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Call for Papers on Immigration and Families: Examining the Causes, Processes, and Consequences of Migration (Due 9/14/24)

Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, a series which focuses upon cuttingedge topics in family research around the globe, is seeking manuscript submissions for a special volume. The theme of the volume is: ‘Immigration and Families: Examining the Causes, Processes, and Consequences of Migration. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2024. Direct all questions to the editors: Josip.obradovic@gmail.com and slblair@buffalo.edu. Authors are encouraged to submit a brief abstract prior to the manuscript deadline. See the full call for papers here.

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) 30th International Population Conference 13th-18th July, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia (Abstract Submission Due 9/15/2024)

The IUSSP International Population Conference is the world’s largest international scientific conference on population issues. First organized in 1927 and held every four years since 1959, the conference brings together over 2,000 scientists, policymakers and practitioners from around the globe to present and discuss the latest research on contemporary population and development issues.

At the invitation of the Australian Population Association, the 30th International Population Conference (IPC2025) will take place in Brisbane, Australia at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) from 13 to 18 July 2025. IPC 2025 will be an in-person conference. The Conference will include over 800 oral presentations and up to 1,000 posters selected from research submitted to the Call for Papers. There will also be plenary sessions, debates and invited panel discussions featuring leading experts in the field, as well as training workshops, exhibits and side meetings occurring both before and during the Conference.

The scientific program of the Conference will be created from abstracts submitted to the Call for Papers by the submission deadline of 15 September 2024. All abstracts must be submitted online via the IPC2025 website, which is scheduled to open for submissions on 1 May 2024. Always check the IPC2025 Conference website https://ipc2025.iussp.org/ for updates.

Authors can submit to one of the 24 conference themes or one of the 72 member-organized session topics listed below. All submissions will be reviewed by 2 anonymous experts on the topic area. Theme Conveners and Session Organizers will select abstracts for inclusion in the program based on reviews and relevance and appropriateness of the communication for the session.

IPC 2025 will be an in-person conference. Authors whose papers are accepted on the program will be expected to register for and attend the conference in Brisbane, Australia 13-18 July 2025.

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

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:

  1. Analyses on past, present and future trends in families, households, living arrangements and the implications;
  2. 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.;
  3. Household and living arrangement projections at sub-national and county/city levels;
  4. Policy analyses related to family households and living arrangements;
  5. Research progress in methodology, user-friendly software development and databases for probabilistic projections/analyses of households and living arrangements;
  6. 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* 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