Christopher Briem is a regional economist with the program in Urban & Regional Analysis at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR). His work focuses on regional competitiveness, economic and demographic forecasting, and industry analysis in the Pittsburgh region. His undergraduate degree is from Princeton University, and he holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from the School of Public and International Affairs at Columbia University.
Representative Publications
- Briem, Christopher P. Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and the Economics of Transformation. Kent State University Press, 2026.
- Municipal Population Trends in the Pittsburgh MSA
Update Based on U.S. Census Bureau 2025 Sub-County Population Estimates. May 2026 - Data Brief: 2025 Census Population Estimates for the Pittsburgh Region. March 2026
- Comparison of 2010-2014 and 2020-2024 American Community Survey estimates for the City of Pittsburgh and Neighborhoods. March 2026
- Corporate Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties in Allegheny County: Recent Impacts. May 28, 2024 - Sabina Deitrick, PhD and Christopher Briem
- Quality of life and demographic-racial dimensions of differences in most liveable Pittsburgh. Coauthor: Sabina Deitrick, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal (Winter 2022)15(2): 193-209
- The Pittsburgh Transition: Not Quite So Simple. Coauthor: Sabina Deitrick, Economic Development Quarterly (2021) 35(3):197-201.
- Contrasting Different Geographies in Fair Market Rents: Implications for the Housing Choice Voucher Program in Pittsburgh, PA. Coauthors: Mike Blackhurst and Sabina, Deitrick, Citiscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research (2019) 21(3)
- The Role of Universities in the Evolution of Technology-Based Economic Development Policies in the United States, with Vijai Singh, in Routledge Handbook of Politics & Technology. Edited by Ulrich Hilpert, Routledge, 2015
- Metropolitan Area Migration Patterns of the Scientific and Engineering Workforce within the United States, with Vijai Singh. Chapter 9 of Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets. Edited by Ulrich Hilpert and Helen Lawton Smith, Routledge, 2012
- Gender Wage Disparity in the Pittsburgh Region, with Sabina Deitrick, American Behavioral Scientist October 2009 vol. 53 no. 2 239-260