, population, poverty, and environmental interactions (such as climate change). Prior to coming to Baruch, Balk held appointments at Columbia University, the East-West Center, and the University of Michigan. She received her PhD in Demography from the University of California at Berkeley, and her Masters Degree in Public Policy, and AB in International Relations, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is currently a member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population working group on Urbanization and recently completed service to two National Research Council panels.

All Brown Bag Discussions are held at NYU’s Kaufman Management Center in room 7-191.