Welcome Spring! CSDE seminars will resume on Friday, April 3, 2026.  You can find the schedule here and you can also subscribe to our Trumba Events to receive regular announcements about CSDE-sponsored events.

CSDE Affiliate Dan Goldhaber (Social Work) will kick off the quarter on April 3 with a talk on “Improving Hiring Decisions: Experimental Evidence on the Value of Reference Information About Teacher Applicants.”  Then on April 10, Bussarawan “Puk” Teerawichitchainan (National University of Singapore) will present “Aging with Limited Kin: Childlessness and Care Arrangements in Singapore and Thailand.” Then, Rana Khoury (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) will speak on international aid in Syria's war on April 17. On April 24, Ninez Ponce (UCLA) will present a qualitative analysis of public feedback on Asian racial categories. In advance of the Population Association of America Annual Meeting 2026, the May 1 seminar session will be devoted to practice talks. There is no seminar on May 8 while the PAA Annual Meeting takes place. The series resumes on May 15 with a seminar by Angela Garcia (The University of Chicago) titled "Enduring Illegality: Time and the State of Waiting in Undocumented Middle Life." On May 22, Lauren Olsen (Temple University) will present on "The Promises and Pitfalls of Social Scientific Instruction in U.S. Medical Schools." Jen Rose Smith (University of Washington) will deliver the last seminar of the year, "Ice Geographies and Critical Demography," on May 29. We will close the 2025-2026 academic year on June 5 with a Celebration of Trainees' Accomplishments.

CSDE Affiliate Kamryn Morris (Social Work) published an article in Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR) on teacher approaches to supporting school belonging among Black students. Morris interviewed nominated exemplar teachers in Arizona on how they employed culturally responsive practices. Thematic analysis revealed practices implemented across ecological levels of schooling contexts (i.e., teachers, teaching, classrooms, schools), including: 1) Educate yourself on the experiences of your students, 2) Practice empathy and model vulnerability, 3) Encourage cultural humility and connection, 4) Center equity and wellbeing in classroom norms, 5) Prioritize diversity in leadership, 6) Provide professional development for teachers, and 7) Implement restorative practices. The findings from this study can help schools move beyond isolated classroom strategies and implement multi-level systems of support—from teacher practice to school leadership—that mitigate risk for marginalization and intentionally cultivate belonging for Black students.

The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (CSSCR) offers drop-in office hours for computational and statistical issues in research and coursework. This service is offered M-F 8am-6pm in Savery 119.  We have graduate student staff from the departments of Anthropology, Economics, Education, Geography, Political Science, Social Work, and Sociology.  The Center supports R, Stata, Python, ArcGIS, QGIS, Matlab (limited), and Atlas.ti. The Center’s consultants can assist with data management, data wrangling, exploratory data analysis, regression, machine learning, text analysis, spatial analysis, and qualitative analysis. CSSCR also specializes in identifying and procuring data sets that can be used for research or course projects.

MDPI has launched a new journal Populations.  They have just reached their one year milestone.  You can read about their first year here. Here is some information about publishing with them: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/populations

Seattle City Light is looking to partner with researchers to apply to a funding opportunity, Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education (FIRE) | NSF – U.S. National Science Foundation, by April 7. City Light has electricity generation infrastructure and transmission lines throughout Skagit, Whatcom, and Pend Oreille counties that we’re looking to protect from wildland fires. The NSD call fits within City Light’s planning for hazard work. Please reach out to tarney.sheldon@seattle.gov if interested in collaborating. 

The Washington State Department of Housing invites survey responses to inform recommendations for how to structure a new Department of Housing that will serve as the state’s coordinating and problem solving hub for ensuring adequate housing supply and housing stability for all Washingtonians. Your feedback will help inform the Task Force’s final report, due November 15, 2026, which will include recommendations on the mission, structure, programs, and goals of a new Department of Housing.

Organization: William T. Grant Scholars Program 2026 (Limited Submission Opportunity)

Award amount:  Each Scholar receives exactly $425,000 over five years, including up to 7.5% indirect costs. Awards begin July 1 of the award year and are made to the applicant’s institution.

UW internal deadline: 03/18/2026

Description: The William T. Grant Scholars Program supports career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. (read more)

IAPHS is currently in need of additional abstract reviewers for the IAPHS Annual Meeting Program. The review period will run from March 20 through April 6, 2026. IAPHS membership is required to participate. Sign up to review abstracts here. Why Volunteer as an Abstract Reviewer? You will shape the annual meeting program, advance your professional profile, support equity and inclusion, access cutting-edge research–all in the context of a flexible, time-bounded commitment.

The Population Health Applied Research Fellowship Program supports multidisciplinary teams of students to work on real-world population health challenges. Projects are sourced from external clients who play an important role in structuring project deliverables. Applications for this summer’s cohort will be accepted until 12 PM on March 20, from undergraduate and graduate students across all UW schools and colleges on all three UW campuses. The Summer 2026 Population Health Applied Research Fellowship team will work closely with stakeholders at the City of Seattle to research strengths and future recommendations to support children-friendly cities.

Despite global fertility decline, many people still hope to become parents or have more children. Yet wanting kids doesn’t always lead to planning for them, and planning doesn’t always lead to having them. Why does this gap exist?

Join the Population Reference Bureau for a timely webinar featuring two new studies that examine different dimensions of unrealized fertility. Luca Badolato (The Ohio State University) will present on “The Fertility Desires – - Intentions Gap in the United States", and Ester Lazzari (University of Vienna) will share her research entitled "Infertility and Unrealized Ideal Family Size". This event is hosted by the Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR) at PRB the Coordinating Center for the NICHD Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program. Register here.

The European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) is an eleven-month, fully funded program that aims to provide students with a comprehensive and rigorous education in demography to pursue their doctoral studies. The EDSD provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the causes and consequences of demographic change, population data, statistical and mathematical demography, as well as modeling, simulation, and forecasting techniques. The program’s coursework, taught by leading experts in the field, emphasizes strengthening the quantitative and programming skills of its participants. Apply by March 27.

The Data Science and AI Accelerator pairs eScience Institute data scientists with researchers from any field of study to work on focused, collaborative projects. Collaborations may center on analysis of an existing dataset to answer a specific research question, an implementation of software for processing or analyzing data, data visualization tools, or tools for data interpretation. This program is centered around building capacity — helping researchers to learn the skills and tools they need to do their projects rather than providing people to write code for them. Projects for Summer 2026 must be received by April 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT.