CSDE Autumn 2025 Lightning Talk & Poster Session
When: December 5, 2025, 12:30 – 1:30pm PT
Where: 221 Raitt Hall
Please join us on December 5th for CSDE’s Fall 2025 Lightning Talk and Poster Session from 12:30 – 1:30 PST! The poster session and talk will take place in Raitt Hall Room 221 at the University of Washington. This event will feature presentations from Yicong Guo (Doctoral Student, Sociology), Theresa Hwee (Doctoral Student, Health Services, Health Systems, and Population Health), Hyunji Kim (Doctoral Candidate, Economics), Mark Nepf (Doctoral Student, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance), Ann Richey (Doctoral Student, Epidemiology), Edward Stuart (Doctoral Student, Anthropology), and organized by Mingze Li (Doctoral Student, Sociology). We will provide light snacks and refreshments. Please find more information on the event here!
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Santaularia Gomez and Tanveer Publish Essay on Reproductive Autonomy Restrictions as Collective Violence
CSDE Affiliate Jeanie Santaularia Gomez (Epidemiology), former CSDE Trainee Maryam Tanveer (Epidemiology) and co-authors recently penned an essay in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) arguing that policies that intentionally or unintentionally restrict reproductive autonomy constitute an act of violence. The essay explores 3 illustrative examples of how governmental power—through the passage of laws—can both support and constrain reproductive autonomy across the life course: sex education, abortion restrictions, and parental leave policies. For each, the authors explain how the consequent harms overlap with those resulting from more traditional overt forms of violence. By framing the loss of reproductive autonomy as a form of violence, the authors underscore its profound and far-reaching harms, demanding urgent recognition and response as a critical public health and human rights issue.
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Williams Publishes Analysis of Stigmatized Language in Alcohol Use Disorder Diagnoses
Su and Her Mentee Examine Healthcare Inequality for NCDs in Malawi Using a Hierarchical Geospatial Modelling Approach
CSDE Affiliate Yanfang Su (Global Health) and her mentee, Dr. Sali Ahmed, recently published an article titled, “Examining healthcare inequality for non-communicable diseases in Malawi: a hierarchical geospatial modelling approach“ in BMJ Heath & Care Informatics. Su and coauthors developed a novel hierarchical geospatial framework to assess population coverage and accessibility of non-communicable diseases (NCD) services in Malawi using the 2019 Malawi Harmonized Health Facility Assessment Survey. They then identified underserved areas. At least 24% of the population were not covered for any NCD conditions. Additionally, only 11.9% of the population lived in regions of high or very high accessibility to primary health clinics. Su and the team have a series of papers on assessing population coverage of NCD services. (read more)
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Elwood Authors Paper on Digital and Emplaced Struggles over Urban Homelessness
CSDE Affiliate Sarah Elwood (Geography) published a new article in Digital Geography and Society, titled, “Computational urbanisms & insurgent mediations of the city: Stop the Sweeps.” Elwood theorizes municipal systems of tent encampment removal as a form of administrative-algorithmic governance structured around the logics and practices of computation urbanism and trace their entanglements with liberal poverty governance. Through a close reading of the City of Seattle’s encampment removal system, Elwood shows how these overlapping logics enable a tightly integrated self-referential system of datafication, problematization and justification that overdetermines the removability of encampments and reaffirms property and propertied personhood as (the only) legitimate basis for claims to space and permanence. (read more)
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*New* CSDE Biomarker Working Group: Immunoassays for Urinary Gonadotropins (12/04/25)
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When: Thursday, December 4, 2025 from 12 – 1 pm
Where: Raitt Hall 223 and on Zoom
The CSDE Biomarker Working Group invites you to join their next meeting, on Thursday, December 4 from 12-1 pm in Raitt Hall 223 and on Zoom. The group will discuss immunoassays for urinary gonadotropins (e.g., luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)), their subunit structure, and choosing appropriate assays for your research. This meeting will kick off a discussion of this paper. (read more)
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PAA Congressional Briefing on U.S. Birth Rate Trends (12/10/25)
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The PAA Congressional Briefing on U.S. Birth Rate Trends has been rescheduled! Members in the DC area are welcome to join us on Wednesday, December 10, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 2075 Rayburn House Office Building for ice cream and engaging presentations about U.S. fertility trends and related policies.An expert panel of leading social scientists will discuss national and international birth rate trends and evidence on the effects of policy incentives.
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UW Latino Center for Health Small Grants Program: Proposals due 12/15/25
The Latino Center for Health (LCH) at the University of Washington invites applications to the LCH’s Small Grants Program, a $20,000 grant to fund research focused on Latinx health in Washington state. The theme for the 2026-2027 program is Immigrant Health in a Changing Policy and Practice Landscape. Applicants should include a partnership between a UW investigator and a community-based organization that serves Latinx individuals, families, or communities. Applications are due on December 15. (read more)
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CPoP Call for Papers: A Unified Perspective on Formation and Dissolution Processes in Demography (12/19/25)
The Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop) will host an ERC Workshop on “A Unified Perspective on Formation and Dissolution Processes in Demography,” March 9-11 2026, at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense. We welcome contributions on macro trends in fertility, couple, family, and household formation/dissolution patterns. Abstract deadline is December 19, 2025. Find the full call here. Formal demographers are particularly encouraged to contribute! (read more)
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Call for Papers: IUSSP and MPIDR Conference on Kinship Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities (01/12/26)
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The call for papers is now open for the upcoming conference “Kinship Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities,” which will take place on June 8-9, 2026 at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany. The event is organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities; MPIDR; NYU Abu Dhabi; Pennsylvania State University; and the National University of Singapore. Extended abstracts (maximum two pages, PDF) must be submitted via the conference website by January 12.
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Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (01/12/26)
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The Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), is currently accepting applications to its 2026 program. The closing date is January 12, 2026 at midnight CET.
The program, which takes place from June to August, is designed for PhD students (ideally about 2 years prior to receiving their PhD) working on a topic compatible with ongoing research at IIASA and a wish to explore the policy implications of their work.
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Student Summer Research Visit: Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program (01/14/26)
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The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) is inviting applications from qualified and highly motivated students for a Summer Research Visit.
The goal of the Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program is to enable discovery by bringing together data scientists and population scientists to work on focused, intensive and collaborative projects of broad societal relevance. For a period of 3 months (June 8 – August 21, 2026) participating students will work in small teams towards a common research goal.
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Call for Submissions: Conference and Special Issue on How Policy Contexts Impact Population Health in the US (01/15/26)
The Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS) and the Center for Policy Research (CPR) will host a conference on June 8 and 9, 2026 at Syracuse University to advance knowledge on the connections between policies and population health in a changing U.S. context. In conjunction with the CAPS-CPR conference, The Milbank Quarterly will publish a special issue in 2027. Authors intending to submit a paper to The Milbank Quarterly special issue are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract of the paper by January 15. (read more)
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IPUMS 2026 Data Intensive Research Conference – Minneapolis, MN (Apply by 01/30/26)
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Abstract submissions are now open for the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference. The 2026 conference theme is Novel Data Linkages and Innovative Life Course Research. Enriching population data through data linkage creates novel data sources that can shed light on life course processes. Linking across time allows for the examination of transitions and trajectories and linking to contextual information situates the experiences of individuals and populations in their environments. Review the call for proposals and submit an abstract by January 30.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Demographic Research on De/Re-institutionalization of Asian Families (02/28/26)
Russell Sage Foundation – Social, Political and Economic Inequality Research Grants (03/11/26)
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Award amount: $200,000
Sponsor deadline: 03/11/2026
Program description: The Russell Sage Foundation’s (RSF) program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality supports innovative research on the factors that contribute to social, political, and economic inequalities in the U.S., and the extent to which those inequalities affect social, political, psychological, and economic outcomes such as educational and labor market access and opportunities, social and economic mobility within and across generations, and civic participation and representation. (read more)
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Russell Sage Foundation – Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System for Early-Career Scholars (04/01/26)
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Award amount: $100,000
Sponsor deadline: 04/01/2026
Program description: The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF), in collaboration with the Criminal Justice program at Arnold Ventures (AV) is pleased to announce its first annual grants competition for early-career scholars. Our goal is to cultivate a pipeline of researchers conducting causal research on the criminal justice system. Criminal justice policies and practices include the work of police, courts, jails, prisons, probation and parole, and immigration detention. (read more)
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Workshop Resources: Creating an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan with ICPSR
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Are you preparing a renewal, resubmission, or upcoming NIH grant application? Resources are now available from an October 2025 virtual workshop by ICPSR designed to help you navigate the requirements of the NIH’s Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy.
The workshop slides cover the essential components of creating an effective DMS Plan and highlight the value of transparent data sharing. You’ll gain insights into the NIH’s data sharing policies, learn how to de-identify and prepare both restricted- and public-use datafiles.
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IPUMS Data Update: MET2023 and MEPS
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IPUMS USA
IPUMS USA has extended MET2023, which identifies 2023 metropolitan areas, to the 2012-2021 ACS/PRCS samples. A new variable, METPOP20, reports the 2020 population of 2023 metropolitan and micropolitan areas. We have also made several revisions, including capturing additional multigenerational households in MULTGEN and expanding the property tax and utility cost variables (PROPTX99, PROPINSR, COSTGAS, COSTFUEL, COSTWATR) to ensure that IPUMS top codes match Census Bureau top codes.
IPUMS HEALTH SURVEYS
IPUMS MEPS now offers data from the 2023 MEPS sample. This release includes 1,100 variables from the Full Year Consolidated, Condition, Event, Prescribed Medicine, Appendix to the Event, and Pooled Variance files. New variables added with this release include information about COVID and Long COVID at the round level.
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Invitation to Join Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN)
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Social researchers are invited to join a global community of scholars, educators, and practitioners dedicated to advancing research and practice on work, family, and well-being. You can learn more about the WFRN at this link. Their upcoming conference will focus on caregiving across the life course. More about the 2026 conference can be found at this link.
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