May 13, 2026 | 12:00-13:00 ET
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Ethan Raker, a social demographer whose research sits at the intersection of environmental crises and population health, for our upcoming Lunch & Learn. Dr. Raker is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, where his work examines how extreme weather events shape health outcomes and demographic processes — with particular attention to the racial and socioeconomic inequalities these events expose and exacerbate.
For this Lunch & Learn, Dr. Raker will draw on his research to explore how disasters function as critical stress tests for communities, revealing the ways in which social and economic conditions determine who bears the greatest burden when extreme events occur. His talk will offer valuable perspectives on how demographic methods and population-level data can deepen our understanding of climate-related vulnerability and inform more equitable policy responses to an era of increasing environmental disruption.
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