On April 16, you’re invited to join an information webinar about how to access the outstanding data available through the Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center (NWFSRDC). Register here to attend. On April 24, you’re invited to join a webinar about the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) data also available through the NWFSRDC. Register here to attend.

• On Wednesday, April 16, 2025 (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM),

On 4/16 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST, CDWG will host Dr. Jordan Klein for a research talk. Jordan Klein is a demographer, social epidemiologist, and quantitative and computational social scientist working as a research scientist in the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research’s Department of Digital and Computational Demography, joint appointed in the laboratories of Population Dynamics and Sustainable Wellbeing, and Migration and Mobility. He earned his PhD from Princeton University’s Office of Population Research,

CSDE is thrilled to announce the inaugural Charles and Josephine Hirschman Award for student research. CSDE students may apply for up to $2,000 in funds to directly support a research project. Funds may support activities such as the cost of conducting fieldwork, data purchases, the hiring of a translator or transcriber, or participant rewards in surveys. Be creative! All funds must be spent during the 2025-26 academic year and may not be used to pay tuition or your own salary.

On April 16 (12:30-1:30pm), you’re invited to a webinar about the vast data available through the UW’s Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center (NWFSRDC) and how to access those data. Register here to attend.

This webinar is one of several workshops offered each quarter. CSDE offers workshops on data sources, statistical and biomarker methodology, introductions to analysis programs, and more, all given by CSDE staff and faculty affiliates. These workshops are open to all researchers (faculty,

When: Friday, April 18, 2025 (12:30-1:30PM)

Where: 360 Parrington Hall and on Zoom (register here)

1-on-1 meetings: 223 Raitt Hall (sign up here)

We are looking forward to hosting Daniel Parker from the University of California – Irvine on Friday, April 18 in Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative. In addition, there are opportunities to meet 1-1 with Dr.

With a critical mass of new affiliates working in the area of modeling transmission dynamics of infectious diseases — CSDE decided to form a new working group! An initial meet-and-greet and planning meeting was held in mid-March, with ten folks in attendance. Now, we’re ready to announce our regular meetings: every fourth Tuesday (summer included!), 3:30 – 5:00 pm, in HRC (Hans Rosling Center (HRC), a.k.a the Pop Health Building). We are hoping for Room 101 for the long term,

Household waste disposal practices such as dumping in public spaces and burning waste at home can create severe environmental threats. In a recent article published in Growth and Change, CSDE Affiliate Dafeng Xu (Evans School) and a co-author present evidence on the factors affecting household waste disposal in Nigeria using national survey data. The study finds that state-level specific waste management authorities are positively associated with sustainable waste disposal practices,