PSR HUB
Population research for changing societies
PSR HUB connects demographic science with policy, planning, tools, training, and public communication. The platform brings together work on population projections, human capital, ageing, education, migration, and subnational futures, led by Prof. Dr. Samir KC with collaborators across IIASA, ADRI-Shanghai University, Nepal, and beyond.
Happening now
Current cards, seminars, papers, and outputs
Featured Cards & Briefs
Featured series
Current highlights
13 June 2026
Seminar recording
Fertility behaviour, demographic transition, and population policy issues in Nepal
PSRHub Nepal Population and Demography Seminar Series II
13 May 2026
New paper
Beyond education and contraceptive use
Dhruba Raj Ghimire and Samir KC, BMC Women’s Health, 2026
19 March 2026
Dashboard introduction
Introducing the Nepal Population Dashboard
A visual entry point for exploring Nepal population projection results
20 Feb 2026
Teaching
R course and applied data training
Recent teaching and capacity building work using R for demographic analysis and communication
Platform
A living research platform
Research & Projects
Project hubs, research questions, and thematic work on population futures, fertility, ageing, migration, education, and POPSYM.
Publications & Outputs
Papers, reports, datasets, Zenodo records, policy briefs, and public-facing research outputs.
Tools & Dashboards
Shiny apps, projection dashboards, data explorers, maps, and visual analytics.
Cards & Briefs
Short visual explainers for social media, policy audiences, teaching, and public communication.
Activities
Seminars, training, workshops, policy engagement, conference presentations, and technical support.
Research agenda
Questions we help answer
How will education and human capital shape future population structures?
How will ageing transform health, care, labour, and public finance?
How can subnational projections improve local planning?
How can demographic models become useful tools for policy decisions?
Selected work
Projects, tools, and capacity building
Nepal Population Projections 2021-2051
Subnational projection work supporting demographic evidence for planning and policy.
POPSYM
A developing research and modelling direction for population systems, multidimensional demographic analysis, and scenario-based thinking.
Tools & Dashboards
Interactive dashboards, Shiny apps, projection viewers, and visual analytics for exploring population results.
Capacity building
Training, workshops, seminars, and institutional support for data-driven demographic work.
Latest
Latest updates
- PSR HUB at Tribhuvan University’s Annual Conference of Sociology
- Seminar at the National Statistics Office on Population Projections for Nepal 2021-2051
- Presentation session at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Collaborate on population research, projections, tools, or training.
PSR HUB is a public home for work that connects demographic science with planning, policy, tools, training, and communication.
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