Hans-Peter Kohler –
University of Pennsylvania
Hans-Peter
Kohler is Professor of Sociology and Research Associate at Population Studies
Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Kohler's primary research
focuses on fertility and health in developing and developed countries. A key
characteristic of this research is the attempt to integrate demographic,
economic, sociological and biological approaches in empirical and theoretical
models of demographic behavior.
Kohler is the recipient of the 2005 Clifford C.
Clogg Award for Early Career Achievement by the Population Association of
America; he has been a recent fellow at the Norwegian Academy of Science and
his research has received extensive funding through the National Institutes of
Health (USA) and other institutions.
He is author of a book on fertility and
social interaction, has co-edited books on the biodemography of human
reproduction and fertility and on causal inferences in population studies.
Prof. Kohler has widely published on topics related to fertility, health,
social and sexual networks, HIV/AIDS, biodemography and well-being in leading
scientific journals, and his work has had substantial influence on policy and
media discussions related to demographic change.
He is currently the principal
investigator of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health,
the Chair of the Graduate Group in Demography at the University of
Pennsylvania, and the president of the Society of Biodemography and Social
Biology. He received his M.A. in
demography and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at
Berkeley.
Visit Professor Kohler's university web page for contact information and research data, including links to published work.
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