About

Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, Department of Sociology

Co-Director, Population Aging Research Center

Research Associate, Population Studies Center

Faculty Member, Graduate Group in Demography

University of Pennsylvania

McNeil Building, Room 387

3718 Locust Walk

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298

Phone: (215) 898-7686

Email: hpkohler@sas.upenn.edu

www: https://www.HansPeterKohler.org

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Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 1997

MA., Demography, University of California at Berkeley, 1994

Diplom (FH), Business Admin, Fachhochschule Kempten, 1992

Career

Since 2019: Co-Director, Population Aging Research Center (PARC), University of Pennsylvania

Since 2010: Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, University of Pennsylvania

Since 2006: Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 

2003-06: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania 

2002 (fall): Visiting Professor, Department of Demography, University of California at Berkeley 

1997-2002: Head of Research Group on Social Dynamics and Fertility, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Short Bio

Hans-Peter Kohler is the FJ Warren Professor of Demography and Co-Director of the Population Aging and Research Center (PARC) at the University of Pennsylvania. He received is MA in Demography in 1994 and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He has widely published on topics related to global aging, health, fertility, social/sexual networks, HIV/AIDS and biodemography, and his work has had substantial influence on policy and media discussions related to demographic change. He has been awarded the Clifford C. Clogg Award for Early Career Achievement by the Population Association of America for my interdisciplinary work on fertility and health, and has been honored with Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography by the American Sociological Association. His research has received extensive funding through the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and other institutions.