Hans-Peter Kohler
FJ Warren Professor of Demography - Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Demography. Aging. Health. Fertility.
I use demography and economics, along with innovative data, to study social behaviors and outcomes that transform societies around the world: health, aging, fertility and family change.
I am committed to making a difference through policy-relevant research, the creation of novel data resources, the effective dissemination of findings, the training of the next generation, and the building of impactful institutions and global collaborations.
Activities.
I am a social and economic demographer studying the life-course determinants of health and aging, cognition and ADRD, fertility, HIV/AIDS, and related behaviors in the US and globally.
I help train the next generation of scholars at the Department of Sociology, the Graduate Group of Demography and the Population Aging Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
Research needs to make a difference. I disseminate research so that it reaches key audiences and translates into measurable impacts.
Places.
The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH) provides a rare record of 25 years of longitudinal population data in one of the poorest countries in the world. I have directed the MLSFH since 2006, and have shaped its evolution from narrowly-focused reproductive health study into a major social science research project.
The Population Aging Research Center (PARC) at the University of Pennsylvania is a central hub of domestic and international aging research. I have co-directed PARC since 2020, creating at PARC the right setting for interdisciplinary research on the demography and economics of aging.
