The NSF’s Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program reissued its call for proposals. The call invites senior research proposals, early career development proposals, research coordination network proposals, conference and research community development activities, research experiences for undergraduates and graduates, and transdisciplinary research in environmental social science. The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequences, or evolution of the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, activities, and dynamics as well as their interactions with environmental and social processes across a range of scales. Contemporary geographical research encompasses diverse research traditions and methodologies. Recognizing the breadth of the field’s contributions to science, the HEGS program welcomes proposals for empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, methodologically rigorous, and generalizable research that advances geographical and geospatial sciences. Visit this link to learn more.
eScience Winter School: Data Science Tools (beginning 2/6/25)
The eScience Institute’s Winter School offers the opportunity to gain literacy in topics such as Python, R, Jupyter, and reproducible environments. This is an in-person, 4-session series starting Thursday, February 6th. Learn more and apply here.
*New* MR 2025 Conference Call for Abstracts and Workshops EXTENDED (1/27/25)
Communications Assistant, Social Media and Sexual-Reproductive Health (SMaSH) Lab (1/24/25)
Casey Quoted in Story on the Health Consequences of Power Outages
As wildfires and winter storms rage across the country, power outages are a major concern because of their far-reaching consequences. CSDE Affiliate Joan Casey was quoted in a recent NPR story about the abundant health risks that are associated with power outages. The story references several studies, including a narrative review on the relationship between power outages and community health that Dr. Casey and colleagues published in 2021. Read the full story here.
“When Geographies Collide: Hierarchical Regional Systems in China’s Great Leap Famine – Dr. Mark Henderson
When: Friday, Jan 24, 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 Mark Henderson from Northeastern University on Friday, Jan. 24 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. Henderson throughout the day. Sign up here!
This project, initiated jointly with Cai Yong (UW PhD ’05) and Anthony Garnaut, aims to develop a new approach to analyzing spatial variations in the demographic impact of China’s Great Leap Forward (1958-61) using reliable georeferenced data. Building on the insights of anthropologist G. William Skinner, we direct attention to the conflicting spatial logics of political and market hierarchies. This approach compels us to reexamine conclusions drawn from data aggregated at the level of politically defined units—provinces, prefectures, counties, and townships—even as we find that political choices made at those levels had demonstrable effects on the outcomes of the Great Leap famine.
Mark Henderson is a professor of public policy at Mills College, which merged into Northeastern University in 2022. His research applies spatial analytic methods to social and environmental problems in the United States and China. He received a PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from UC Berkeley and was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis, contributing to G. William Skinner’s regional systems analysis project.
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