In advance of the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau is recruiting thousands of people for temporary jobs across the country.

These positions provide the perfect opportunity to earn some extra income while helping your community. The results of the 2020 Census will help determine each state’s representation in Congress, as well as how certain funds are spent for schools, hospitals, roads, and more. This is your chance to play a part in history and help ensure that everyone in your community is counted!

The key things to know about jobs with the census are found here: www.2020census.gov/jobs

U.S. Census Bureau Employment Information Sessions at the 2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting

The U.S. Census Bureau is interested in meeting with qualified candidates with education and expertise in demography, sociology, economics, geography, and related social sciences.  Training in demographic analysis, survey research, geographic information systems, and/or quantitative data analysis of large datasets is preferred.  U.S. Census Bureau employees work on topics such as: population distribution; population estimates and projections; race and ethnicity; international technical assistance; housing; socio-economic characteristics; employment; disability; health insurance coverage; and migration.

Representatives will meet with those interested in careers at the U.S. Census Bureau during the Population Association of America (PAA) annual meeting in Austin, TX.  We will be available for informal discussions about Census careers on April 11 and April 12 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Meeting Room 210.  Feel free to email David Zaslow (David.C.Zaslow@census.gov) prior to the conference or visit the Census Bureau’s exhibition booth during the conference for more information.  Please share this invitation with all interested individuals.

Employment opportunities appear at USAJobs.gov. There will be at least one job announcement during the conference, as well as other opportunities on an on-going basis. Census representatives will help candidates apply for jobs in our meeting room.  Please set up a USAJobs account prior to the conference.  You should create a saved search on the word “Census” to receive email notifications of future job openings the day after they appear.

The Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau are Equal Opportunity Employers and encourage applicants from all sources.

MICRA and the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) are pleased to invite you to our one off event Developing age-friendly cities: Turning urban research into practice, which occurs on Wednesday the 26th June from 10am at the Museum of Science and Industry.  Please see details below.

This event will provide the opportunity for dialogue between researchers, policy makers, practitioners and older people working on issues relating to ageing, age-friendly cities and urban change. It will provide practical insights into how urban research can  influence policy and practice.

Understanding the relationship between population ageing and urban change has become a major issue for public policy, and an increasingly important area for interdisciplinary research. The following questions will be discussed:

• How can researchers and practitioners engage with different groups of older people?
• How can findings from academic research be turned into practice?
• Who should have a voice in the future of older people in Greater Manchester?
• What topics should researchers explore in the future?

A series of practical workshops will be run throughout the day, focusing on the following themes: ageing in place, developing social infrastructure, urban regeneration, engaging with hard to reach populations, and international perspectives on age-friendly approaches.

This workshop is hosted by the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) from the University of Manchester. Our research supports the promotion of age-friendly environments at global, EU, national and local level. MUARG has a particular focus on understanding issues relating to social exclusion and pressures facing older people in areas subject to economic decline.

We would request that interested parties register in advance of the seminar here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/developing-age-friendly-cities-turning-urban-research-into-practice-tickets-59752729021

Labor Studies Workshare Series
How are Anti-Prostitution Laws Impacting Transgender Individuals in the Sex Trade?
Kari Lerum, Associate Professor, UW Bothell

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 • 12:00PM-1:30PM
Smith Hall, Room 306 • University of Washington, Seattle

ABSTRACT: Sex workers have a long history of living in a context of hyper criminalization, surveillance, and state abandonment. But the stakes were raised in the U.S. on April 11, 2018 when President Trump signed into federal law FOSTA/SESTA — a bill that made it much more difficult for sex workers to screen their potential clients online. Since then, anecdotal and empirical evidence points to the reality that FOSTA/SESTA has placed individuals who rely on income from the sex trade are at increased risk of violence, poverty, homelessness. This paper will 1) summarize recent data collected with a local sex work coalition, and 2) argue for centering the needs of QTPOC individuals in policy discussions about sex work and human trafficking.

Kari Lerum (PhD Sociology) is an Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at University of Washington Bothell, an Adjunct Professor in Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies at University of Washington Seattle. She is an appointed member of the Seattle LGBTQ commission and former Chair of both the UWB General Faculty Organization and the UWB Campus Diversity Council. Professor Lerum’s research has critically evaluated popular discourses about the “sexualization of girls,” challenged normative assumptions of workplace sexuality, pushed for emotionally engaged epistemological approaches for critical theory, and advocated for non-carceral strategies for racial, economic, gender, & sexual justice. Her current work focuses on policies about sex work & human trafficking.

FORMAT: Lerum’s paper will be circulated to registered attendees a week in advance of the workshare. Participants are expected to read the paper before the meeting and be prepared for a discussion. Please feel free to bring your lunch. Coffee and cookies will be served.

Wednesday, 10 April | 12:30–1:30pm | Savery (SAV) 409

Bayesian Framework for Finding Relevant Macro Factors in Affine Term Structure Models

Kyu Ho Kang

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University http://faculty.korea.ac.kr/kufaculty/kyuho/index.do

We address the question of which unspanned macroeconomic factors are the best in the class of macro-finance Gaussian affine term structure models. To answer this question, we extend Joslin, Priebsch, and Singleton (2014) in two dimensions. First, following Ang and Piazzesi (2003) and Chib and Ergashev (2009), three latent factors, instead of the first three principal components of the yield curve, are used to represent the level, slope and curvature of the yield curve. Second we postulate a grand affine model that includes all the macro-variables in contention. Specific models are then derived from this grand model by letting each of the macro-variables play the role of a relevant macro factor (i.e. by affecting the time-varying market price of factor risks), or the role of an irrelevant macro factor (having no effect on the market price of factor risks). The Bayesian marginal likelihoods of the resulting models are computed by an efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm and the method of Chib (1995) and Chib and Jeliazkov (2001). Given eight common macro factors, our comparison of 2^8=256 affine models shows that the most relevant macro factors for the U.S. yield curve are the federal funds rate, industrial production, total capacity utilization, and housing sales. We also show that the best supported model substantially improves out-of-sample yield curve forecasting and the understanding of the term-premium.

Paper co-authored with Siddhartha Chib (Washington University in St. Louis) and Biancen Xie (Washington University in St. Louis)

About the Series

The weekly Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) seminar provides a forum for local and visiting scholars to present current research at the interface of statistics and the social sciences. Talks range in their level of technical detail and substantive motivation, and often result in spirited discussion. During the Winter and Spring 2019 quarters, we are celebrating CSSS’s 20th anniversary, with many speakers drawn from the population of past CSSS students. Current students may receive credit for attending the seminar by enrolling in CS&SS 590. All seminars are held at 12:30 on Wednesdays in Savery (SAV) 409 unless otherwise noted, and we will aim to conclude by 1:30. We provide coffee and light refreshments; attendees are also welcome to bring their lunch. For information or questions about the CSSS Seminars, please contact our Seminar Organizer, Will Brown (brownw@uw.edu). You can receive updates via a mailing list or calendar.

The Chair of Human Geography, University of Tartu is inviting applications from qualified and highly motivated students for a 4-year fully funded PhD position on the topic “Interdependencies Between Family Context, Residential Segregation and School Segregation”. The PhD position starts in September 2019. Deadline for submitting the letter of interest and the preliminary project idea is May 1, 2019. Candidates must submit an official  application electronically between May 1,  2019 up until Jun 1, 2019. More information attached.

You are very welcome to share this information to potentially interested candidates. If you have any questions, please contact Prof. Tiit Tammaru (tiit.tammaru@ut.ee) or Dr. Anneli Kährik (anneli.kahrik@ut.ee).

2 research positions on migration at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden, Germany.

The Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden, Germany, seeks candidates for 2 full-time positions in migration and mobility studies for 48 months with the possibility of receiving tenure. These are open rank appointments with rank depending on the candidate’s qualification level: salary group E13 TVöD for doctoral student applicants and E14 TVöD for post-doctoral applicants.

The first appointment will be made in the research group “Spatial Mobility and Internal Migration“. The successful candidate will be expected to shape and carry out quantitative research on internal migration and spatial mobility. Training and expertise in analysing secondary data and strong quantitative analysis skills are essential. Candidates will be required to show evidence of developing a track record of high quality publications in peer-reviewed academic journals. See attached job offer 78/19 (in German) for details.

The second appointment will be made in the research group “International Migration“. The successful candidate will be expected to shape and carry out quantitative research on international migration flows at the national, European and/or global level, as well as research within our DFG-funded project “German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS)”. Strong quantitative analysis skills are essential. Experience with analysing longitudinal data is desirable. Candidates will be required to show evidence of developing a track record of high quality publications in peer-reviewed academic journals. See attached job offer 79/19 (in German) for details.

The start date is negotiable, preferably Summer/Fall 2019.

See attached announcements in PDF and BiB website for details: https://www.bib.bund.de/DE/Institut/Stellenangebote/Stellenangebote.html

(English speakers willing to acquire German language skills within the first few years may apply).

Job Description

Job Title:  Professor – Urban Economics or Urban Demography (Open Rank; Tenure Track)

Job ID:  20340

Location:  Sch. of Labor & Urban Studies

Full/Part Time:  Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Regular

FACULTY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Labor Studies and Urban and Community Studies that are designed to meet the needs of working adults as well as traditional-age college students who seek to learn more about the challenges confronting poor and working-class populations in the workplace and in the community. It also collaborates with other units of CUNY to offer a range of college-credit programs designed to give workers the academic and technical skills they need for professional advancement. Its faculty includes distinguished scholars in the social sciences as well as expert practitioners in government, labor, and public service.

The Department of Urban Studies at SLU seeks a junior level (Assistant Professor) or a senior level (Associate or Full Professor) for tenure-track faculty position in Urban Economics and/or Urban Demography.

The candidate should have research and teaching interest in at least one of the following areas: urban labor markets, immigration and global cities, urban political economy and economic development, globalization and inequality, urban environmental resiliency and population dynamics such as mobility, migration, immigration, fertility, and health. Special consideration will be given to quantitative researchers in the above areas.

Performs teaching, research and guidance duties in area(s) of expertise.  Shares responsibility for committee and department assignments including administrative, supervisory, and other functions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D. degree in area(s) of experience or equivalent, preferably in political science, sociology, geography, economics, or related social sciences.  Also required are the ability to teach successfully, demonstrated scholarship or achievement, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching nontraditional and adult students. Candidates must have demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level.

COMPENSATION

CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs.  We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.

HOW TO APPLY

Please have your curriculum vitae/ resume and scholarly interest or cover letter with names and contact information of 3 references available to attach into the application before you begin. Please note that the required material must be uploaded as ONE document. The document must be in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, or text format- and name of file should not exceed ten (10) characters. Incomplete application packages will not be considered.

From our job posting system, select “Apply Now”, create or log in to a user account, and provide the requested information.  Click on the “Apply Now” button and follow the application instructions.

The direct link for viewing this posting from external sources is https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/cnyepprd/GUEST/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=20340&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1

CLOSING DATE  Open until filled.

JOB SEARCH CATEGORY  CUNY Job Posting: Faculty

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply.  At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups.  Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.

 

I wanted to let you ALL know that the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) is going to be having it’s annual meeting right here in Seattle in early October. IAPHS is a great community of population health scientists and I’ve been reviewing abstracts and can already tell it’s going to be a GREAT conference.

Also! If you are a CSDE trainee, fellow, or affiliated with CSDE in some other capacity, you can receive 20% off your membership! How great is that? Just contact Chloe Wright clotilde@uw.edu for more information and be sure to tell Chloe your name and department.

AND, if you’re a real penny-pincher like me and you’re looking to do some quick horizontal networking (also known as making friends), you can volunteer at IAPHS and they will waive your registration fee! I’ve volunteered at IAPHS and other conferences before and it’s a great way to meet people, especially if you work at the registration table.

So if you consider yourself a health researcher, want to know more about health research, heard that one thing about health on NPR that one time while waiting on the bus, consider joining IAPHS and making the trek downtown for the conference in October.  We are also hoping to have some events to bring together the health science community at UW during IAPHS so stay tuned for those opportunities. And of course, if you have questions please let me know.

Registration is now open for the 20th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) at the University of Washington. Since its inception in July 1999, CSSS has continuously served a growing academic community through teaching and research at the interface between statistics and the social sciences. On May 23 and 24, 2019 CSSS will host a conference open to everyone who wants to learn about state of the art quantitative methods in the social sciences. The conference will feature

– two short courses in the morning and afternoon of Thursday, May 23

– a conference mixer and poster session in the evening of Thursday, May 23

– 12 invited talks in the morning and afternoon of Friday, May 24

– a conference dinner in the evening of Friday, May 24

All events are open to students and faculty. Students are welcomed to present their research at the poster session. There will be prizes for the best posters.

To participate, you need to register: [Click here to access the registration link]

The full schedule of events is here:

If you have questions about the logistics of the meeting please email Adrian Dobra (adobra@uw.edu).

This event is partially sponsored through donations from Microsoft and Google.

[You do not need to register if your name appears on the conference schedule.]