Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
CSDE is a community of faculty and students associated to advance population science through research and training. As a federally funded research center with over 75 years of experience, the CSDE community of scholars develops new demographic measures and methods, advances knowledge about population dynamics, generates new data and evidence to support population science, and trains the next generation of demographers.
CSDE is sustained by the research productivity of 200+ affiliates, students, and staff members. Partial support for CSDE is provided by a center grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health & Human Development, and funds from the UW College of Arts & Sciences, the UW Office of Research, the UW’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, School of Public Health, the School of Social Work, the Foster School of Business, and the College of the Built Environment, as well as resources from the UW’s Population Health Initiative.
Research
With over 100 research affiliates representing scientific endeavors and units across the entire UW campus, CSDE scholars apply innovative demographic measurements and methods to investigate human migrations and settlements, environments and population, health of people and populations, and well being of families and households.
Training
CSDE provides UW graduate students with advanced, interdisciplinary training in population science. CSDE is not a degree granting unit, but does offer a formal Graduate Certificate in Demographic Methods open to any graduate student at UW. A fellowship program is available for those enrolled in the certificate program.
CSDE’s 75th & Counting Anniversary
On May 15 and 16, 2025, CSDE celebrated more than 75 years of demographic research and training at the UW! We shared reflections and insights about:
- CSDE’s histories
- CSDE’s impact on research and training
- CSDE’s future contributions in the next 75 years
Alumni, colleagues, faculty, friends, staff, and students joined CSDE for community building, learning, and more.
