The Population Council invites applications for Editors for PDR. Individual applications as well as applications for Co-Editors will be considered.

Two Editors will be appointed for a three-year term, beginning January 1, 2027.  The term can be extended to five years total at the discretion of the Council.

Population Council staff support journal operations—processing peer review, project managing workflow, and coordinating production tasks.  Editors meet weekly online with Council staff, and bi-monthly with the editorial committee. PDR welcomes applications from experts across diverse identities, regions, and academic/research institutions.

PDR also welcomes applications for Co-Editor teams that pair senior scholars working with mid-career scholars.

For more information and application requirements, click here.

Population and Development Review seeks to advance knowledge of the relationships between population and social, economic, and environmental change and provides a forum for discussion of related issues of public policy.

Population and Development Review is published quarterly by Wiley on behalf of the Population Council. The journal contains:

  • Articles on advances in theory and application, policy analysis, sociographic studies, and critical assessments of recent research
  • Notes and commentaries on current population questions and policy developments
  • Data and perspectives on new statistics and their interpretation
  • Archives with a resonance for current debate on population issues
  • Book reviews
  • Documents and official voices on population matters from around the world

Population and Development Review accepts electronic submissions using ScholarOne Manuscripts. See Author Guidelines.

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Complimentary online subscriptions are available to qualified applicants in developing countries. Individuals and institutions wishing to apply for an online subscription should email requests stating the nature of professional involvement to: publications@popcouncil.org.

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Editors: Raya Muttarak and Joshua Wilde

Editorial Committee: Albert Esteve, Rachel Friedman, Sarah Hayford, Ridhi Kashyap, David Lam, Sanyu A. Mojola, Raya Muttarak (Editor), Emily Smith-Greenaway, Jennifer Van Hook, Sarah Walters, Joshua Wilde (Editor)

Associate Director/Managing Editor: Rachel Friedman

Production Manager: James DeGroat

Special Essay Collections

Essays: The World at 8 Billion (November 2022)

Essays: Covid-19 and the Global Demographic Research Agenda (February 2021)