The Population Research Laboratory jointly sponsored by the Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and the School of Policy, Planning, and Development David Heer, Administrative Director Dowell Myers, Research Director Christopher Williamson, Research Associate Professor The Population Research Laboratory has been recently reorganized and elevated to a broader role within the university. Now housed in the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, and jointly sponsored by the new School of Policy, Planning, and Development, the Pop Lab is inherently an interdisciplinary research unit serving interests spanning the university.
Population problems lie at the root of many environmental issues.
California is an ideal laboratory for studies of urban growth effects, immigration, and other dimensions of population change. The Pop Lab also supports international studies of population growth, family planning programs, and environmental impacts. The functions of this staff member will be to organize and maintain census or other demographic data files, including their verification and documentation, and the preparation of computer programs for reading and analyzing these data sets. The second function to be installed is census outreach, emphasizing especially southern California. This function will assist the University in achieving its goal of establishing recognized leadership in the region and includes three elements.