Message From the Director

Since 1966, the Carolina Population Center (CPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been home to one of the most vibrant, interdisciplinary, and productive population science communities in the world. CPC scholars are dedicated to understanding and improving the health and well-being of populations across the state, the country, and the world. CPC prides itself on retaining its focus on core demographic issues and methodologies while also adopting a ‘big tent’ approach that allows us to foster interdisciplinary and innovative projects that push population science in new and exciting directions.

CPC is also committed to training the next generation of population scholars through undergraduate internships, graduate training programs, and postdoctoral fellowships. CPC students and postdocs contribute to CPC’s vitality and innovation in many ways, and we are proud of our trainees, many of whom go on to become leaders in academia, industry, policy, and other arenas.

While population science – like other areas of research – have faced unprecedented challenges over the past few months, one thing remains clear and true: the strength of CPC lies in its people. Our faculty Fellows, staff, and students represent some of the best and brightest people in the world, and they remain steadfast in their commitment to using population science to address pressing issues throughout the world.

I’m proud to serve as CPC’s Director, and I invite you to explore this website, get a taste of the important work done here at CPC, and learn more about the CPC community.

Karen Benjamin Guzzo
Director, Carolina Population Center