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*New* Office Hours with Germany’s Research Funding Agencies (5/16/24)

Interested in collaborating on research with German universities? Representatives from the German Research Foundation, the German Center for Research and Innovation, and the German Academic Exchange Service will be present to answer questions on how to receive funding for research visits, workshops, researcher networks, postdocs, faculty positions, and international PhD programs. This session is focused on opportunities for postdocs and faculty; undergrads and graduate students are also welcome to drop-in. These office hours are intended to help participants learn about transatlantic funding opportunities and discuss how to strengthen research collaboration between UW and Germany. They will occur on Thursday, May 16th from 1:00-2:30 PM. You can register here. 

Upcoming Disaster Resilience Lunch Event on Hazards, Human Behavior, and Health (5/21/24)

The Population Health Initiative invites you and your network to a special lunch and learn seminar that is happening on Tuesday, May 21 from 12 to 1PM at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Room 101 and Via Zoom. Lunch will be offered for in-person attendees. This event will feature Dr. Joe Wartman, UW Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Director of Natural Hazards Reconnaissance (RAPID) Facility. Dr. Wartman’s presentation will be, “Hazards, Human Behavior, and Health”. See the event flyer for details.

*New* Webinar on Structural Racism in WA State’s Tax Code: Strategies for Action & Improving Health (5/21/24)

On Tuesday, May 21st from 5:30-7:00 PM, you are invited to a virtual webinar on structural racism in Washington state’s tax code. The racial wealth gap in the United States is a major political and social determinant of racial inequities in health. The structural racism that produces this wealth gap is supported through regressive tax codes and other tax policy throughout the country, including our state tax code here in Washington. CSDE Affiliate Anjum Hajat (Epidemiology) is one of the panelists. In this webinar, organization representatives will discuss (1) tax issues that the WA state legislature may face this coming year, (2) potential impacts on the racial wealth gap, and (3) ways to get involved and help make Washington’s tax code more equitable. Register here and find more details in the event flyer.

*New* Call for papers: Managed Retreat in Response to Climate Hazards (5/30/24)

As announced at the Managed Retreat 2023 conference in June, the editors of Frontiers in Climate are organizing a special issue (Research Topic) entitled Managed Retreat in Response to Climate Hazards. If you are interested in contributing an article to this special issue based on your MR2023 presentation or some other recent work, including applied work with governments or local agencies (e.g. a Policy and Practice Review article), they encourage you to learn more and to submit an expression of interest.

*New* IAPHS Webinar on Bridging The Gap: Communicating Research To Policymakers & Beyond (5/30/24)

Have you ever wondered how to get your research into the hands of policymakers, or wished your findings were known by a wider audience? Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and IAPHS are organizing a webinar to highlight ways to expand the reach of your research by distilling your findings into messages and formats tailored for nontechnical audiences, including policymakers and the media. Panelists from PRB will describe how to write effectively, avoid common pitfalls in writing for nontechnical readers, identify target audiences, and use communication tools and platforms to share your research. They’ll also provide resources to help you get started. This event is open to IAPHS members and will take place on May 30th from 9:00-10:00AM PST on Zoom (register here).

*New* Call for papers: Population Inequality Matters. Vienna Yearbook for Population Research (VYPR) (Due 5/31/24)

The VYPR invites submissions for the Special Issue “Population Inequality Matters” guest edited by Vanessa di Lego, Michaela Kreyenfeld, Iñaki Permanyer, Michaela Potančoková and Miguel Sánchez-Romero. The VYPR is a platinum open-access journal published by the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 2003. A double-blind peer review process starts right after submission. Articles are published online on a rolling basis. Submissions are due on May 31, 2024)

*New* Applications Are Open for the Bulitt Prize $100,000 Springboard for Change Prize (Due 6/1/24)

Are you an academic, professional, and/or grassroots leader working on a project or action to address a conservation or environmental justice issue in the Pacific Northwest? The Springboard Prize is awarded annually based on the following eligibility: an individual or collaborative group, from an underrepresented group, from Washington State or the Pacific Northwest region if their work impacts Washington, are 35 years or younger and have demonstrated academic, professional, or grassroots leadership that advances the environmental movement. Apply here by June 1st, 2024.

*New* JSDE Seminar to Host Arielle Bernhardt (6/3/24)

JSDE (The Joint Seminar in Development Economics) invites you to a seminar with Arielle Bernhardt from Harvard on June 3rd from 11:00-12:30 PM in 410 Savery. Bernhardt is currently postdoctoral fellow at the MIT Department of Economics. In July, Bernhardt will join the NYU Department of Economics as an assistant professor. More details on this talk will be released later!