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CSSS Seminar with Vince Wang: Do Inclusionary Zoning Policies Affect Local Housing Markets? An Empirical Study in the United States (1/17/24)

Join CSSS for a seminar by CSDE Affiliate Vince Wang on Wednesday, Jan. 17th at 12:30. The seminar will be hybrid on Zoom (register here) and in 409 Savery Hall. Vince Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Runstad Department of Real Estate. Read more about the talk here.

Abstract: In recent years, housing affordability challenges have risen to the fore globally. In response to this crisis, many American cities have adopted inclusionary zoning (IZ) policies. Through IZ, local governments typically require or incentivize developers to set aside a share of housing units in new buildings to be rented or sold at below-market rates. Despite its growing popularity, IZ remains a controversial local affordable housing policy. At the center of the debate is this policy’s effect on housing market outcomes. Using a propensity score matching approach coupled with difference-in-differences regression analysis, we examine whether IZ presence as well as policy design affect housing starts, price, and rent. In the CSSS research seminar, I will present data preparation and modeling strategies, as well as preliminary results.

 

*New* Seminar by the West Coast Poverty Center: The effect of Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on mothers’ employment outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic (1/18/24)

UW’s West Coast Poverty Center invites you to attend a seminar by Ji Young Kang (Assistant Professor, Chungnam National University) for a talk, titled “The effect of Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on mothers’ employment outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic”. The seminar will take place on Thursday, Jan 18th from 9:30-10:30 AM in Room 306A/B of the Social Work Building.

*New* Allen School Distinguished Lecture Series: What we see and what we value: AI with a human perspective (1/18/24)

Join UW’s Allen School for a seminar by Fei-Fei Li (Stanford University), titled “What we see and what we value: AI with a human perspective”. The seminar will take place on Thursday, Jan. 18th at 3:30 PM in the Amazon Auditorium of the Gates Center. The talk will also be streamed live on the Allen School’s YouTube channel [link will be available 1 hour before talk]. Read more about the talk here.

*New* Seminar by Center for Environmental Politics: The consequences of Environmental Protest in Global Perspective (1/19/24)

The Center for Environmental Politics presents Evan Schofer and Ann Hironaka (professors of Sociology, University of California-Irvine), “The consequences of Environmental Protest in Global Perspective”. The seminar will take place on January 19th in  Gowen Hall, 1A from 12:00-1:30pm. No RSVP is required. Learn more about the talk here

Ann Hironaka is an Associate Professor of Sociology at University of California, Irvine. She studies environmental sociology, politics, and war from a global perspective. Her book, Greening the Globe: World Society and Environmental Change examines the historical emergence of the global environmental regime and its impact on national policy and environmental practices around the world. Evan Schofer is a Professor of Sociology at University of California, Irvine. He researches globalization, political participation, education, environmentalism, economic growth, and economic inequality.

*New* CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts Anissa Tanweer on Integrating Ethics into Data-Intensive Research (01/17/2024)

On January 17th from 3-4pm, Anissa Tanweer, a Senior Social Scientist at the eScience Institute and CSDE Affiliate, will present at the CDWG. Dr. Tanweer conducts ethnographic research on the practice and culture of computationally-mediated science and directs the UW Data Science for Social Good summer internship. At the CDWG, she will discuss her work on integrating ethics into practice of data-intensive research and provide an overview of the Data Science for Social Good program. CDWG Will be Hybrid in Winter Quarter 2024. Attend in-person in 223 Raitt Hall (The Demography lab) or on Zoom (register here).

Apply for Criminal Justice Innovation Fellowship (Due 1/15/24)

The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce a new fellowship program with support from Arnold Ventures, the Arnold Ventures Criminal Justice Innovation Fellowships. This program will provide generous and unrestricted support to post-doctoral fellows working to innovate and evaluate more effective and equitable criminal justice policy solutions. The program will support five post-doctoral fellows pursuing policy-relevant causal research for up to 3 years, beginning in September 2024. Fellows may reside in a location of their choosing. Fellows will receive salaries/stipends of $120,000 with full benefits and annual salary increases. Learn more here.