JOHN E. KNODEL

Research Professor Emeritus, Population Studies Center.

Professor Emeritus, Sociology.

Ph.D., Princeton University

Dr. Knodel has conducted research in the areas of social demography in developing countries (specializing in Southeast Asia and particularly Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia) and European historical demography. His current research focuses on studies, primarily in Cambodia and Thailand, of the status of and support systems for the elderly, the impact of the AIDS epidemic on older persons, and the impact of migration of adult children on parents who remain in rural areas.

Affiliated Programs

Michigan Historical Demography Workshop
Research Network on AIDS and Older Persons in Africa and Asia

Funded Aging Projects

Proposal for a workshop on comparative analysis of aging in Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (PAA)
Older-age Parents and AIDS in the ERA of ART, the Case of Thailand (MiCDA)

Publications

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