CSDE Regional Affiliate David Swanson finds that life expectancy at birth for the U.S. population with Sickle Cell Disease increased from 48 years in 2006 to nearly 60 years by 2016. This indicates that research has been effective in overcoming this painful, crippling condition that threatens the lives of approximately 100,000 Americans. If this research continues to be funded, Swanson argues that more improvements can be expected. For more details, see PAA’s Online Blog.
Join CSDE and UW for “Sexual Citizens” Webinar
The University of Washington and Seattle University are hosting a webinar on “Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus” on February 22 at 12.00pm Pacific Time. The event will offer an opportunity to engage with Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan, who are the authors of the book ‘Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus’. Free copies of Sexual Citizens are available through LiveWell at University of Washington and Wellness and Health Promotion at Seattle University, while supplies last. The webinar is open to the University of Washington and Seattle University communities. For details and registration, visit this link.
Attend ICPSR Webinar Series on Social Science Data #LoveData21
The International Consortium for Political and Social Research is hosting its annual Love Data Week starting Feb. 8, 2021. Details about the week’s events can be found here. The UW’s Center for Social Science Computing Resources (CSSCR) is UW’s institutional representative for ICPSR and can help with accessing their data resources. Webinar sessions that may be of interest to the CSDE community include one about COVID 19 impacts on labor force attachment on Feb. 8 and one on the panoply of data resources and research for understanding COVID-19 impacts on Feb. 9.
*New* Applications Invited for European Doctoral School of Demography (Due April 15 2021)
Applications are now open for the European Doctoral School of Demography (deadline: 04/15/2021). The EDSD is an eleven-month sponsored program that is offered every year aiming to provide students with an knowledge base on the causes and consequences of demographic change, population data, statistical and mathematical demography, as well as modeling, simulation, and forecasting. Many of the School’s courses concentrate on strengthening the quantitative and programming skills of the students. The language of the School is English. In the 2021/22 academic year, the School will be held at two different locations. The preparatory courses (from early September to late October 2021) will be offered at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. The core courses (from November 2021 until end of July 2022) will be held at the Centre for Demographic Studies (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics – CED) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. For more details, see here.
ICPSR Webinar Series on Social Science Data
Adding Demographic Information to Administrative Data
At the CSDE seminar on February 12th, CSDE Affiliate Dr. Mark Long (UW Evans), CSDE Trainee Elizabeth Pelletier (UW Evans) and CSDE Affiliate Dr. Jennifer Romich (UW Social Work) will present “Adding Demographic Information to Administrative Data”. The seminar is co-sponsored by the West Coast Poverty Center. The talk will discuss data innovations which will bring new capacity to analyze the impact of local minimum wage laws and other policy interventions on household income and program participation.
Register for the Zoom seminar here. This quarter, CSDE is recording the seminar series and posting the links on its website. Visit our site here.