Next week, mark your calendars for our Applied Demographers Panel on November 18.  Dr. Taylor Danielson and Dr. Deleena Patton will be speaking on the vital role of demographic data and analyses in their work at Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services. Professor Jennie Romich will be moderating the discussion and this is an opportunity to understand better the challenges and opportunities for demographers and demographic data to contribute towards improving policy and population health and well being for Washington residents.

CSDE Affiliate Rawan Arar and David Fitzgerald’s new book is out!  The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach (published by Taylor and Francis) is a sweeping empirical and theoretical tour de force – drawing connections between systems-thinking in migration and demography, along with sociological perspectives on institutions. This is a project that’s been needed for at least a decade and Arar and Fitzgerald took up the challenge to great effect and impact.

CSDE Affiliate Nora Kenworthy and co-authors have published the paper “Struggling, helping and adapting: Crowdfunding motivations and outcomes during the early COVID-19 pandemic” in Sociology of Health and Illness. The study utilizes mixed methods research to analyze data of 919 US GoFundMe campaigns over the first 7 months of the pandemic. What an incredibly interesting paper! Congrats Nora, a must read!

CSDE Affiliate Isabelle Cohen recently discussed her recent work on improving tax compliance in a low-capacity environment with the Uganda Revenue Authority at a webinar hosted by Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Mindlab, Pakistan’s first behavioural insights unit on Thursday, Nov 3rd at 6:30 AM. Check out the link here for a Facebook  replay of her talk.  Exciting to see Isabelle bringing her work to new audiences around the globe!

CSDE Affiliate Mary Kay Gugerty and co-authors Lehn Benjamin and Alnoor Ebfrahim recently published an article in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ), “Nonprofit Organizations and the Evaluation of Social Impact: A Research Program to Advance Theory and Practice.” The article connects the fields of nonprofit studies and evaluation to develop a research program intended to support nonprofit leaders to productively engage in evaluation as well as to advance a meso-level theory of nonprofit evaluation that recognizes the diverse ways nonprofits contribute to social change.

Congrats to CSDE Affiliate Rachel Fyall and co-authors on their new piece in Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly(NVSQ), “Exploring Nonprofit Advocacy Research Methods and Design: A Systematic Review of the Literature.” It is a really smart piece and is a wonderful example of collaboration across our school’s community.

CSDE Affiliate Crystal Hall gave the keynote address at the Big Difference BC Conference on Friday, November 4th where she spoke about her work around behavioral science and anti-racism. The focus of this year’s Big Difference BC conference is on how behavioral science can be deployed to have a positive, lasting impact across a wide range of topics and sectors in British Columbia. Congratulations Crystal!

CSDE Trainee Callie Freitag recently received a research grant from the Center for Financial Security (CFS) at UW-Madison, that supports her dissertation research and is connected to her participation in the Junior Scholar Intensive Training program at CFS last summer. The grant will support dissertation work examining how the employment histories and population characteristics of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipientsvary depending on when in the life course they first receive SSI.

CSDE Trainee Will von Geldern has been awarded a Tier 1 pilot grant from the Population Health Initiative (PHI) for a qualitative study of home kitchen enterprises – one of nine projects funded this round. Will is a PI on this PHI grant, with support from Evans faculty Heather D. Hill and Epidemiology faculty Anjum Hajat. Congratulations to Will on this award, the intellectual work it reflects, and the community connections he has built!

CSDE would love to celebrate your accomplishments. If you have a new grant, award, paper, book, editorial, or media coverage, please email csde@uw.edu. We can feature your achievements in our weekly newsletter, and share select items with the Center for Public Information on Population Research to broadcast to a larger audience. This publicity broadens awareness of your work and can facilitate collaborations and other synergies.

CSDE Affiliates are invited to sign up to give a brief talk about how their research connects relates to climate change at UW EarthLab’s December 1st event ‘Sparking Climate Connections: UW Lightning Talks on Climate Change’ . Lightning talk video presentations will be accepted on a rolling basis until noon on Thursday, November 17. The registration portal is the go-to place to submit a recorded lightning talk, sign up to view the lightning talks and RSVP to the in-person evening networking reception at the Douglas Forum at the Foster School of Business.

The NIH and the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office (SMRO) has just published an RFI that seeks input from researchers and community members about research opportunities related to the four domains highlighted below. This input will serve as a valuable element in the development of a workshop and subsequent report, and the community’s time and consideration are highly appreciated.

Urban@UW and CSDE have joined together to host a gathering of faculty and research scientists interested in the Homelessness Research Initiative on November 29,2022 at 3pm.  CSDE Affiliates and HRI Co-Chairs Gregg Colburn and Rachel Fyall, along with Jennifer Davison of Urban@UW, will welcome you to the gathering. Sign up here to register your interest in participating. The Homelessness Research Initiative, a university-wide effort that resides under Urban@UW.