Leadership for several University and multi-University research centers and groups is provided by Economics faculty members: 

The Center for European Studies (Neil De Marchi, Co-Director) is a National Resource Center on Western Europe and one of ten official European Union Centers in the U.S. The Center's goal is to ensure that faculty, students, and the larger community have access to the finest scholarship and the most current resources on modern Europe.

The Center for Health Policy, Health Inequalities Program (Kathryn Whetten, Director) specializes in interdisciplinary research, and is dedicated to contributing to evidence-based health policy decisions at every level of the health care system.

The Duke Global Health Institute (Mike Merson, Director) works to reduce health disparities in our local community and worldwide. DGHI brings together interdisciplinary teams to solve complex health problems and to train the next generation of global health scholars.

The Duke Population Research Institute - DuPRI (Seth Sanders, Director) has been created to bring together the many faculty and post-doctoral researchers at Duke who are already involved in innovative interdisciplinary population research investigations.

The Social Science Research Institute - SSRI (Phil Morgan, Director) is the interdisciplinary social science research institute of Duke University. Its core mission is to catalyze pioneering social science research and methods across the social and behavioral sciences.

    • Research over lunch
    • Thu Oct 13
    • New Triangle Census Research Network to be Created
    • Faculty from the Departments of Economics and Statistical Science have been awarded a new $3 million grant from the NSF to create the Triangle Census Research Network, which will improve the analysis and dissemination of economic and demographic data to the public.

    • Thu Feb 10
    • Second Annual International Summit for Careers in Economics
    • The second annual International Summit for Careers in Economics (ISCE) will be held Thursday, February 24th, 2011 in Durham, North Carolina at the Hilton Hotel.  The summit is an opportunity for prospective employers to network with and recruit top students currently enrolled in our consortium schools.

    • Tue Oct 19
    • TCRDC Holds Third Annual Conference and Opens New Center
    • TheTriangle Census Research Data Center Conference held this week explores social sciences research opportunities using confidential microdata collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and other agencies. The conference also celebrates the opening of a second center at RTI International...

    • Thu Dec 31
    • More than Counting People
    • "It's one of Duke's well-kept secrets," said Gale Boyd, executive director of the Triangle Census Research Data Center, located in Social Sciences 329-D. The Triangle RDC allows researchers whose proposals have been approved by the U.S. Census Bureau to access confidential microdata not released to the public.

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