Addressing the Triple Environmental Crisis: A Way Forward

• October 14th, 2025, 10:00am – 1:00pm PT / 1:00pm – 4:00pm ET

Join the Consortium of Universities for Global Health for this engaging symposium where they will exchange ideas and explore solutions to combat the pressing challenges of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, which pose significant risks to our health and security. Register here and visit their website for more information.

• When: Friday, October 10, 2025 (12:30 – 1:30PM)
• Where: 360 Parrington Hall and on Zoom 

We look forward to welcoming a team of researchers from the University of Washington (UW) Department of Sociology, led by CSDE Affiliate Nathalie Williams and including CSDE Trainees Hugo Aguas, Mingze Li, Aryaa Rajouria, as well as Yuanxi Li, Brandon Morande, and Caroline Teague, on Friday, October 10, in Parrington Hall 360 and on Zoom.  All presenters are at the University of Washington and affiliated with the Sociology Department. This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative.

Surveys of people experiencing homelessness traditionally focus on questions related to their housing statuses, often excluding broader topics asked of the general population. As a result, research frequently fails to capture the full humanity and lived experiences of this diverse community. This Sound Data project seeks to address this gap by conducting a survey on a representative sample of unhoused respondents on a variety of subjects about social life and well-being. The report presents the results from a survey collected during Spring 2023 in Seattle, WA. This findings clarify the community’s demographic composition, highlights patterns in homelessness duration, eviction histories, forced displacement, and resource access, broadens our understanding of employment statuses, uncovers trends in physical, mental, and behavioral health conditions, and provides insight into the diversity of respondents’ religious, political, and national backgrounds.

Nathalie Williams is Professor of Sociology at Affiliate at CSDE. Her research focuses on migration and developing survey and analytical methods for hard-to-reach populations and complex demographic systems.

Hugo Aguas is a PhD student in Sociology and a CSDE Trainee whose research focuses on housing insecurity, homelessness, and poverty scholarship. He also works as an After-Hours Supervisor at Downtown Emergency Services Center (DESC) in Seattle, bridging academic research with frontline systems.

Mingze Li is a Sociology PhD student and a CSDE Trainee who has also received the CSDE Graduate Certificate in Demographic Methods. His research interests encompass migration, immigration, labor studies, and policy.

Yuanxi Li is an undergraduate student majoring in Sociology and Informatics. She is committed to utilizing mixed-methods research to address critical issues related to social justice and digital inequalities.

Brandon Morande is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology. His research broadly examines the relationships between poverty governance, neighborhood change, and placemaking in urban spaces.

Aryaa Rajouria is a doctoral student in Sociology and a CSDE trainee whose research examines how individuals and communities make decisions in times of uncertainty, particularly in relation to migration, displacement, and mobility.

Caroline Teague is a fourth-year undergraduate research assistant pursuing a B.A. in Sociology. Her work is primarily focused on survey methods, housing and homelessness, and transportation and urban planning.

 

On behalf of the co-organizers, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs, Paula Gaviria Betancur, the Climate Migration and Displacement Platform (CMDP), the Coalition on Dignified Climate Relocation, Water Initiatives, India and the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), you are invited to join us for two Virtual Dialogues on Planned Relocation in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change on 16 and 17 October 2025.

You can register and join a session on the time zone suitable for you using the registration links below:

16 October 2025 – Americas/Africa/Europe

17 October 2025 – Asia/Pacific

Both dialogues will last for two hours to allow for ample reflection and exchange. The PDD Secretariat will record both dialogues and provide a summary for those who cannot join on these dates.

Berlin Demography Days 2025: Demography and Democracy

Save the date: 27 and 28 October 2025

The electoral successes of anti-democratic movements cannot be explained solely by the demographic or socio-economic characteristics of individual groups. More decisive are local perceptions of problems and narratives of loss in the context of demographic change. These manifest in a perceived political overload, blame and the supposed failure of ‘established’ politics.

Together with experts from academia, political foundations, and governments, we analyse these demographic trends and discuss practical solutions at the regional and local level.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event.

Register here

Evening event:

Monday, 27 October 2025, 18:00-21:00 (CET) in person or online (Zoom)

WissenschaftsForum Berlin, Markgrafenstr. 37, 10117 Berlin

International day:

Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 13:15-17:00 (CET) online (Zoom)

(Simultaneous translation German-English will be provided throughout the event.)

CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program

Organization: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Award amount: $72,000

Deadline: 11/05/2025

Description: 

The CIFAR Global Scholars Program offers early-career researchers the opportunity to develop and lead high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research, expand their professional networks and receive focused leadership training in their pivotal first years as independent investigators. These experiences accelerate the rise of research leaders who are positioned to drive new discoveries and open new fields of inquiry.

CIFAR welcomes applications from candidates across the natural, biomedical, and social sciences, as well as the humanities. Successful applicants join one of CIFAR’s interdisciplinary research programs, collaborating with global research leaders to advance transformative knowledge and address some of the most important questions facing science and humanity.

In 2025/2026, the following CIFAR research programs are accepting applications:

• Child & Brain Development
• CIFAR MacMillan Multiscale Human
• Future Flourishing
• Humanity’s Urban Future
• Learning in Machines & Brains
• Quantum Materials

CIFAR programs are interdisciplinary, with an objective to spark new ideas, collaborations and knowledge advances. We welcome applications that offer new perspectives or approaches that could enrich and diversify a program’s scope.

Eligibility:

Early-career, Faculty & Pls

 

Link to RFP

The third Call for Letters of Interest (LOI) for a training opportunity at the Washington Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STAR) Center. This third and final round of scholars will conduct research projects at Community Health Association of Spokane and HealthPoint. Learn more about the E-STAR Center on their website: Applications :: ACT Center (act-center.org)

We encourage you to share the instructions for the LOI with early career faculty and postdocs who may be interested in this exciting opportunity. An informational webinar on the LOI and application process will be held on October 16, 2025 from 12:00-1:00 PM. Please register for the informational webinar here. All LOI materials will be due on November 10, 2025.

In the meantime, should you have any questions, please contact Monica Fujii (monica.m.fujii@kp.org).