Visiting Scholar Seminar, October 8: Francesc Ortega

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, October 8th at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Francesc Ortega entitled “How to manage flood risk equitably?” Ortega is the Dina Axelrad Perry Professor in Economics at Queens College, City University of New York, where he has been appointed since 2012. He… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, October 8: Francesc Ortega

Guest Speaker Seminar, October 1: Leslie McCall

Dear RSF: Please join us for a Guest Seminar next Wednesday, October 1, at 11 in the library and on Zoom by sociologist and political scientist Leslie McCall from the CUNY Graduate Center entitled “If Not Government, then What? A Three-part Typology of Redistributive Preferences.” McCall is Presidential Professor of Sociology and Political Science at… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, October 1: Leslie McCall

Guest Speaker Seminar, September 24: Jane Waldfogel

Dear RSF: Please join us for a Guest Seminar on Wednesday, September 24 at 11 in the library and on Zoom by acclaimed social economist Jane Waldfogel of Columbia University’s School of Social Work. She will be discussing her new Russell Sage book, Child Benefits. Britain’s War on Poverty (Russell Sage, 2010) was a previous recent monograph. Waldfogel… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, September 24: Jane Waldfogel

No Seminar, September 17

Dear RSF: There will be no seminar next week, September 17th. Our seminar series will continue with Guest Speaker Jane Waldfogel from Columbia on Wednesday, September 24th. She will be discussing her new RSF book Child Benefits. We hope you can join us then.

Welcome

RSF welcomes the 2025-26 Visiting Class! We hope the information on this site will make your stay at RSF more enjoyable and productive. On Wednesday, September 3rd, we’ll have two introductory meetings for the new class. In the first session, from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, visiting scholars and researchers will meet with RSF President,… Read More Welcome