Fulbright Association: The World at a Crossroads 47th Annual Conference – October 25-26, Washington D.C., November 8-9, Virtual
The Fulbright Association will be holding the World at a Crossroads 47th Annual Conference both in-person and online. October 25th-26th in Washington D.C. and November 8th-9th virtually.
CSDE External Affiliate David Swanson will be presenting the paper he co-authored with Rich Verdugo titled, “Population Aging in the Western Hemisphere: 2020 to 2050” in the virtual session on Friday, November 8th.
Session Title: Population Aging in the Western Hemisphere: 2020 to 2050 (SESS-4)
Session Date: Friday, November 8, 2024
Session Time: 2:15:00 PM – 3:00:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Session Format: Presentation – Live Zoom Style
Focus Area: Security and Diplomacy
Visit the link to find out more about the event: Fulbright Conference | Annual Conference for Fulbright Alumni and Friends
NIH Opportunity for Funding: Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) (K12 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-OD-24-013)
Scott Allard Interviewed on NPR about How Ballots are Rejected in Washington State
Over the last few years, CSDE Affiliate Scott Allard and his team have been conducting the Washington State Ballots Project through the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at UW. The Evans Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) has been working alongside the Secretary of State’s Office to explore voting practices in Washington State, trends and patterns of rejected mailed ballots, and more. Recently, Dr. Allard sat down with Libby Denkmann of KUOW, Seattle’s NPR news station, to discuss the question, “Nearly 99% of WA ballots are accepted, what’s going on with the 1% that aren’t?” Washington is a state that fully votes by mail, so when a ballot gets rejected it is not because of what was written inside, it is because of how the envelope was completed. Ballots have to be posted on time, stamped or dropped off at a ballot box before 8pm on election day. They also have to be signed and the signatures have to match what the state has on file. Allard’s team studied a state auditor’s report that examined the 2020 general election that focused on signature verification and mismatch. They found evidence that younger voters and voters of color were more likely to have their ballots rejected due to signature mismatches. The rest of the interview includes discussion of voting trends, the EPIC team’s study findings, how voters felt after their ballots were rejected due to signature challenges, tips on how to not have your ballot rejected, and more. Visit the link to listen to the entire interview.
Call for papers: Special Issue of China Population and Development Studies (Due 8/31/24)
China Population and Development Studies (CPDS) is a Springer published flagship English scholarly peer-reviewed international journal and hosted by China Population and Development Research Center; CPDS addresses a broad range of topics related to population and development internationally (https://www.springer.com/journal/42379). CPDS announces a call for submissions of papers for a special issue that address “Projections/analyses of Households and Living Arrangements, and Applications in Healthy Aging and Sustainable Development Studies”.
Guest Editors:
- Yi Zeng, Professor of National School of Development, Honorary Director of Center for Healthy Aging and Development Study, Peking University; Professor, Center for Study of Aging and Human Development and Geriatrics Division, School of Medicine, Duke University; Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries; Foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Emily Grundy, Professor and former Director of Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex; Member of the British Academy and Member of the British Academy of Social Sciences
- Junni Zhang, Associate Professor of National School of Development, Peking University
Topics to be included in this special issue:
In this special issue, we are looking for papers on one of the following topics related to any countries in the world:
- Analyses on past, present and future trends in families, households, living arrangements and the implications;
- Applications of family household analyses and projections in research on healthy aging, socio-economic planning, social status analyses, policy analyses, children’s education, elderly care needs/costs and other home-based services, big data analyses, market analyses, age-friendly housing, home-based energy-use (such as water, electricity and gas), environment protection, food, furniture, and vehicles, etc.;
- Household and living arrangement projections at sub-national and county/city levels;
- Policy analyses related to family households and living arrangements;
- Research progress in methodology, user-friendly software development and databases for probabilistic projections/analyses of households and living arrangements;
- Other related topics.
Submission Instructions:
Before submitting your manuscript, please make sure you have thoroughly reviewed the submission guidelines for CPDS (https://www.springer.com/journal/42379/submission-guidelines). The complete manuscript should be submitted through the CPDS online submission system (https://www.editorialmanager.com/cpds/default2.aspx). Kindly read the Tutorial for Authors, available on the system’s homepage, before submitting your manuscript.
To ensure that you submit to the correct special issue, please select ‘original article’ from the drop-down menu during submission and clearly indicate this special issue on the Title Page of your manuscript. Reviewers should adhere to Springer Nature’s and the journal’s Peer-Review Policy. All submissions will undergo a peer review process. For technical inquiries regarding the submission of this special issue, please contact the CPDS editorial office at cpds2017@163.com.
Additionally, authors are required to prepare at least two documents: a Title Page and a Blinded Manuscript. Please make sure to specify on the Title Page that you are submitting to a special issue. This will help ensure that your manuscript is processed correctly.
Questions related to topics and contents etc. of this special issue should be directed to one of the guest editors: Prof. Yi Zeng (zengyi@nsd.pku.edu.cn), or Prof. Emily Grundy (emily.grundy@essex.ac.uk), or Associate Prof. Junni Zhang (zjn@nsd.pku.edu.cn).
This special issue is scheduled for publication online by the end of 2024.
*New* Senior Data Scientist 3 (8/29/24)
NSF GRFP Personal Statement Writing Workshop (8/28/24)
NSF GRFP PERSONAL STATEMENT WRITING WORKSHOP, Wednesday, August 28, 4:30-5:30 PM PST. Register for the 08/28/2024 workshop
*New* Register for Population Reference Bureau Webinar – Where is the Workforce?: Understanding the U.S. Labor Shortage and Working Towards Solutions (9/5/24)
The United States and countries around the world are facing persistent labor shortages, limiting businesses both large and small and spanning all industries. What’s driving these shortages, and what can be done to address them?
As we observe Labor Day in the United States, join Population Reference Bureau (PRB), the Critical Labor Coalition, and special guest former U.S. Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta to discuss the latest data behind the shrinking workforce and explore potential policy solutions.
Thursday, September 5th, 12:00pm-1:00pm EDT
Register here
Win Brown Co-Authors Article in The Conversation Discussing the Pronatalist Movement
Many countries around the world have been faced with shrinking populations, resulting in major economies attempting to engineer higher birth rates. This practice is called pronatalism, which encourages the bearing of children with government support to create a higher birth rate. Those who push this practice often are those who fear that falling birth rates in developed countries will lead to the extinction of cultures, a crash of economies, and the collapse of civilization. However, high birth rates don’t necessarily mean that all of the world’s problems are fixed as it can cause resource depletion and environmental degradation. CSDE Affiliate Win Brown and his co-author Emily Klancher Merchant discuss in the article, “The problem with pronatalism: Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme,” how it is notoriously hard to change birth rates, a new pronatalist movement, how pronatalism can be seen as a Ponzi scheme, government intervention in reproduction, and more. Read the article to learn more about the pronatalist movement.
*New* Register for Population Reference Bureau Webinar – Where is the Workforce?: Understanding the U.S. Labor Shortage and Working Towards Solutions (9/5/24)
The United States and countries around the world are facing persistent labor shortages, limiting businesses both large and small and spanning all industries. What’s driving these shortages, and what can be done to address them?
As we observe Labor Day in the United States, join Population Reference Bureau (PRB), the Critical Labor Coalition, and special guest former U.S. Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta to discuss the latest data behind the shrinking workforce and explore potential policy solutions.
Thursday, September 5th, 12:00pm-1:00pm EDT
Register here