TraffLab has an open call for applications for researcher positions in the next academic year (October 2020 – October 2021). TraffLab: Labor Perspective to Human Trafficking is a 5-year research project along with the European Research Council (ERC) that studies the causes of human trafficking and its regulation, in order to develop a labor approach to human trafficking. They are looking for post-docs, from a variety of disciplines, who would like to join the research team to further develop a structural analysis, understanding, and responses to severe forms of labor market exploitation and human trafficking, as well as for short-term visitors who will be interested in conducting their own research in the TraffLab academic environment.

Deadline: March 2, 2020 More Information

UC Davis is looking to recruit a post-doctoral scholar for an inter-disciplinary research project on A Network Analytic Study of the Determinants and Consequences of Burden Sharing in International Alliances and Defense Cooperation Agreements, 1945-2010. This is a one-year position, with a possibility for an additional one-year renewal. We are seeking candidates from various social, economic, physical, mathematical, or information sciences. Potential applicants should note that there are two postdoctoral positions available on this project. Applicants are welcome to apply for both positions. This ad seeks candidates with expertise in network analysis and computational modeling and substantive knowledge of social and political processes. The following qualifications are mandatory for this position:

a. Ph.D. in hand at the start of the position.

b. Knowledge of and experience in network analysis.

c. Knowledge of and experience with agent-based modeling.

d. Strong statistical data analysis and data management skills.

The following skills and experiences would be considered as strong advantages.

a. Programming experience (Python, Java, C++, C#, R)

b. Demonstrated research on social and political processes within and among nations.

c. Demonstrated research on social, physical, or communication networks.

d. Experience managing research assistants and research teams.

This is a full-time position with an annual salary of $54,000 plus UC Davis fringe benefits. UC Davis is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

Deadline for the application is December 31, 2019. The start date of the position is July 1, 2020. However, a slightly later date can be arranged.

Submit cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, and sample writing (article, dissertation chapters, etc.) to https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF03260.

Call for Papers for the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) 2021 Special Issue on “Demographic Aspects of Human Wellbeing”.

Deadline for submissions: 31 March 2020.

The VYPR is an open-access journal that has been published annually by the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 2003. It is addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in population research. Examples of topics for the Special Issue include:

• Life expectancy based indicators of wellbeing
• (Economic) wellbeing over the life course and over time
• Demographic differentials/inequalities in wellbeing
• Wellbeing and intergenerational support
• Feedbacks from environmental change to human wellbeing

Oscar López Rivera became a leading figure in the struggle for Puerto Rico independence. He was arrested in 1981, sentenced to 55 years in prison, and regarded as the “Nelson Mandela of the Americas.” As the result of a broad human rights campaign, President Obama commuted Oscar’s sentence and he has resumed his role as an organizer. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the In Plain Sight exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery.

 2:00-3:00pm – Henry Art Gallery

INRS is seeking to fill a new position for a professor of social sciences specializing in social inequality for the Social ties, population, and life stages track of the Urbanisation Culture Société Research Centre’s scientific programming. The successful candidate will work in the multidisciplinary research program of the INRS Urbanisation Culture Société Research Centre, located in Montréal. See the link below for a job description.

Deadline for applications: 21 February 2020

“School Desegregation and Metropolitan Development in Seattle and King County in the 1960s and 1970s”
Emily Lieb, Mateo Ricci Department, Seattle University

Click the link below to view all WCPC Seminars for Winter Quarter 2020.

The UW Center for Social Science Computation and Research has many workshops to offer this quarter! Here is the listing:

Introduction to Qualitative Research using Atlas.ti

Description: This workshop provides a brief, practical introduction to working in ATLAS.ti, covering basic terminology and functionality of the program. This will include importing text documents, coding and annotating documents, and exploring relationships through analysis and query tools. Time permitting we may also discuss best practices for data management. The course assumes no familiarity with Atlas.ti.

Instructor: Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer, CSSCR Consultant

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Place: Savery 121

Register here.

 

Data Manipulation/Data “Wrangling” in R

Description: This workshop will cover some of R’s useful tools for data management and exploration. Most of class will be devoted to learning Hadley Wickham’s excellent “tidyr” and “dplyr” packages. Attendees are assumed to have basic familiarity with R/Rstudio.

Instructor: Charles Lanfear, CSSCR Consultant

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Place: Savery 117

Register here.

 

Basic Graphics in R

Description: This course introduces students to ways of producing effect graphs in R.  Topics covered will include basic plotting functions (e.g. histograms, scatter plots), production of multi-panel graphs, and various means of exporting graphs to other presentation packages.

Instructor: Yunkang Yang, CSSCR Consultant

Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Time: 8:30am – 9:30am

Place:  Savery 117

Register here.

 

Introduction to R using R Studio

Description: This class will teach you how to get started with R using the free integrated development environment called Rstudio. The course will cover the basic organization of R and RStudio, where to find good help references, and how to begin a basic analysis. This class is ideal for users who have little or no experience with R.

Instructor: Youngwon Kim, CSSCR Consultant

Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Place: Savery 117

Register here.

 

Introduction to Python

Description: This class will provide you the basics of PYTHON for both gathering data from public sources and providing analyses.

Instructor: Mike Babb, CSSCR Consultant

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Time: 9:30am – 10:30am

Place: Savery 117

Register here.

 

Introduction to SPSS

Description: This courses introduces the SPSS statistical package including reading in datafiles as well as basic data management and introductory statistical procedures. Additional topics include computing and recoding variables and selecting and filtering cases.

Instructor: Amelia Patrice, CSSCR Consultant

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Place: Savery 121

Register here.

 

Introduction to R using Rstudio

Description: This class will teach you how to get started with R using the free integrated development environment called Rstudio. The course will cover the basic organization of R and RStudio, where to find good help references, and how to begin a basic analysis. This class is ideal for users who have little or no experience with R.

Instructor: Jasmine Jiang, CSSCR Consultant

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Place: Savery 121

Register here.

Career Exploration Strategies: A Workshop for International Graduate Students

Monday, February 24 // 4 – 5 PM // HUB 332, UW Seattle Campus // Google Map (https://goo.gl/maps/jLjbmiB983NFqiW96)

Seating is limited to 30. RSVP is required. Please sign up via Google Form (https://forms.gle/5DJckpn9Q9jnWTzH8).

International graduate students (master’s and doctoral) are invited to join Core Programs for a hands-on workshop to start your career exploration. This tailored workshop will present an overview of career exploration strategies on the topics of networking, informational interviews, LinkedIn profile, and job search as an international graduate student. At the end of the one-hour workshop, you will be able to:

• Identify short-term and long-term career goals
• Learn tips and strategies on career exploration
• Draft a plan for a future informational interview
• Connect with peers who are also in the job search process

 Free food and beverages will be provided. Send questions to Ziyan Bai at baiziyan@uw.edu.

Discover what teaching statements can look like, how to develop one (even if you have never been a TA), review examples, and brainstorm with peers.

Register at bit.ly/teachingStatement

This is to announce the Spring 2020 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grant program. The RRF proposal submission and review process is electronic – all proposals are submitted using SAGE (System to Administer Grants Electronically). Proposals are due Monday, March 2, by 5:00 PM.  Awards will be announced by June 15, 2020.

Unlike agency-funded grants, RRF grants are not awarded to supplement or continue existing successful research programs. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:

1. in disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal, and/or
2. for faculty who are junior in rank, and/or
3. in cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.

Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation resources that are likely to significantly advance the reputation of the university, lead to external funding, or lead to developing a new technology. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome, with well-justified budgets up to $40,000.

All proposals will be peer reviewed through one of the three RRF Review Committees. The evaluators are faculty colleagues and therefore will not necessarily be specialists in the applicant’s subfield. Thought should be given, therefore, to crafting the proposal so that a wider audience may understand it. Although technical field-specific information will be expected, the major features of the proposal must also be accessible to non-specialists.

The RRF application instructions, including specific directions for completing the eGC1, are currently available at the Office of Research web site located at:

http://www.washington.edu/research/or/royalty-research-fund-rrf/

As a reminder, Deans, Directors, and Chairs should only approve RRF applications for faculty and professional staff with PI status who are eligible for the program. Faculty with acting, affiliate, visiting, postdoctoral, or temporary (including limited duration) appointments are not eligible. In addition, if a UW faculty member holds an eligible rank but is based at another institution (e.g. Seattle Children’s or Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center), all of his/her extramural grants must be run through the UW in order to be eligible for an RRF award.

Should you elect to apply, please note the following additional details:

1. Carefully read and follow all instructions. Applications that do not adhere to program rules will be returned for immediate correction and resubmission if time permits; otherwise they will not be considered for funding.
2. Find out how much lead time is required by each unit that needs to approve your proposal and monitor it throughout the approval process. (For example, the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s office requires that proposals reach them via SAGE by 5:00 pm on the Thursday prior to the RRF deadline.) Applications not fully approved by the deadline will not be accepted – NO EXCEPTIONS.
3. On the Details page of the eGC1, make sure that you choose the Research Area that is most appropriate for your specific project. This will not necessarily match your official departmental affiliation, so you should review the membership of the three RRF committees (each of which covers two Research Areas) to confirm that you are making the best choice. Your proposal has a better chance of being successful if it is appropriately aligned with the expertise of the committee.
4. Use the sample budget template on our website as a guide when preparing your proposal budget, making sure that a) you round all figures to whole dollars, b) you group items by object code, and c) you provide a subtotal for each object code.
5. NEW THIS ROUND: Senior faculty must, in the Need for RRF Support section of the application, describe how the proposed project meets at least one of the following criteria: a) supports a genuinely new direction in the applicant’s research and/or career development, b) provides a unique opportunity to compete for subsequent one-time (or infrequently offered) funding, or c) originates in a discipline for which external funding opportunities are minimal. Note that these criteria are not new – they have been listed on the RRF home page, in the Review section, for many years. Including this information will enhance the review committees’ funding deliberations.

Don’t hesitate to contact the RRF administrative staff if you have questions about the program; new applicants should contact Peter Wilsnack, doogieh@uw.edu, 685-9316. Questions about SAGE and the eGC1 should be directed to oris@uw.edu, 685-8335.