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Intern, Data for Development Policy

The United Nations Foundation links the UN’s work with others around the world, mobilizing the energy and expertise of business and non-governmental organizations to help the UN tackle issues including climate change, global health, peace and security, women’s empowerment, poverty eradication, energy access, and U.S.-UN relations.

The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD), hosted at the UN Foundation, with a distributed team working from five countries, is a fast-growing, dynamic international partnership bringing together over 200 different organizations including governments, UN agencies, private companies, civil society organizations, and many others. The GPSDD makes connections and brokers partnerships to address the problems of gaps in data production, poor data use, access, quality, and works with stakeholders to fully harness the new opportunities of the data revolution in the service of sustainable development.

The intern would be a full part of the GPSDD secretariat team and would report directly to the Senior Director of Policy. S/he would also collaborate with the Policy Associate, the M&E Manager and the External Relations team.

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Migration, Integration and Transnationalization

The Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH (WZB Berlin Social Science Centre) is offering a position of a Postdoctoral researcher.

The position will be within the interdisciplinary research unit Migration, Integration and Transnationalization (MIT), headed by Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans.

The researcher will work on the project “A rolling stone gathers no moss? Residential mobility among ethnic minorities in Germany and its consequences for well-being and social embeddedness (WELLMOB)”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and directed by Professor Dr. Sarah Carol and Associate Professor Dr. Merlin Schaeffer. The central question of the research project is: What are the consequences of spatial mobility among immigrant minorities for their subjective well-being, as well as for further classic dimensions of their integration? To answer this question, the project team will analyze the data of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study.

The position is full-time (currently 39 weekly hours) and with a duration of two years. The starting date should be no later than November 2019.

For more information please visit: https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/postdoctoral-researcher-mfx

Education and Research Center Manager

The Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety is looking for a new Center Manager.  This is up to a full time position at the UW, managing a large multi-component training and outreach project.  The manager job combines administrative and programmatic functions, both within the UW based training programs, and with regional stakeholders. We are hoping to find a new manager within the next few weeks.  I would greatly appreciate you sharing this posting with anyone who might be interested.

The job is posted on UWHires with requisition number 171305, or at: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=171305&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1

Mini-conference: 21st Century Asian Migration & Incorporation (Salt Lake City, 5/14-5/14/2020)

On May 14 and 15, 2020, The University of Utah’s Asia Center and Department of Sociology will sponsor a mini-conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, for social scientists researching migration and immigrant incorporation in Asia and overseas Asian populations. Through this conference we seek to advance knowledge in the field by bringing together communities of scholars, such as Demographers, Sociologist members of ASA’s Asia and Asian America Section and the Section on International Migration, as well as international scholars in the Asian Population Association and other professional communities.

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Demography of Aging and Population Sciences (T32)

RECRUITMENT PERIOD

Open date: August 12th, 2019

Next review date: Tuesday, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Dec 13, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

DESCRIPTION

The UC Berkeley Demography program is widely regarded as one of the best and most creative in the world. We occupy a unique niche in the population studies landscape, with a strong focus on formal demography, population theory, and the relationship between demographic dynamics and social, cultural, and economic dynamics.

The UC Berkeley Department of Demography seeks applicants for two postdoctoral research positions to study demography of aging and population sciences, broadly defined. The two T32 postdoctoral positions are funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), complementing UC Berkeley’s NIA-funded Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA, http://www.populationsciences.berkeley.edu/ceda). The postdoctoral fellow’s research focus could include areas of Berkeley faculty research including CEDA signature areas such as mortality measurement, policy and behavioral determinants of adult health, biodemography of aging, and macro consequences of global aging.

The Fellow will be expected to work part of their time independently developing their own research portfolio in the demography of aging, and to work part of their time on collaborative mentored research with a Berkeley faculty member.

Responsibilities:
Conduct research on significant issues in some aspect of demography of aging, broadly defined
Receive grant-writing training and support in order to develop a proposal for supplemental NIH funding
Get training in responsible conduct of research
Attend departmental colloquia and other related events
If interested and qualified, teach an undergraduate course (with additional funding)
We also expect fellows to attend the Population Association of America (PAA) annual meetings, and to submit population-focused articles for publication during their time at UC Berkeley.

Minimum/Basic Qualifications required:
PhD or equivalent international degree by the time of application.

US Citizen or permanent resident.

Preferred Qualifications (by start date):
Experience in working with large data sets
Knowledge of one or two statistical analysis packages or programming (e.g., R, SAS, and/or Stata)
Qualitative and mixed methods skills
No more than five years of research experience since receipt of PhD

Appointment: The initial appointment will be made at 100% time for 1 year with a start date of September 15, 2019 through spring 2020. Thereafter, with the possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance and availability of extramural funding and support.

To Apply: please go to the following link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF002266

Interested individuals should submit application with contact information for 3 individuals who have agreed to provide a reference for this specific position. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.

This position will remain open until filled.

Please direct questions to Dr. Leora Lawton, llawton@berkeley.edu.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.

The Demography Department is interested in candidates who have research interests in subjects that will contribute to the understanding of diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their work.

UC Berkeley has an excellent benefits package as well as a number of policies and programs in place to support employees as they balance work and family.

JOB LOCATION

Berkeley, CA

REQUIREMENTS

Document requirements

  • Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
  • Cover Letter
  • Statement of Research Interests – Including the Berkeley faculty with whom you would like to work with
  • Brief descriptions of statistical skills and research experiences
  • Writing Sample
  • Teaching Experience and Interests – Only applies if you would like to potentially teach during the fellowship
    (Optional)

Reference requirements

3 required (contact information only)

Senior Forecast and Research Analyst

This immediate opening is for an analyst with experience in state and local demography.  This person will be part of the small team within OFM’s Forecasting and Research Division that produces a variety of estimates and forecasts including April 1 Population Estimates, Small Area Estimates, Small Area Demographic Estimates, State Population Forecast and Growth Management Act County Projections.

Senior Forecast and Research Analyst, Career Connected Learning

This position is a senior professional and technical position responsible for providing project management, data analysis, data profiling and reporting for activities associated with career connected learning (CCL) efforts.  These efforts include outreach to data contributors and stakeholders, collaboratively creating measures and metrics; identifying data needs and linkages; and working with data based on extracts from the P20 data warehouse.  This position also leads the coordination of projects that cross units in the Forecasting & Research Division by establishing and monitoring tasks, and provides leadership on division data stewardship activities.  This position works independently, as well as part of a team of ERDC researchers and Division managers.

Research Fellow, Ethnicity, Ageing and Inequality

There is a 3-year Research Fellow position available at The University of Sussex to work on a project looking at ethnic health inequalities in later life, funded by The Nuffield Foundation.

Candidates should have strong applied quantitative skills, with a PhD in Quantitative Sociology, Demography, Social Statistics or another quantitative discipline, as well as a theoretical understanding of ethnic inequalities in health.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health seeks an outstanding Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to examine the connections between heat exposure, climate, conservation interventions, and health.  The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment as a Senior Fellow. Senior Fellows at the University of Washington (UW) are considered junior faculty equivalent in rank to a Research Associate. The position is intended to extend professional training for a candidate who recently received a terminal Ph.D. degree or foreign equivalent. Opportunities for continued training are available.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Geospatial Epidemiology

The Cancer Epidemiology Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is offering a post-doctoral fellowship opportunity in geospatial analysis under the supervision of Dr. Margaret Madeleine, Associate Member in the Cancer
Epidemiology Program. The fellowship will focus on geospatial analyses of HPV vaccine data. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to pursue independent research and publications in addition to the main project for this fellowship, in research areas such as HPV-attributable cancer epidemiology, HPV vaccine immunoepidemiology, and immunogenetics of HPV-related cancers. Opportunities to conduct geospatial research with other faculty members at the Fred Hutch in related areas, such as colorectal cancer screening or environmental exposure assessment may also be available.