Celebrate the end of the 2025 – 2026 academic year with CSDE as we recognize the accomplishment of CSDE Trainees! Our closing reception takes place on June 5, 2026 in Parrington Hall 320 from 12:30-1:30 PM PT.

CSDE Affiliate Jeanie Santaularia Gomez (Epidemiology), former CSDE Trainee Maryam Tanveer (Epidemiology) and co-authors published new work in the Journal of Urban Health that used hospital discharge data and two-way fixed effects models to examine how temporal community-level exposure to police-involved shootings influenced mental health diagnosis rates across ZIP code areas in Minneapolis They find a nonlinear relationship: as cumulative shootings increase, their effect on mental health diagnosis rates rises to a peak before diminishing — a pattern consistent across racial groups and suggestive of sensitization followed by desensitization.  In contrast, recent shooting exposures had little effect, suggesting it is the concentrated, compounding nature of police violence that most burdens community mental health.

External Affiliate Jamaica Corker (Independent Researcher) recently authored three publications that examine the often-overlooked role of traditional contraceptive methods in contemporary family planning, highlighting both persistent use and important gaps in how these methods are measured and understood. Drawing on new multi-country data from sub-Saharan Africa and global trend analyses, the studies show that traditional methods remain an important part of pregnancy prevention for many women and couples and that current survey approaches may substantially underestimate their use—particularly when traditional and modern methods are used concurrently. In an article in Population and Development Review, Corker and co-authors analyzed patterns and trends in traditional contraceptive use across all world regions (1970-2020). In two articles in Studies in Family Planning, Corker and co-authors use novel mixed methods project data (TEAM-UP) that measured the use of modern and/or non-modern (traditional) contraceptive methods and described the motivations for the traditional methods, in four sub-Saharan African countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria.  These papers underscore the need to rethink contraceptive measurement approaches and greater attention to capturing the full range of contraceptive preferences and behaviors in future research and to better inform rights-based family planning programming.

The University of St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) invites applications by June 8 from qualified and highly motivated students for a 3.5-year jointly funded PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science. The successful candidate will work on a project that examines the social and environmental determinants of health and socio-economic outcomes in adolescence and emerging adulthood. This project adopts a life-course approach to investigate how adverse exposures in the socio-economic environments of adolescents accumulate or act during sensitive periods to shape outcomes in young adulthood across life domains including housing,

Studies in Family Planning is calling for abstract submissions for a special issue on “Rethinking Contraceptive Futures,” by June 30, 2026. This call for abstracts invites contributions that broaden and challenge traditional understandings of contraceptive use, access, and meaning. Contributions may engage explicitly with family planning debates but should foreground contraceptive practices and their evolving meanings within broader social and demographic paradigms. 

The eScience Institute at the University of Washington is offering a hands-on 5-day training (July 27 – 31) in AI methods for research, facilitated project work, and self-directed learning. Our event is designed for researchers looking to move beyond textbook examples and tackle the challenges of real-world applications. Applications are now open through June 15.

The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce the LEGO Foundation Fellowship, a new global research fellowship developed in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. Learn more here.  Applications open June 1 and will be due July 31.  The fellowship will provide flexible support of up to $300,000 over three years for early- and mid-career researchers whose work can strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts.

The Northwestern Main and Advanced Causal Inference Workshop will hold its 15th annual meeting on Research Design for Causal Inference at Northwestern Law School in Chicago, IL. The  main workshop takes place Monday – Friday, August 3-7,  and the advanced workshop follows, Monday – Wednesday, August 10-12, with an optional machine learning primer on Sunday afternoon, August 9. In person-registration is limited to 125 participants for each workshop, so hurry up and register for in person attendance! There will also be a Zoom option, but attending in person is encouraged. Get more information and register now.

IUSSP and its co-organizes invite papers for a workshop focused on “Aftermath of a Pandemic: Changes in Mortality and Health.” Post-pandemic periods can reveal or amplify existing health inequalities, and the effects of pandemics often extend beyond the acute phase of infection, influencing long-term patterns of mortality and overall population health. This workshop will focus on these poorly understood effects. Submit a 300-word abstract and include a title, author(s), affiliation(s) via this form by September 11, 2026. Abstracts should be written in English. Attendance to the workshop is limited to 25 participants. Following the workshop, the organizers plan to pursue a special issue of a scientific journal.

Studies in Family Planning is calling for submission for a special issue on “Pandemic and Epidemic Impacts on Reproduction, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Family Dynamics: Longer-Term Consequences and Cross-Crisis Perspectives,” due September 15, 2026. The special issue aims to broaden the field by situating COVID-19 within a broader landscape of pandemics and epidemics with demonstrable implications for reproduction, family life, and SRHR. 

The IUSSP Early Career Awards aim to honour outstanding contributions to the broad field of population studies by early career scholars in different world regions and boost the global visibility of their achievements. Nominate colleagues by November 1, 2026. Nominees must have received their PhD within the last seven years and be IUSSP members. For more information about the Award and the nomination procedure and to fill out the application form, please go to IUSSP Early Career Awards.