CSDE Computational Demography Working Group Hosts Brad Foster on Measuring Migration with Linked Census Bureau and Administrative Records (5/17/23)

CSDE Open House – Successful Despite the Weather!

CSDE hosted its first open house on May 5.  CSDE staff enjoyed meeting affiliates and trainees. Everyone enjoyed the refreshments. In preparing for the event, we developed new brochures outlining CSDE services for sharing with visitors.  You can download a brochure about the following: All Services Brochure Spring 2023; Biodemography Lab Services Brochure Spring 2023; Development Core Services Spring 2023; Managing and Accessing Secure Data Brochure Spring 2023; (read more)

CSDE is seeking a graduate research assistant to join our research team to examine the impact of the Dobbs decision on family violence in US Google search data using a natural experiment that takes advantage of both the timing of the national-level Dobbs decision and the variation in abortion restrictions by states following the decision. This research will occur under the direct supervision of Dr. Jeanie Santaularia. The largest responsibility of the RA will involve performing a literature review and assisting in writing papers,

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*New* CSDE Affiliates Shah and Balderas Guzman Seek ASEs for Research on Climate Maladaptation

CSDE Affiliates Sameer Shah and Celina Balderas Guzman seek two (2) graduate research assistants to support a systematic literature review of climate change maladaptation scholarship. This research will occur under the direction and supervision of Professors Sameer Shah and Celina Balderas Guzmán. The duties of the research assistants will primarily include closely reading and coding academic peer-reviewed articles. For more details read the job description here.

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New Content from the Journal of Marriage and Family

Check out the latest release from the Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 85, Issue 3! You can find the new articles contained in the volume here!

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New Issue of Journal of Demographic Economics

Check out the newest issue from the Journal of Demographic Economics Volume 89, issue 2. This journal is sure to have plenty of research you’ll be interested in! To view this new edition, please click here!

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Interested in GIS? Read About CUGOS Spring Fling Recap to Learn and Network!

The Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source (CUGOS) is a Pacific Northwest group with members who are users and promoters of open source geographic information system (GIS) software and applications. Members come from all walks of life, including a large spectrum of business and academia, and active Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) members (board members, charter members, and active project participants). CUGOS meetings take place the third Wednesday of every month at 6:00 PM.

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CSDE Population Research Planning Grants (PRPGs): Open for Applications

Population Research Planning Grants (PRPGs) are designed to provide in-kind support and/or funds of up to $25k* to support a wide array of activity types throughout the development of a research project. As part of our mission to complement, rather than duplicate, other campus opportunities, we will consider funding many more small and large types of activities that will lead to research products (publications, grants, data access sites and data documentation, code repositories, etc.). (read more)

CSDE Matching Support: Open for Applications

CSDE is available to provide matching in-kind or monetary support to accompany a submission to other on-campus funding mechanism, such as Earthlab, Population Health Initiative, Royalty Research Fund, or Urban@UW All projects inquiring about matching funds, must have a CSDE affiliate who is a UW faculty and will be listed as a PI or co-PI. Note that we strongly suggest contacting either Development Core Director (Steven Goodreau) or CSDE Director (Sara Curran) to discuss possibilities for your specific proposal before submission. (read more)

CSDE Science Core – Upcoming Workshops

Each quarter, CSDE offers 3-5 workshops on data sources, statistical and biomarker methodology, introductions to analysis programs, and more, all given by CSDE staff and faculty affiliates. These workshops can include hands-on training in novel methods and programming, lectures on innovative data sources, and discussions of important issues in research and data collection. Over the course of the academic year, CSDE will offer a diverse and exciting set of workshops, some of which will be offered in person and others remotely via Zoom. (read more)

Social Networks & Health Workshop to be Live-streamed (5/15-5/19)

Duke University’s Social Networks & Health Workshop is now making it possible for remote attendance through a livestream option.  The workshop will be featuring a number of cutting edge researchers, including jimi adams, James Moody, Craig Rawlings, Brea Perry, Ashton Verdure, Peter Mucha, Kieran Lele, Gabriel Varela, Dana Pasquale, Scott Duxbury, David Schaefer, Carter Butts, Sam Jenners (CSDE External Affiliate and CSDE Alum!), Alex Volfovsky, Thomas Wolff, Peter Cho and Jessilyn Dunn.  The topics covered include ABM,

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West Coast Poverty Center Invites Applicants for Dissertation Fellowships for Summer or Fall 2023 (Due 5/15/23)

The West Coast Poverty Center invites applications from University of Washington-Seattle doctoral students for the 2023 West Coast Poverty Center Dissertation Research Fellowship competition. The purposes of these one-quarter awards are two-fold: (1) to encourage scholarship on poverty-related topics; and (2) to promote equity, inclusion, diversity and access to academic poverty research careers.

Applicants may apply for either: (1) dissertation proposal preparation support or (2) dissertation completion support.

Support may be requested for the Summer 2023 or Fall 2023 quarters.

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CSSS Seminar: Isaiah Andrews, Professor of Economics at Harvard University (5/17/23)

Please join the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences for their next speaker in the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Seminar Series. On Wednesday, May 17 at 12:30 pm, Isaiah Andrews, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, will give a seminar titled, “Inference on Winners.” This seminar will be offered as a hybrid session. Below please find the abstract and information about joining in-person or on Zoom. Abstract: Many empirical questions concern target parameters selected through optimization. (read more)

Social Networks and Health Workshop @Duke University Open for Registration (5/19/23)

Duke University is once again hosting its one week summer workshop program on social networks and health. The workshop offers comprehensive training in network methods for health scholars.  The workshop will be live and in-person this year from May 15-19 on Duke’s campus in Durham NC.  Thanks to generous support from the NICHD, they are offering this training at significantly subsidized cost; registration is $125 for the week and covers lunch & coffee each day.

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University of Washington Undergraduate Research Program Seeks Volunteers for Symposium! (5/19/23)

The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is seeking volunteers for this year’s UW Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday, May 19, 2023. The volunteers are critical to the success of the Symposium.

This year’s event will take place fully in person, and there are a variety of volunteer opportunities taking place between 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. Brief descriptions of volunteer roles are available on the sign-up link below, or on the Symposium Volunteer Page. Volunteers are welcome to sign up for multiple shifts (as long as the times do not conflict).

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Join the Bridges Center Next Thursday (May 11th) to Learn More About the Washington State Labor Research Grant (WSLRG) (Due 5/22/23)

Please join the Bridges Center next Thursday (May 11th) to learn more about the Washington State Labor Research Grant (WSLRG). WSLRG application materials are due Monday, May 22nd. The meeting will include space for questions about the application process, examples of past WSLRG recipients’ projects, and more! If you have questions or want to discuss the WSLRG further and are not available next Thursday at 3:30 pm to join, please reach out to me to schedule a time to talk.

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*New* Announcing the 7th Annual UW GIS Symposium (5/25/23)

The GIS Symposium highlights and celebrates the transformational role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and data visualization technologies at the UW and beyond. The event will feature a keynote lecture (more details coming soon) followed by short talks from the UW GIS community. To submit a proposal, click here.

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*New* 17th Annual Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) (Due 6/7/23)

MIT will be hosting the 17th Annual Graduate Climate Conference (GCC) on November 2-4, 2023 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The GCC is an annual interdisciplinary climate conference run by graduate students, for graduate students featuring panel discussions, presentations, workshops, social events, and more. GCC highlights climate research from a variety of disciplines within the physical, natural, and social sciences and humanities, including: anthropology, atmospheric sciences, biology, communication, environmental sciences,

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Deadline Extension for the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Data User Workshop! (6/12-6/16/23)

There is still time to apply to this year’s workshop on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Please see the information below and contact Noura Insolera (nehamid@umich.edu) with any questions.

Join the ICPSR waitlist: https://cvent.me/ZLQP91
Upload application materials (CV and cover letter): https://forms.gle/sG4h9Aoix79theY9A

This five-day workshop will orient participants to the content and structure of the core PSID interview, its special topics modules,

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Introduction to Vocabularies in Population Research (6/12/23)

On June 12, 2023 @5am, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) is hosting a webinar to discuss a recent report of the IUSSP-CODATA Working Group on FAIR Vocabularies in Population Research.  The working group is proposing to build a new system for finding, integrating, and harmonizing data in the field of population research.  The first step is to create a dictionary for creating metadata categories for datasets. 

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2023 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods (Registration Due 06/19/23)

Apply for the 2023 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods! They will be offering over 90 courses and lectures in research methods. Nearly all of which will be offered both in person and online live with recordings available. On campus housing is available for the 3-Week Sessions and Intersession! For more information, look here!

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NSF Announces Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (Due 8/15/23)

The National Science Foundation recently providing guidelines for submitting Cultural Anthropology Senior Research Award proposals. The Cultural Anthropology Program supports research aimed at understanding patterns, causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation, including research that has implications for confronting anthropogenic problems. See the guidelines in PDF format (read more)

The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is accepting abstracts from current graduate students, as well as from scholars, practitioners, artists, and scientists, who have completed a graduate degree within the past three years. IGSC welcomes abstracts globally and from any discipline related to the US and Asia-Pacific region.

This year’s theme is Elucidating the Periphery: Rethinking Neglected Narratives and Novel Approaches. This student organized conference provides an opportunity to venture beyond one’s own boundaries to interface with neglected narratives from peripheral perspectives as well as novel techniques in a transdisciplinary context.

Demography Events

• CSSS Seminar: Isaiah Andrews, Professor of Economics at Harvard University (5/17/23) (Deadline: 5/17/2023)
• Flaxman to Present on New Python Package to Create Synthetic/Simulated Individual Data (5/17/23) (Deadline: 5/17/2023)
• CSDE Computational Demography Working Group Hosts Brad Foster on Measuring Migration with Linked Census Bureau and Administrative Records (5/17/23) (Deadline: 5/17/2023)
• CSDE Seminar: The Role of Academic Research in the Pursuit of Accountability for Climate Damages     Where:  101 Hans Rosling Center
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Conferences & Calls for Papers

• Social Networks & Health Workshop to be Live-streamed (5/15-5/19) (Deadline: 5/15/2023)
• Call for Abstracts: 23rd Annual IGSC Conference (Due 9/15/23) (Deadline: 9/15/2023)
• Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting Washington, DC
• National Institute of Justice National Research Conference Arlington, VA
• American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting Chicago, IL
• Workshop Alert! ICPSR Panel Study of Income Dynamics (6/12 – 6/19/2023) Ann Arbor, Michigan*NEW* Social Networks and Health Workshop @Duke University Open for Registration     Where:  Duke University

Funding

• West Coast Poverty Center Invites Applicants for Dissertation Fellowships for Summer or Fall 2023 (Due 5/15/23) University of Washington (Deadline: 5/15/2023)
• The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Request Proposals for Washington State Labor Research Grants (Due 5/22/2023) (Deadline: 5/22/2023)
• William T. Grant Foundation: William T. Grant Scholars Program (Closes: 7/5/2023) (Deadline: 7/5/2023)
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Accelerating Behavioral and Social Science through Ontology Development and Use (Due 9/30/23) (Deadline: 9/30/2023)
• Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Development and Preliminary Testing of Health-related Behavioral Interventions (Deadline: 9/27/2024)
• CBE Research Restart Funding University of Washington (Open until filled)
• NSF Funding to Support Research Relating to Preventing and Predicting Future Pandemics (Open until filled)
•  Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) (Open until filled)
• CBE Research Restart Funding University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Request for Proposals! Grand Challenges Global Call-to-Action Initiative (Open until filled)

Employment

• Demographer County of Santa Clara (Deadline: 5/17/2023)
• Graduate Research Assistant CSDE, University of Washington (Deadline: 5/26/2023)
• ASEs for Research on Climate Maladaptation University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professors in Demography at CPop 6/1/2023 University of Southern Denmark
• Professional Researcher/Research Scientist Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) (Deadline: 8/22/2024)
• Demographer – UJA Federation of New York (Open until filled)
• University of South Carolina Seeking Two Tenure Track Positions (Open until filled)
• Postdoc position at Harvard University Harvard University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Network Science (IUNI Fellow) Indiana University Bloomington (Open until filled)
• Position in Statistical Analysis Center for Criminal Justice Research State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Research positions for Education Research and Data Center State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Senior Research Analyst – State of Washington State of Washington (Open until filled)
• Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation seeking new Research position! University of Washington (Open until filled)
• The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Seeks Researchers! University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Labor Economists at EEOC (Open until filled)
• Several Job Opportunities at The Labor Center and California Policy Lab University of California, Berkely (Open until filled)
• Researcher – Center for Health Information and Analysis Boston, MA (Open until filled)
• School of Public Health at Texas A&M seeks qualified candidates for Instructional Track Professor Positions Texas A&M University (Open until filled)
• Tenure Track Faculty Position, Health and Illness Rowan University- New Jersey, United States (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor in Rural Sociology Puerto Rico (Open until filled)
• King County Housing Hiring Senior Program Evaluation Analyst King County, Washington (Open until filled)
• US Census Bureau International Program Center (IPIC) hiring multiple positions! (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- University of Texas, Austin University of Texas, Austin (Open until filled)
• Applied Statistician, Assistant Professor- Tenure track New York University (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Visual Arts and Culture University of Washington, Tacoma (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Gerontology University of Massachusetts Boston (Open until filled)
• Assistant or Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Washington,Washington (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor – Quantitative Social Science Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (Open until filled)
• Assistant/Associate Professor – Global Studies Arizone State University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar in Poverty and Social Policy Columbia University (Open until filled)
• Research Scientist Postions for University of Washington (UW) Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship – Cardiovascular and Chronic Disease Prevention, Standford Stanford University (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Anthropology: Archaeological Study of Climate Change University of Washington, Seattle Campus (Open until filled)
• Research Faculty Positions – Evicted in Oregon Portland State University (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Position- Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University (Open until filled)
• Research Scientist- Center for Behavioral and Preventative Medicine, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Public Health – Wayne State University Wayne State University (Open until filled)
• Health Policy and Organization Faculty Positions – University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham (Open until filled)
• Epidemiology Professor – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans (Open until filled)
• Faculty Positions in Health Science and Technology at GIFT – Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Open until filled)
• Director of PhD Program, Health Sciences – College of Health and Human Sciences – Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (Open until filled)
• Department Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics – University of Arizona University of Arizona (Open until filled)
• Edgar Berman Chair of the Department of International Health – John Hopkins University John Hopkins University (Open until filled)
• Department Chair/Head – Public Health Sciences – Clemson University Clemson University (Open until filled)
• Inaugural Divisional Dean, School of Public and Population Health – Boise State University Boise State University (Open until filled)
• Tenure Track Public Health and MPH Program Director – University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis St. Louis, MO (Open until filled)
• Program Manager, Psychology and Health Sciences – University of California Berkeley University of California Berkeley (Open until filled)
• Executive Director, Computational Precision Health – University of California Berkeley University of California, Berkely (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- Columbia University, Poverty and Social Policy (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Position – University of Maryland, School of Medicine (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Scholar- Columbia University, Poverty and Social Policy (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Position – University of Maryland, School of Medicine (Open until filled)
• Full Stack Engineer -University of Washington University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Health Informatics Analyst- State of Hawaii Health Analytics Office Hawaii (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Researcher (Centre for Demographic Studies) – Barcelona, Spain (Open until filled)
• Post-Doctoral Associate – University of Colorado Boulder (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Opportunity: COVID-19 County Policies and Health (Open until filled)
• Project Officer – Demographic Analysis and Projections European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) Ispra, Italy (Open until filled)
• Research Scientist – University of Texas at Austin, Population Research Center (Open until filled)
• Graduate Research Student Assistant Position- University of Washington Dept of Landscape Architecture (Open until filled)
• NICHD-funded postdoc in Social Environments and Population Health – Penn State (Open until filled)
• Research Analyst – Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University Columbia University (Open until filled)
• Instructor – University of Washington College of Built Environments (Open until filled)
• Research Assistant – DEI University of Washington (Open until filled)
• Senior Data Scientist – Applied Demographer (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow – The University of Texas Cizik School of Nursing (CSON), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Position – Berkeley Eviction Research and Computational Social Science (Open until filled)
• PhD Studentship in Social Statistics- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Open until filled)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate -Princeton University Princeton University (Open until filled)
• Professional Researcher/Research Scientist Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) (Open until filled)
• Director of Synthetic Populations – Epistemix (Open until filled)
• Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison (Open until filled)
• Social Scientist The Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) (Open until filled)