Penn Social Science and Policy Forum

Professor Robert Sampson first presented this work on immigration, crime, and urban redevelopment to the SSPF 2014 conference on immigration and metropolitan revitalization. It will appear in longer form in the Penn SSPF volume on immigration and urban revitalization edited by Thomas Sugrue and Domenic Vitiello.

Check out the exciting group of fellows who will be participating in the Penn SSPF Summer Institute on Inequality.

Upcoming workshop: SSPF postdoctoral fellow Erica Dobbs will present her work in progress on immigration and citizenship with commentary from Michael Jones-Correa (Cornell) and Rahsaan Maxwell (UNC Chapel Hill). Friday, April 10, 12 noon. Lunch served, discussion encouraged.

USA Today singles out the Penn Social Science and Policy Forum in its ranking of Penn as the number 5 university in the United States for the study of the social sciences.

Upcoming workshop: Patrick Sharkey (NYU Sociology) will be speaking about urban poverty and crime on February 27 at noon (lunch served, discussion encouraged).