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.
In January 2007, after six years in existence, PERN conducted a survey of
its membership to determine how they were using PERN's services, what they
liked, and what they thought could be improved. Download the survey results
here.
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Steering Committee
- Dr. Alisson Barbieri, Associate Professor, Department of Demography and Center for Regional Development and Planning (CEDEPLAR), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (Chairperson)
- Dr. Simon Batterbury, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Environmental Enquiry, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Dr. David Carr, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
- 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. Sabine Henry, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium
- Dr. Haydea Izazola, Professor, Department of Methods and Systems, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Mexico
- Dr. Robin Marsh,
Academic Coordinator,
Center for Sustainable Resource Development, and
Co-director, Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program,
University of California at Berkeley, USA
- Dr. Sureeporn Punpuing, Researcher, Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand
- 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. Lori Hunter (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA), Dr. Jack Liu (Michigan State Univ., USA), Dr. Wolfgang Lutz (IIASA, Austria), Dr. Landis MacKellar (Vienna Demographic Institute and IIASA, Austria), Dr. Vinod Mishra (Macro Inc., USA), Dr. Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah (Sunyani Polytechnic, Ghana), Dr. Brian O'Neill (IIASA, Austria, and Brown University, USA), Dr. Xizhe Peng (Fudan Univ., China), Dr. Ronald Rindfuss (Univ. of North Carolina and Carolina Population Center, USA), and Dr. Michael Teitelbaum (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA).
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Staff
Network co-Coordinators:
- Mr. Alex de Sherbinin,
Senior Staff Associate for Research, Center for International
Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia
University, Palisades, New York.
- Dr. Susana Beatriz Adamo, Associate Research Scientist, 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 was launched in February 2001 with initial funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundation. Since 2003, the Network has been supported by a number of sponsors (listed in alphabetical order):
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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