Brian Thiede
@brianthiede.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Penn State
Editor-in-Chief, Population and Environment
Associate Director, Population Research Institute
Editor-in-Chief, Population and Environment
Associate Director, Population Research Institute
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My program is hiring in population health, at the assistant or associate level. See below and please feel free to email me with any questions.
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Assistant or Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My program is hiring in population health, at the assistant or associate level. See below and please feel free to email me with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
My program is hiring in population health, at the assistant or associate level. See below and please feel free to email me with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Assistant or Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My program is hiring in population health, at the assistant or associate level. See below and please feel free to email me with any questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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New preprint w/ @brianthiede.bsky.social and the Nye lab of @unc-emes.bsky.social!:
Marine Heatwaves and Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries osf.io/preprints/so...
Marine Heatwaves and Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries osf.io/preprints/so...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New preprint w/ @brianthiede.bsky.social and the Nye lab of @unc-emes.bsky.social!:
Marine Heatwaves and Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries osf.io/preprints/so...
Marine Heatwaves and Undernutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries osf.io/preprints/so...
Reposted by Brian Thiede
Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, & Population Dynamics: 1st Climate Conference @mpidr.bsky.social discusses connections between environmental #Hazards #Sustainability & the impact on #SocialInequalities #Mortality #Migration #Fertility #HumanCapital #Health:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, & Population Dynamics: 1st Climate Conference @mpidr.bsky.social discusses connections between environmental #Hazards #Sustainability & the impact on #SocialInequalities #Mortality #Migration #Fertility #HumanCapital #Health:
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
New paper on flooding and birth rates in Bangladesh with @valmuellerasu.bsky.social (and others):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New paper on flooding and birth rates in Bangladesh with @valmuellerasu.bsky.social (and others):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New paper, led by former Penn State Rural Sociology graduate student Cara Adrien, on environmental shocks and child fostering:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New paper, led by former Penn State Rural Sociology graduate student Cara Adrien, on environmental shocks and child fostering:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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It was so fun to talk about our book "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" with Hannah! You can listen to the conversation here. @universitypress.cambridge.org @rmcleman.bsky.social @kayly.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/migration-an...
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Kelsea Best, Kayly Ober, Robert A. McLeman, "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It was so fun to talk about our book "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" with Hannah! You can listen to the conversation here. @universitypress.cambridge.org @rmcleman.bsky.social @kayly.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/migration-an...
newbooksnetwork.com/migration-an...
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Check out our new paper on how pastoralists are coping with resource constraints, conflict, and climate extremes. In collaboration with Borana & Turkana pastoralists we used photo elicitation and interviews to understand their constraints and resources to adapt. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
Ecology & Society: “The future for pastoralists is dark unless something is done”: illuminating the constraints and opportunities for a climate-resilient future for Kenyan pastoralists
Despite pastoralists’ contributions to local food systems in arid and semi-arid regions of the world, resource constraints, conflict, and climate emergencies are threatening pastoralists’ abilities to...
ecologyandsociety.org
June 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Check out our new paper on how pastoralists are coping with resource constraints, conflict, and climate extremes. In collaboration with Borana & Turkana pastoralists we used photo elicitation and interviews to understand their constraints and resources to adapt. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
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Right on time for #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍:
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
From parenthood to planet care? The evolution of environmental and climate concerns during family formation - Population and Environment
We examine the effect of childbirth on parents’ environmental and climate concerns, focusing on potentially dynamic changes in concerns within a time span of 2 years before and up to 10 years after bi...
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Right on time for #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍:
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
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🚨 The end of an era for global health data — and a defining crossroads.
In Jan 2025, the DHS Program—the backbone of health & demographic data in 90+ countries—was terminated after US aid cuts of up to 84%.
Our researchers & global collaborators reflect on it in a recent pre-print🧵
In Jan 2025, the DHS Program—the backbone of health & demographic data in 90+ countries—was terminated after US aid cuts of up to 84%.
Our researchers & global collaborators reflect on it in a recent pre-print🧵
May 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🚨 The end of an era for global health data — and a defining crossroads.
In Jan 2025, the DHS Program—the backbone of health & demographic data in 90+ countries—was terminated after US aid cuts of up to 84%.
Our researchers & global collaborators reflect on it in a recent pre-print🧵
In Jan 2025, the DHS Program—the backbone of health & demographic data in 90+ countries—was terminated after US aid cuts of up to 84%.
Our researchers & global collaborators reflect on it in a recent pre-print🧵
Reposted by Brian Thiede
New paper in Population and Environment by Choquette-Levy et al. examining how farmers’ information sources, social capital, and previous exposure to climate hazards shape climate risk perceptions and livelihood decisions.
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New paper in Population and Environment by Choquette-Levy et al. examining how farmers’ information sources, social capital, and previous exposure to climate hazards shape climate risk perceptions and livelihood decisions.
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper in Population and Environment by Choquette-Levy et al. examining how farmers’ information sources, social capital, and previous exposure to climate hazards shape climate risk perceptions and livelihood decisions.
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New paper in Population and Environment by Choquette-Levy et al. examining how farmers’ information sources, social capital, and previous exposure to climate hazards shape climate risk perceptions and livelihood decisions.
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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About 45% of summer cropland and 32% of winter cropland around the world have warmed significantly in the last 50 years, according to a study. Climate change has lowered yields of wheat, maize, and barley by 10%, 4%, and 13%, respectively. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
About 45% of summer cropland and 32% of winter cropland around the world have warmed significantly in the last 50 years, according to a study. Climate change has lowered yields of wheat, maize, and barley by 10%, 4%, and 13%, respectively. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Mismeasured weather & satellite data: Patrick Behrer summarizes new work on the performance of 9 of the most commonly used earth observation datasets. "Depending on which you use, the estimated impact of weather on agricultural outcomes varies, sometimes wildly"
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Mismeasured weather and the challenges of satellite data
blogs.worldbank.org
May 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Mismeasured weather & satellite data: Patrick Behrer summarizes new work on the performance of 9 of the most commonly used earth observation datasets. "Depending on which you use, the estimated impact of weather on agricultural outcomes varies, sometimes wildly"
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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‼️Still time to submit your abstract (250 words) to #BSPS in Swansea on 2-4 September by Friday 9 May! 🌱📪
Working on environment & population and want to connect at an insightful and fun conference with the British Society for Population Studies? Submit your abstract (250 words) to our climate change strand by 9 May! ☄️ #BSPS2025 w/ Dermot Grenham & @ruettenauer.bsky.social
less than 4 weeks to get your abstract in for the #BSPS2025 call for papers... strands from climate change to gender to conflict to formal demography to public views on low fertility ...and much more
take a look at the full range & submit your work by 9 May:
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
take a look at the full range & submit your work by 9 May:
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
May 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
‼️Still time to submit your abstract (250 words) to #BSPS in Swansea on 2-4 September by Friday 9 May! 🌱📪
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📣Call for Papers‼️Only 2 weeks left!
Conference "Climate Change, Environmental Hazards and Population Dynamics"
Speakers: J.Ballester, J.Kephart, R.Muttarak, V.Mueller, B.Thiede & D.Balk!
📅Nov 11–12, 2025
🗺️ @mpidr.bsky.social
📰Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
Conference "Climate Change, Environmental Hazards and Population Dynamics"
Speakers: J.Ballester, J.Kephart, R.Muttarak, V.Mueller, B.Thiede & D.Balk!
📅Nov 11–12, 2025
🗺️ @mpidr.bsky.social
📰Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
May 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
📣Call for Papers‼️Only 2 weeks left!
Conference "Climate Change, Environmental Hazards and Population Dynamics"
Speakers: J.Ballester, J.Kephart, R.Muttarak, V.Mueller, B.Thiede & D.Balk!
📅Nov 11–12, 2025
🗺️ @mpidr.bsky.social
📰Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
Conference "Climate Change, Environmental Hazards and Population Dynamics"
Speakers: J.Ballester, J.Kephart, R.Muttarak, V.Mueller, B.Thiede & D.Balk!
📅Nov 11–12, 2025
🗺️ @mpidr.bsky.social
📰Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Our work on Air Quality Monitoring Deserts featured in @pnas.org Bluesky!
Nearly 60% of US counties lack air quality monitoring stations. Small, rural, and impoverished communities, including large swaths of the Midwest and South, are relatively more likely to be monitoring deserts than the rest of the United States. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our work on Air Quality Monitoring Deserts featured in @pnas.org Bluesky!
Rothrock in the spring is hard to beat.
April 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Rothrock in the spring is hard to beat.
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Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the United Nations Statistics Division DHS impact survey (form.jotform.com/250913880478...) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate.
Questionnaire on the use of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Users of the Demographic and Health Surveys, please take the United Nations Statistics Division DHS impact survey (form.jotform.com/250913880478...) regarding recent cuts. Replies inform future planning and advocacy. All responses are confidential and presented only in aggregate.
Excited to have @clarklgray.bsky.social as our @pop.psu.edu seminar speaker today, talking about "Measuring Climate Vulnerability using Big Population Data":
pop.psu.edu/events/pri-b...
pop.psu.edu/events/pri-b...
PRI Brown Bag Lecture Series - Dr. Clark Gray | Population Research Institute
PRI Brown Bag Lecture Series Dr. Clark Gray, Professor of Geography & Environment, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill “Measuring Climate Vulnerability using Big Population Data” April 22, 2025 ~ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST IN PERSON (lunch provided): 314 Welch Building
pop.psu.edu
April 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited to have @clarklgray.bsky.social as our @pop.psu.edu seminar speaker today, talking about "Measuring Climate Vulnerability using Big Population Data":
pop.psu.edu/events/pri-b...
pop.psu.edu/events/pri-b...
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Thrilled to see our new paper "Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Food Security, and Nutrition: Evolving Relationships and Critical Challenges" in the Annual Review of Nutrition! Check it out! shorturl.at/qHxNz
April 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Thrilled to see our new paper "Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Food Security, and Nutrition: Evolving Relationships and Critical Challenges" in the Annual Review of Nutrition! Check it out! shorturl.at/qHxNz
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Register now for the PRI Methods Workshop on hard-to-reach populations held May 13.
tinyurl.com/2025gradmeth...
tinyurl.com/2025gradmeth...
March 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Register now for the PRI Methods Workshop on hard-to-reach populations held May 13.
tinyurl.com/2025gradmeth...
tinyurl.com/2025gradmeth...