About the Population and Environment Research Network
Mission and Organization
Steering Committee
Staff
Sponsors
Mission and Organization
PERN's mission is to facilitate scientific analysis and dialogue about population environment relationships. It is an Internet-based network that is open and free to all who are interested in population environment research. PERN's activities include the collection and annotation of relevant web-links, recent publications, and syllabi in an online database, hosting cyberseminars, and the provision of information on meetings, grant and job opportunities and member research.
The Population Environment Research Network was launched
in 2001 by the International Union for the Scientific Study
of Population (IUSSP)
and is co-sponsored by the International Human Dimensions
Programme (IHDP)
on Global Environmental Change. PERN has received
in-kind support from the Center for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN)
at Columbia University, which hosts the website.
PERN is managed by a senior population environment scientist, the Coordinator, whose work is guided by a Steering Committee of internationally recognized experts and liaisons from the sponsoring institutions.
PERN is fully Internet based, which promotes efficiency and inclusiveness. Via the Internet, PERN does the following:
- PERN collects
and disseminates ongoing, new, and classic work in the
population-environment field in an online eLibrary, which includes short abstracts and special keyword search terms. Of particular note within the eLibrary is the Population
Environment Collection, which provides
links to the latest P-E articles in more than 60 journals.
- PERN facilitates global dialogue between scientists by holding regular cyberseminars on selected topics, and by promoting and archiving (on the Internet) real-time workshops and conference sessions.
- PERN collects syllabi on population-environment courses from around the world and makes them easily available.
- PERN provides member services such as a regular What's New with upcoming conferences, workshops, job and grant opportunities, and a keyword-driven searchable member database. Members sign up free online.
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Steering Committee
- Dr. Lori Hunter, Associate Professor, Departments of Sociology and Environmental Studies and Faculty Research Associate, Environment and Society Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (Chairperson)
- Dr. Alisson Barbieri, Associate Professor, Department of Demography and Center for Regional Development and Planning (CEDEPLAR), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Dr. Christophe Guilmoto,
Director, Center for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED), and Senior Fellow in Demography, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), France
- Dr. Landis MacKellar, Senior Scientist, Vienna Demographic Institute and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
- Dr. Robin Marsh,
Academic Coordinator,
Center for Sustainable Resource Development, and
Co-director, Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program,
University of California at Berkeley, USA
- Dr. Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah, Principal, Sunyani Polytechnic, Ghana
- Dr. Sureeporn Punpuing, Researcher, Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand
- Dr. Michael Teitelbaum, Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA
- Mr. Wayne Twine, Research Officer, School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand,
South Africa
Ex-Officio Members:
- Dr. Andreas Rekhemmer, Executive Director, International Human Dimensions Programme for Global Change Research, Bonn, Germany (IHDP Liaison)
- Dr. Zeng Yi, Professor, China Center for Economic Research of Peking University and Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University (IUSSP Liaison)
Former Members: Dr. Sara Curran (Univ. of Washington, USA), Dr. Daniel Hogan (NEPO, Univ. of Campinas, Brazil), Dr. Jack Liu (Michigan State Univ., USA), Dr. Wolfgang Lutz (IIASA, Austria), Dr. Vinod Mishra (Macro Inc., USA), Dr. Brian O'Neill (IIASA, Austria, and Brown University, USA), Dr. Xizhe Peng (Fudan Univ., China), and Dr. Ronald Rindfuss (Univ. of North Carolina and Carolina Population Center, USA).
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Staff
Network Coordinator:
- Mr. Alex de Sherbinin,
Senior Staff Associate for Research, Center for International
Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia
University, Palisades, New York.
Other Network Staff:
- Network Assistant: Ms.
Lisa Lukang, Information Specialist, CIESIN, Columbia University.
- Webmaster: Mr. Al Pinto,
Senior Web Designer, CIESIN, Columbia University.
Former PERN Staff:
- Dr. Catherine Marquette (Co-coordinator 2000-2002)
- Dr. Laura Murphy (Co-coordinator 2000-2002)
- Dr. Annababette Wils (Coordinator 2002-2003)
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Sponsors
PERN receives funding through grants. Recent funders, listed in alphabetical order, are:
In addition, the following Population Centers underwrite PERN's work through a special subscription to the IUSSP. To learn ut how to subscribe to PERN, please contact the Coordinator.
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