The Social Scientist is a newly formed position at AGCI that is charged with: helping cultivate AGCI as a place for interdisciplinary and actionable science; assisting in the design and execution of a scientific research agenda; developing resources and funding for continued research activities; and helping build and sustain research and practice partnerships.
In pursuing this work, the Social Scientist will assist in ongoing, mixed-methods social science research. They will help AGCI evaluate and strategize about the effectiveness of the Institute’s programming and build their own research portfolio that aligns with advancing global change science and solutions.
Within the ERC Consolidator Grant “Towards a transdisciplinary demographic theory of birth and death trajectories”, we are opening one or more positions as assistant professor in demography at the Danish Centre for Population Research of The Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop) at the University of Southern Denmark, Campus Odense. The position is expected to start on October 1 or soon thereafter. It is a fixed term position of three years, with a possibility of extension by one year.
As a Survey Statistician (Health), you will:
- Initiate, design and conduct statistical and epidemiologic studies of substance abuse and mental health issues.
- Develop statistical analyses to produce population estimates and estimates of variances from complex sample designs.
- Develop and implement sample and instrument design(s) for surveys collecting data related to substance abuse and mental health issues.
- Provide expert advice and contribute to the design of complex national substance abuse and mental health surveys.
- Review proposals and manuscripts with respect to the appropriateness of the statistical techniques used.
As a Statistician (Health), you will use your knowledge of and experience with statistical studies on mental health and substance use to optimize business results and customer experience by:
- Conducting research and statistical studies or projects related to health-related issues.
- Collaborating with other scientists on aspects of study design, analysis, and interpretation.
- Preparing comprehensive reports of study results to include discussion of substantive research objectives.
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
The West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference was held at the University of Oregon last weekend, where CSDE Affiliate Mary Kay Gugerty presented a paper, “Nonprofit Participation in Racialized Policy Fields.” We are sure your presentation went great and look forward to the future paper!
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.
More information here: https://westcoastpovertycenter.org/students/dissertation-fellowships/
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.
More information here: https://westcoastpovertycenter.org/students/dissertation-fellowships/
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.
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.