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He is a graduate of Columbia University (Bachelor) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mississippi & Doctor of Philosophy (Geography).
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Julian Wolpert
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He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been a fellow at the Russell Sage Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, and the Woodrow Wilson Center and has been a Guggenheim fellowship Wolpert is a nationally cited scholar in the fields of location theory, urban development, migration, public and social services, and the nonprofit sector.and charity and philanthropy in the United States, and has testified before Congress. He has challenged Marvin Olasky and other conservatives who believe that charity is the best way to care for the needy and poor.
Wolpert"s earliest research focused on testing social theory based upon spatial data, losses in productivity due to risk reduction and imperfect information, the migration decision, the relation between commuting and migration, locating wanted and unwanted facilities, disaster evacuation, and closing mental health facilities.
More recently, his studies concerned the nonprofit marketplace in cities, nonprofit saturation of neighborhoods, variations in generosity, and the fiscal viability of nonprofits.
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He was previously a member of the Regional Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
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