Deborah Balk is Associate Director of the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research. She is also a member of the CUNY Graduate Center faculty in the sociology, public health and economics programs. Expertise lies in spatial demography and the integration of earth and social science data and methods to address interdisciplinary policy questions. Her current research focus is on urbanization, migration & population distribution, poverty and health, and environmental interactions, particularly climate change.
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| Grantmaker | Title | Start | End | Abstract Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Science Foundation | IBSS: Multi-Scale processes determining spatial population distribution | 9/1/2014 | 2/28/2018 | Click Here |
| AXA Research Group | Estimating City Growth, Urbanization and Climate-related Risk in the 21st century | 2/2/2015 | 2/1/2017 | Click Here |
| NASA (sub) | Ecological and sociodemographic determinants and impacts of urbanization and restoration on intertwined urban wetland estuarine systems | 5/1/2017 | 4/30/2020 | Click Here |