The postdoc scholar will work with Dr. Shannon Monnat and other Lerner Center faculty affiliates, staff, and graduate students on research related to social and spatial determinants of health, health disparities, and/or premature mortality. Desirable applicants will have research agendas that align with one or more of the Center’s key strategic priority areas of substance abuse, mental health, tobacco use, diet and nutrition, or physical activity. Candidates with interests in rural health and/or rural demography are especially encouraged to apply. The postdoc position will work closely with Dr. Monnat and other Center affiliates to design and conduct community-based research studies and/or conduct secondary analysis of health and other demographic data (particularly related to social and geographic disparities in health outcomes), co-author peer-reviewed publications, publish research briefs for the Lerner Center Population Health Research Brief Series, and present research at conferences. This position will offer exceptional opportunities for collaboration with Lerner Center graduate students, staff, and affiliated faculty as well as faculty and graduate students within the Center for Policy Research (https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/cpr.aspx), the Aging Studies Institute (https://asi.syr.edu/), and the Policy, Place and Population Health Lab (https://asi.syr.edu/policy-place-and-population-health-lab/). At least 25% of the Lerner Postdoctoral Scholar’s time will be reserved for the individual’s own research.

The initial term of appointment is one year, but reappointment for a second year is expected, subject to good performance. The Scholar will have access to university resources and office space in the Center for Policy Research at SU.

The Aging Studies Institute (ASI) in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the Demography and Economics of Aging, with a specialization in Population Health. The Aging Studies Postdoctoral Scholar will work with Professor Montez and other ASI Faculty Associates on health disparities research projects. Preference will be given to candidates who are interested in social determinants of health; the early-life origins of health in mid-to-late life; and/or macro-level structural factors shaping health inequalities. As a member of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab, the postdoctoral scholar will work with others to conduct analyses of secondary data, assist with the construction of a state-level policy database, coauthor peer-reviewed publications, and present research at conferences.

This 2-year postdoctoral position is partly supported by Syracuse University’s Office of Research with Invest Syracuse funds. The Aging Studies Postdoctoral Scholar will receive a salary of $50,000 plus benefits, $1,300 to offset moving expenses, and $1,000 in travel funds per year for conference participation. The position will start on August 19, 2019.
The postdoctoral scholar will have access to university resources and office space at ASI . ASI is located in the heart of the Syracuse University campus and has a vibrant community of 45 faculty representing 17 academic departments

Job announcement:

Professeur·e ou professeur·e régulier·e en dynamiques migratoires, l’Université Laval (Québec, Canada)

Date limite du dépôt de candidatures: 6 mai 2019

Voir annonce complète: https://www.rh.ulaval.ca/emploi/HCM/2637/emplois-professeurs

 

Description du poste
Le Département de géographie de l’Université Laval désire combler un poste de professeur régulier dans le domaine de la géographie des dynamiques migratoires avec spécialisation dans les migrations forcées.

•    Enseigner à tous les cycles en géographie;
•    Développer un programme de recherche original et porteur;
•    Encadrer des étudiantes et des étudiants à tous les cycles en géographie ;
•    Être actif dans les réseaux de recherche en géographie et être en mesure de collaborer avec des équipes multidisciplinaires.

Critères de sélection
Détenir un Ph. D. en géographie ou dans une discipline pertinente;
Être capable d’enseigner en français;
Avoir publié plusieurs articles scientifiques dans des revues arbitrées et reconnues;
Seront considérés comme un atout:
•    Avoir une formation et expertise dans les méthodes d’analyse quantitative;
•    Avoir une expertise sur les mouvements de population pour des raisons environnementales;
•    Avoir une expérience en enseignement universitaire et d’excellentes aptitudes à la communication.

Conditions
Engagement et traitement: Salaire selon la convention collective en vigueur.

Candidature
Date limite du dépôt de candidatures: Lundi le 6 mai 2019

Date d’entrée en fonction: 1er septembre 2019

Les dossiers de candidature doivent comprendre une lettre de motivation présentant le programme de recherche de la candidate ou du candidat, un CV complet et un exemplaire de publication. Le cas échéant, un exemplaire de plan de cours et les évaluations de l’enseignement pourront faire partie du dossier. Les candidates ou candidats doivent également demander à trois personnes de faire parvenir une lettre de recommandation confidentielle directement à l’adresse ci-dessous :

Marie-Hélène Vandersmissen, directrice
Département de géographie, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Pavillon Abitibi-Price, local 3137
Université Laval
Québec (Québec) CANADA
G1V 0A6
Vous pouvez également faire parvenir votre candidature par courriel à :
direction-geographie@ggr.ulaval.ca

Lieu de travail
Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
Département de géographie

Information générale
Milieu de vie privilégié au cœur de la ville de Québec, l’Université Laval est une grande université complète reconnue pour sa culture de l’excellence en enseignement et en recherche.

Valorisant la diversité, l’Université Laval invite toutes les personnes qualifiées à présenter leur candidature, en particulier les femmes, les membres de minorités visibles et ethniques, les autochtones et les personnes handicapées. La priorité sera toutefois accordée aux personnes ayant le statut de citoyen canadien ou de résident permanent.

Research associate position at the Office of Population Research, Princeton University to study the formation and evolution of adolescent romantic and sexual partnerships

Screening of applicants will begin in May.

The Office of Population Research (Princeton University) is seeking a research associate for a project using intensive longitudinal data to study the formation and evolution of adolescent romantic and sexual partnerships. This position is anticipated to begin in the summer or fall of 2019. The appointment is for one year, renewable for a second year contingent on excellent performance and continued funding.

Candidates are required to have an advanced degree in demography, public health, psychology, sociology, or other social science field. In addition to strong statistical skills, preferably including multi-level modeling, and programming proficiency in Stata and/or R, hands-on experience analyzing complex longitudinal social survey data (e.g., Fragile Families, PSID, NLSY) is essential. Familiarity with intensive longitudinal methods (e.g., diary, EMA, ESM) is highly desirable. Excellent professional writing is also required.

Candidates can apply at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/11381 and need to submit a current CV, contact information for two references and a cover letter. This position is subject to the University’s background check policy.

Position Description:

The Office of Planning & Community Development (OPCD) is seeking a graduate student intern to provide research and analysis support. This will include collecting and analyzing data for OPCD’s new Equitable Development Monitoring Program which is tracking community outcomes and displacement risks to better inform the City’s work. Other duties will include helping to respond to demographic data requests.

The internship is within the Long Range Planning division of OPCD. This division leads comprehensive planning for the city’s future, manages the City’s participation in regional planning, and provides City officials with data and analysis to help understand community needs.

The intern’s work will support OPCD’s data-informed approach to City planning. The monitoring program that the intern will help establish is an integral part of the work needed to implement the recent update of the City’s Comprehensive Plan and advance equity.

AMAZON CATALYST RETURNS – WITH A TWIST!

In 2015, Amazon teamed up with CoMotion at the University of Washington to announce Amazon Catalyst, a program that helps students, faculty, and staff launch truly innovative ideas. To date, Amazon Catalyst has funded 50 UW teams – Amazon Catalyst Fellows – across a range of disciplines.

This year, we are trying something different. To tightly focus inspiration on the pressing issues of our time, this round of Catalyst will be based on specific themes: Urban Transportation and Computational Social Science (i.e. using data and computing analysis, like machine learning and simulation, to address social problems).

Proposals must address one of these themes. Preference will be given to those which leverage machine learning.

Call for Applications:

CRVS Fellows Program

The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population Perspectives and Demographic Methods to Strengthen Civil Registration and Vital Statistics is pleased to announce a CRVS fellows program.

To stimulate and support increased engagement of young demographers and population scientists in CRVS/Legal-ID related work, we invite young and mid-career professionals to apply to undertake a mentored fellowship with our IUSSP Panel.

Deadline for applications: 31 May 2019.

Programmatic Focus
Selected fellows are expected to undertake research in one of three complementary and mutually-strengthening focus areas:
1.    Applied research on completeness and quality assessment of vital event registration (namely births, deaths and marriages) and strengthening of the feedback loop between completeness/quality assessment and CRVS systems strengthening efforts;
2.    Interdisciplinary research into the relationship between civil registration and related population data systems and new biometrically-based legal identity systems;
3.    Practical research (including qualitative field-based research and mixed methods research) on the proximate determinants and the social and economic consequences of under-registration of vital events.

Duration 
Fellowships will be for a period of 2 years – starting in July, 2019 and concluding in June, 2021.

Mode of Engagement
The fellowship will be a non-resident fellowship.

The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population Perspectives and Demographic Methods to Strengthen Civil Registration and Vital Statistics will guide and support selected fellows in their research over the course of the fellowship. Fellows will be mentored in the development of a scholarly paper, over the course of the fellowship. Fellows will receive funding to present their ongoing research in workshops and side meetings of the panel in 2019-2021. The Fellowship funding will cover travel, accommodation and any conference registration fees associated with participation in workshops and conferences. Fellows will not receive a stipend during the course of their fellowship.

Expected Outputs
Selected fellows will be expected to publish the CRVS research they undertake in a peer-reviewed journal or edited volume. The IUSSP Scientific Panel will guide and support selected fellows towards this publication goal. Fellows will also be encouraged to communicate their research and findings to a broader, non-technical audience via a short article in N-IUSSP, a blog post, or short article.

Eligibility
The program is open to early and mid-career demographers and population statisticians interested in civil registration and vital statistics. Early/mid-career professionals from official statistics, civil registration authorities, university graduate programs, and research institutes are encouraged to apply. Applicants from low- and middle-income countries are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should hold, at least, a Masters degree in demography or Population Studies (or related discipline), be fluent in either English, French or Spanish, and have a working-level competence in English or French (if not fluency).

How to Apply
Interested individuals are encouraged to apply, by completing the online application form (also accessible via the home page of the IUSSP website: www.iussp.org).

The form requires:

• uploading of a short cover letter* (max. 1 page), briefly describing the proposed mentored research project being proposed.
• uploading of a curriculum vitae*
• listing your university degrees.
• listing your professional experience.
• listing up to five publications (those most relevant to civil registration and demography).
• listing the names and contact details of at least 2 professional/academic references.

Please prepare your application materials beforehand to be able to copy-paste into the online application form.

The application form can be edited after completion until the 31 May deadline (using the same email as the first time).

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Enquiries:  Any enquiries should be directed to Dr. Romesh Silva.

*The cover letter and CV should be uploaded in Word or pdf formats and should use the following file naming convention: 
– for the cover letter: “LASTNAME-firstname-CoverLetter” e.g. SMITH-Lynda-CoverLetter.pdf
– for the CV: “LASTNAME-firstname-CV” e.g. SMITH-Michael-CV.doc