Dylan Connor
Computational Social Science | Professor, ASU Geography | CASBS Fellow 24-25, Stanford
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- Congrats to @garimajain.bsky.social on defending her dissertation on the aquaculture transformation in India! She integrates satellite data, field work & modeling to understand the who/how/where. Committee: Billie Turner, me, Hallie Eakin, @amyfrazier.bsky.social #PhDDefense #Geography
- 1/7 New research: The wealth of your neighbors may protect your brain. Our new WP finds that higher community wealth is linked to a significantly lower risk of cognitive decline in older adults in the USA Link: osf.io/preprints/so... #aging #HealthEquity #geography
- 2/7 The effect size is substantial. A 1-SD increase in local wealth = a 6.7% drop in cognitive impairment risk. In the poorest 10% of communities, risk is 80% higher than in the wealthiest. Wealth matters more than income. Community wealth matters beyond your personal wealth.
- 3/7 How? We argue for the importance of public goods. Wealthier places can invest more in the likes of parks, libraries, safety, sanitation & healthcare—the very things that support brain health. It’s not just about what you own; it's about what your community can provide for everyone.
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View full thread7/7 Link to GEOWEALTH-US data: openicpsr.org/openicpsr/pr...
- Reposted by Dylan ConnorWe're sad to learn of the passing of 1987-88 CASBS fellow David Berliner, a renowned educational psychologist & public intellectual who influenced generations of scholars ASU obit: news.asu.edu/20251002-art... Berliner's CASBS work: casbs.stanford.edu/people/david...
- Interviewed by RTE on the past and future trajectory of Irish baby names! Check it out: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... Thanks to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social
- Super news! Honored to win the annual Editors' Choice Award at the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society for our paper "Who gets left behind by left behind places?" @cjres.bsky.social @casbsstanford.bsky.social @tkemeny.bsky.social
- The 2024 Editors' Choice award has been made to Dylan Connor, Aleksander Berg, Tom Kemeny and Peter Kedron for their paper "Who gets left behind by left behind places?" doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
- My PhD students Yilei Yu and Alex Cliff have defended their dissertations, producing outstanding research at the intersection of spatial data science and flooding! Thanks to committee members @sarameerow.bsky.social (co-advised Alex), Melanie Gall, and Aaron Flores. #PhD #SpatialDataScience
- Reposted by Dylan ConnorIn addition to hosting 1996-97 CASBS fellow & Nobel Prize winner David Card on the CASBS podcast recently (we'll publish the episode in the fall), we took David to the study he occupied during his fellowship - now occupied by his podcast conversation partner, Dylan Connor 📷: @dyligent.bsky.social
- A conversation with Nobel Prize-winning economist David Card for the Human Centered podcast. Coming later this year.. @casbsstanford.bsky.social
- A conversation with Nobel Prize-winning economist David Card for the Human Centered podcast. Coming later this year..
- Reposted by Dylan ConnorAn important piece from the @apsrjournal.bsky.social (by @devorahmanekin.bsky.social and @tmitts.bsky.social) to make sense of ongoing events: it matters not only which tactics are adopted by protesters but also who they are.
- The most important paper on democratic backsliding I've read this year
- 🚨Why do masses support democratic backsliding?🚨 A new @AJPS_Editor paper with Yotam Margalit, @liorsheffer.bsky.social and Itamar Yakir explores this question in the Israeli context. Our findings emphasize the role of leader attachment and affective polarization. doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
- This Thursday (March 6) I'll be speaking at the Department of City & Regional Planning at Berkeley about 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 & 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀. Reach out if you'd like to attend.
- Many flood-prone buildings are not currently under the purview of FEMA. These buildings are more likely to be deficient in physical condition, poorly constructed, and underinsured - meaning that their residents can face v high costs due to flooding. Read more Yilei Yu's first paper!
- New paper t.co/q5YuiEZGLt led by @arizonastateuni.bsky.social PhD student Yilei Yu! 56% of flood-prone buildings in Houston are located outside of FEMA’s 100-year flood zones. These “overlooked” zones are disproportionately home to buildings that are lower quality and often uninsured.
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- Reposted by Dylan ConnorSome sweet coverage of recent findings by CASBS fellow @dyligent.bsky.social & collaborators showing that major metropolitan areas have ceased functioning as effective springboards for social & financial mobility since the mid-20th century thedebrief.org/satellite-da...
- Reposted by Dylan ConnorWhere have all the Patricks gone? New #RTEBrainstorm podcast presented by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social with @dyligent.bsky.social @arizonastateuni.bsky.social & @clodaghtait.bsky.social MIC Limerick - proudly supported by @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
- Reposted by Dylan ConnorBig cities once lifted generations out of poverty. Now, they entrench it. New research by @dyligent.bsky.social, @tkemeny.bsky.social et al. shows that since the mid-20th century, upward mobility has shifted to smaller towns. #Cities must reconnect growth with opportunity. doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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- 🚨 New Research: The American Dream is Dying in Big Cities Cities used to be ladders of opportunity for their residents. Not anymore. Our new paper shows smaller cities & towns now outperform major metros for kids born into poverty. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 1/8
- Cities are celebrated as economic powerhouses - but at what social cost? We studied 100 years of data to understand how urban environments shape three key outcomes: • Wealth creation • Income generation • Economic mobility for poor children 2/8
- Our approach relies on a first-of-its-kind database combining: • Century of satellite-based image analysis • Population patterns • Economic indicators • Social mobility data to measure how city structure impacts opportunity 3/8
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View full threadThanks to IPUMS (@ipums.bsky.social), NHGIS, Opportunity Insights (@oppinsights.bsky.social), and the National Landcover Database for their wonderful commitment to open data and science, and to @casbsstanford.bsky.social & SGSUP for support. 8/8
- Reposted by Dylan ConnorEarly-life exposures in regions & communities produce disparities & influence intergenerational mobility, argues @dyligent.bsky.social. In his CASBS fellows seminar, he outlined an ambitious project that synthesizes knowledge & data to identify why, where & (historically) when places shape outcomes
- Learn all about our new work on the geography of wealth in Tom's Conversation piece!
- Before Devorah Manekin's excellent lecture on nonviolent resistance at @casbsstanford.bsky.social today! @noamgidron.bsky.social as sharp as ever..
- My article on baby naming is back on the RTE front page! @rte.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
- Graduated my first PhD students in Geography! Dr Siqiao Xie is off to continue his excellent work as an NIH post-doc in spatial population health @cuboulder.bsky.social Siqiao defended his dissertation @casbsstanford.bsky.social @arizonastateuni.bsky.social
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- My bro before this weekend's cup clash www.fgr.co.uk/news/what-we...
- Thanks for reading, Ann!
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