This Friday, Julia Behrman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University will present on her analyses of how estimated associations between migration and fertility and reproductive health outcomes differ when comparing migrant women to non-migrant women in receiving versus sending countries. This method of comparison provides a fuller understanding of processes surrounding migration and assimilation to fertility and family norms in destination-contexts. Behrman will also discuss the role of selection into migration and provide insight into the mechanisms underlying fertility change among migrant populations.

Please visit the seminar page to reserve time to meet with Julia Behrman.

A reminder that on November 18th from 10am-12pm in Raitt 223, CSDE is hosting an Aging Across UW Coffee Hour: an informal coffee social for students, staff, and faculty interested in aging research. This coffee hour is for you if: (1) you love talking aging research, and (2) you’re curious about what aging-related research is happening at UW. 

Aging Across UW is a CSDE-affiliated group committed to bringing together students, staff, and faculty interested in aging from across disciplines — from the humanities to the sciences. Please contact Callie Freitag (freitagc@uw.edu) with any questions.

CSDE Affiliate Dan Eisenberg and Associate Professor of Anthropology Dan Eisenberg joined the editorial board of the new Cambridge University Press journal Experimental Results.

Experimental Results is a new open access journal providing a forum for experimental findings that disclose the small incremental steps vitally important to experimental research; experiments and findings which have so far remained hidden. Such results often go unpublished due to the traditional scholarly communication process, in which only a select group of experiments are chosen to make up the narrative of a single paper.

Nominations are now open for the 2020 PAA Annual Awards! Recognize a fellow demographer (or yourself!) who has contributed to the profession. The following four awards will be presented at the PAA 2020 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Click on the links below for individual nomination criteria. Deadline is January 31, 2020.

Dorothy S. Thomas Award – presented annually for the best graduate student paper on the interrelationships among social, economic and demographic variables.

Early Achievement Award – given biennially to scholars who have made distinguished contributions to population research during the first ten years after receipt of their Ph.D.

Clifford C. Clogg Award for Mid-Career Achievement – honors outstanding scholarly achievements of a population professional who attained their highest professional degree within the previous 10-20 years.

Mindel C. Sheps Award – given biennially for outstanding contributions to mathematical demography or demographic methodology.

Please consider offering your comments on NIH's newly released draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental draft guidance. The purpose of this draft policy and supplemental draft guidance is to promote effective data management and sharing that furthers NIH’s commitment to making the results and accomplishments of the research it funds and conducts available to the public. Complete information about the draft Policy and draft supplemental guidance can be found on the NIH OSP website. 

Stakeholders are invited to comment on any aspect of the draft policy, the supplemental draft guidance, or any other considerations relevant to NIH’s data management and sharing policy efforts. To facilitate commenting, NIH has established a web portal that can be accessed here. To ensure consideration, comments must be received no later than January 10, 2020.