2023 Highlights Coming Up


Commentary: U.S. Steel’s acquisition will end a difficult marriage that forged — and constrained — Pittsburgh’s identity
Publicsource, December 18, 2023

Quoted in Washington Post: Some states spurn migrants. The Rust Belt wants them, by Tim Craig, December 8, 2023

State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Westmoreland County
University Center for Social and Urban Research
University of Pittsburgh, November 2023
Coauthors: Scott Beach and Janet Schlarb, Everette James and Meredith Hughes

Interview on City Cast Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Isn't Growing. Is That Actually Bad?, with Megan Harris, October 16, 2023

Commentary: The Painful Truth of Population Decline, Real Clear Pennsylvania, July 20, 2023

Interviewed on WESA's The Confluence, by Kevin Gavin, June 15, 2023

2022 Highlights

State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Allegheny County
University Center for Social and Urban Research
University of Pittsburgh, December 2022
Coauthors: Scott Beach and Janet Schlarb, Everette James and Meredith Hughes

Quality of life and demographic-racial dimensions of differences in most liveable Pittsburgh
Coauthor: Sabina Deitrick
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, Winter 2022

Quoted in the Washington Post: As mayor trying to revive crumbling town, Fetterman shunned local government, by Beth Reinhard and Colby Itkowitz , October 26,2022

Dorothy Revisited
Postindustrial, September 13, 2022

Maybe it is rocket science: Before Allegheny County stopped reassessing property, it was almost a pioneer
Publicsource, July 19, 2022

The Pipeline That Saved Pittsburgh
briem.Medium.com, June 1, 2022

Demographic Decline May Force Pennsylvania to Address its Fragmentation Problem
Real Clear Pennsylvania, May 25, 2022

When Pittsburgh Said No
Postindustrial, May 13, 2022

The Pittsburgh Transition: Not Quite So Simple
Coauthor: Sabina Deitrick
Economic Development Quarterly, 2021








July 25, 2024: Panel discussant after showing of the film: Push. Sponsored by Pittsburgh United’s Housing Justice Table, Thomas Merton Center, and Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance on Thursday, July 25 from 5:30 - 8:30 pm at the Kingsley Association in East Liberty
Italian Trulli


Selected Recent

Quoted in: Area That Hosted Trump Rally Could Prove Pivotal in 2024 , By Kris Maher, Jeanne Whalen and Aaron Zitner, Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2024

Quoted in: Sale of US Steel kicks up a political storm, but Pittsburgh isn’t Steeltown USA anymore , BY Marc Levy AND Patrick Orsagos, Associated Press, July 11, 2024

Quoted in: Nippon Steel Fight Points To Industry's Uncertain Future In Pennsylvania by John Biers, AFP (France), June 29, 2024

Report: Profiles of Change in the City of Pittsburgh , University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, June 2024

Report: Profiles of Change in Allegheny County , University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, June 2024

Report: Corporate Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties in Allegheny County: Recent Impacts with Sabina Deitrick, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, May 2024

Interviewed on Nippon TV (Japan): Video , May 11, 2024

Quoted in: Pennsylvania governor wants big bond bet on site development by Christina Baker, The Bond Buyer, May 6, 2024

Quoted in: ‘Now They’re Voting Red’: A Pennsylvania Fracking Boom Weighs on Biden’s Re-Election Chances Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2024

Interview on City Cast Pittsburgh: Why the White House Cares About US Steel, with Megan Harris, March 25, 2024

Quoted in: Property tax appeals erode budgets as assessment burden shifts Publicsource, February 1, 2024












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