Hiramori Honored by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
CSDE External Affiliate Daiki Hiramori (Hosei University) received the Award for Science and Technology (Research Category) as part of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan for FY2026. This award recognizes Hiramori’s contributions to the demography of sexual orientation and gender identity and is awarded jointly with Dr. Saori Kamano of Waseda University. The President of Hosei University’s Research Notes commended Hiramori’s work for affirming the relevance of sexuality in the field of demography and enabling the systematic examination of findings accumulated in small-scale ethnographic studies as well as in large-scale surveys that may be affected by self-selection bias. Congratulations, Dr. Hiramori!
Swanson Honored with Mindel C. Sheps Award at PAA
The Population Association of America recognized the contributions of CSDE External Affiliate David Swanson (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Riverside) through the Mindel C. Sheps Award at PAA 2026. Jointly sponsored by PAA and the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, this award is given biennially for outstanding contributions to mathematical demography or demographic methodology. Individuals may be nominated on the basis of important contributions to knowledge either in the form of a single piece of work or a continuing record of high accomplishment. Swanson was recognized for his timely and interdisciplinary work in applied demography, formal demography, and demographic methods, including methods to improving the accuracy of population forecasting and projections. You can watch the PAA Awards Ceremony here.
St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population, Health and Data Science (06/08/26)
The University of St Andrews and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) invites applications by June 8 from qualified and highly motivated students for a 3.5-year jointly funded PhD studentship in Population, Health and Data Science. The successful candidate will work on a project that examines the social and environmental determinants of health and socio-economic outcomes in adolescence and emerging adulthood. This project adopts a life-course approach to investigate how adverse exposures in the socio-economic environments of adolescents accumulate or act during sensitive periods to shape outcomes in young adulthood across life domains including housing, family formation, education, and health. The studentship is available from October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The research will use advanced quantitative methods to explore how both individual-level factors and structural or area-level determinants contribute to inequalities in these outcomes, including potential regional variation. The project will be part of the International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS), the Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations, and the Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health.
Call for Proposals: Office Of Naval Research (ONR) STEM Education and Workforce Program (06/30/26)
The Office Of Naval Research (ONR) seeks proposal under the ONR Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program, due June 30, 2026 at 2 PM PT. STEM education programs and activities are defined as formal or informal education primarily focused on physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, social sciences, and mathematics (including environmental science education or stewardship).
Funding Available: The funded amount and period of performance of each proposal selected for award may vary depending on the technology area and the technical approach to be pursued by the offeror selected.
Types of Projects: Programs & activities should aim to achieve one or more outcomes: develop learners’ in STEM; attract students to pursue careers in STEM fields; Provide growth & research opportunities for post-secondary, college and graduate students in STEM fields; improve mentor/educator & capacity in STEM
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social Policies for Health Equity Research (SPHERE) Center – Harvard School of Public Health (Ongoing)
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantitative Sociology, Policy, and Maternal & Infant Health – Florida State University, Pepper Institute (Ongoing)
Postdoctoral Fellow Position: Research on US Mortality and Life Expectancy – University of Pennsylvania (Ongoing)
Call for Papers: Journal of Population Research Special Issue on Place-based Demography for Regional Planning (06/30/26)
The Journal of Population Research invites invites contributions from population scholars—including demographers, population geographers and regional scientists—interested in the use of demography as a tool to inform territorial policies and regional planning. This special issue, “Place-based Demography for Regional Planning,” will be edited by CSDE External Affiliate Amy Spring (Georgia State) and Federico Benassi. Contributions may address a wide range of topics, including but not limited to depopulation, population ageing, mobility and residential segregation, and population projections. Submissions may refer to different empirical contexts and territorial scales, and may adopt methodological, applied or theoretical perspectives. A key requirement is a strong territorial perspective, whereby spatial units are not treated merely as classificatory variables but as active dimensions of demographic analysis. Contributions engaging with theoretical debates—particularly those reflecting on the role of demography in territorial governance and spatial planning processes—are especially welcome. More information at the following link: https://link.springer.com/collections/fejdaggjjb
Call for Abstracts: Special Issue of Studies in Family Planning on Rethinking Contraceptive Futures (06/30/26)
Studies in Family Planning is calling for abstract submissions for a special issue on “Rethinking Contraceptive Futures,” by June 30, 2026. This call for abstracts invites contributions that broaden and challenge traditional understandings of contraceptive use, access, and meaning. Contributions may engage explicitly with family planning debates but should foreground contraceptive practices and their evolving meanings within broader social and demographic paradigms. We seek papers that illuminate contraceptive practices as culturally, politically, and technologically embedded, and that situate contraception within the wider conversations that shape people’s lives. We welcome empirical (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods), theoretical, methodological, and policy-oriented contributions from low- and middle-income (LMIC) and high-income (HIC) settings. Comparative and cross-context analyses are especially encouraged.
Abstracts should be at least 1 page in the main body, excluding references, figures, and tables. Abstracts should specify whether the authors envision submitting a commentary, theoretical perspective, report, or original research artic Please send abstracts by June 30, 2026 to rfriedman[@]popcouncil.org.
Authors will be notified by July 15 whether a full paper is invited for submission. The deadline for full papers is January 15, 2027. All submissions will be reviewed through the Studies’ double-anonymized peer review process. Articles are posted on Early View as they are accepted and processed. Special issue publication is planned for December 2027.