Joshua Goldstein

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Joshua R. Goldstein (born August 18, 1965 in Pullman (Washington) , ( USA )) is an American population scientist and sociologist , professor of demography , sociology and public affairs and former director at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research .

Life

Joshua Goldstein made his 1983 high school Accounts at the "South Eugene High School" and enrolled at the Yale University , where he graduated in 1987 with a BA in history. Goldstein concluded in 1990 his master's degree in demography and social sciences at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris and received his doctorate in 1996 with the thesis The Demography of Family and Kinship in on Age of Divorce and Remarriage in Berkeley at the University of California for Ph.D. of demographics. At the time of his doctorate, Goldstein was an advisor to the National Statistics Committee of the National Academy of Sciences .

After completing his doctorate, Goldstein was appointed assistant professor for sociology and public affairs at Princeton University in 1996 , from which he worked as a visiting scholar in 1998 at the Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques in Paris, and in Berkeley at the University's Department of Demography in 2000 of California and in 2002 to Vienna at the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . Joshua Goldstein was appointed associate professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University in 2002, before being made full professor in 2007. During his time at Princeton , Goldstein worked at the traditional Office of Population Research . Goldstein became the youngest of ten members of the National Research Council's Population Committee in 2006 .

In 2007 Joshua Goldstein accepted the Max Planck Society's call to succeed Jan M. Hoem as second director at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock. In August 2013 he left the institute and became a professor at the University of California, Berkeley , where he also heads the Department of Demography. Goldstein is also a member of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population . He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 .

Works (selection)

  • JR Goldstein (2006): Found in Translation? A Cohort Perspective on Tempo-Adjusted Life Expectancy, Demographic Research 14 (5).
  • JR Goldstein, W. Lutz, and M.-R. Testa (2003): The Emergence of Sub-Replacement Fertility Ideals in Europe, "Population Research and Policy Review Policy Review 22 (5-6).
  • JR Goldstein (2002): Population Momentum for Gradual Demographic Transitions: An Alternative Approach, Demography.
  • JR Goldstein and CT Kenney (2001): Marriage Delayed or Marriage Forgone? New Cohort Forecasts of First Marriage for US Women, American Sociological Review 66 (4).
  • JR Goldstein (1999): The Leveling of Divorce in the United States, Demography.
  • JR Goldstein and W. Schlag (1999): Longer Life and Population Growth, Population and Development Review.

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SURNAME Goldstein, Joshua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldstein, Joshua R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American population scientist
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Pullman (Washington)