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Each week, the CSDE Seminar Series brings top demographers and population health scientists from around the world to a classroom near you. These events boast free admission and a variety of formats–check out the sidebar to learn more about each! For more information or to learn how you can get involved with the Seminar Series, please feel free to contact the Seminar Series Chair, Rawan Arar. CSDE seminars are held weekly on Fridays from 12:30-1:30pm during the academic year. Speakers provide their research insights during the first 35 minutes and the audience has time for Q&A during and following their talk.

CSDE’s seminars will be predominantly in a hybrid format! You are welcome to join us in-person (room noted for each seminar) or you can pre-register in order to join via Zoom. Find and click the REGISTER HERE link in the upcoming seminars list below

Click HERE to view a pdf of our Fall 2024 Seminar Series poster.

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The Next CSDE Seminar

Population Research Discovery Seminars


CANCELED: Conceptualizing Age, Predicting Inequality

Sasha Johfre, Sociology, University of Washington


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

12:30-1:30 PM PT on 11/22/2024
360 Parrington Hall
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Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule

Date Title Speaker(s)
09/27/2024 CSDE Academic Year 2024-2025 Opening Reception
10/04/2024 Taking the Population Control Out of Family Planning Measurement (and Measuring Autonomy Instead)

Leigh Senderowicz, Gender & Women’s Studies and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

Follow this link to sign up for a 1:1 meeting with Dr. Senderowicz during their visit on October 4th.

10/11/2024 Crowded Out: The Costs and Consequences of Crowdfunding Healthcare

Author: Nora Kenworthy, School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Washington – Bothell

Critics: Anjum Hajat, Epidemiology, University of Washington; Amy Hagopian, Public Health, University of Washington


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

 

10/18/2024 Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times

Author: Erin McElroy, Geography, University of Washington

Critics: Nassim Parvin, Information School, University of Washington; Jenna Grant, Anthropology, University of Washington


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

10/25/2024 Sandy Soils and Earthly (Dis)contents: Plantation Legacies, Agricultural Consciousness, and Environmental Imagination in Fiji

Ipsita Dey, Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

11/01/2024 Measuring and Modeling the Impact of Partisanship Differences in Health Behaviors on COVID-19 Disease Spread

Audrey Dorélien, Sociology, University of Washington

Joined by Chris Soria, Demography PhD Student, University of California Berkley


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

11/08/2024 Some Overlooked Stories: Gentrification in Small Metros and Suburbs

Hyojung Lee, City Planning & Environmental Studies, Seoul National University


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

Follow this link to sign up for a 1:1 meeting with Dr. Lee during their visit on November 8th

11/15/2024 Climate Change and Fertility

Josh Wilde, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

Follow this link to sign up for a 1:1 meeting with Dr. Wilde during their visit on November 15th

11/22/2024 CANCELED: Conceptualizing Age, Predicting Inequality

Sasha Johfre, Sociology, University of Washington


Parrington Hall Room 360

To Join By Zoom: Register HERE

12/06/2024 CSDE Autumn 2024 Lightning Talk & Poster Session