Levy Receives Royalty Research Fund Grant to Support Book Project
This month, CSDE Affiliate Gabriella Levy (Political Science) received a Royalty Research Fund Award to help support data collection in Colombia for her in-progress book project titled. “Debates About War Crimes: The Promotion of Inflammatory & Reconciliatory Attitudes Toward Civilian Targeting.” In this book, Dr. Levy considers why regular people continue to support armed actors long after information emerges that such actors have engaged in wartime civilian targeting. Dr. Levy focuses on how armed group propaganda campaigns, transitional justice information campaigns, and other elite political messages affect public opinion about violence against civilians and its perpetrators. Congratulations Dr. Levy on receiving your award and continuing your important work!
Call for Just Technology Fellows, Social Science Research Council (06/30/26)
Share What You’re Reading With CACHE
Collaborate with the Center for Aging, Health & Environment (CACHE) to highlight your emerging work and ideas on disaster and weather-related health impacts on older adult! The “What Am I Reading Series?” features short reviews of emerging frameworks and literature on topics such as: climate and brain health, wildfire smoke exposure, housing and health, indoor air pollution, disasters and aging in place and more! If you’re interested in contributing a post, CACHE would love to hear from you at cache@colorado.edu
PAA Government & Public Affairs Virtual Office Hours (06/30/2026)
Chen Receives Royalty Research Fund Grant to Pilot Project
Recently, CSDE Affiliate Karen T Chen (Urban Design and Planning and Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences) received a Royalty Research Fund Award to help support a pilot project that examines how extreme heat, daily mobility, and urban environments interact to shape stress responses across Washington State. Drawing on large-scale geospatial and behavioral data, the study seeks to identify communities most vulnerable to heat-related stress and the contextual factors that may amplify or mitigate these effects. Findings will generate evidence to inform equitable, climate-responsive urban planning strategies as Washington prepares to add one million new homes by 2044 under Housing Bill 1110—helping ensure that future growth supports resilience and well-being. Congratulations Dr. Chen on receiving your award and starting this important work!
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Sociology – University of Hong Kong (07/01/26)
*New* CSSCR Summer Workshop: Introduction to R (07/07/26)
*New* CSSCR Summer Workshop: Data Wrangling in R (07/09/26)
Rao Authors New Textbook on Mathematical Demography
Springer recently released a new textbook, Mathematical Demography: Theory and Modeling, written by CSDE External Affiliate Arni Rao (Medical College of Georgia). This text is uniquely designed to provide a clear and rigorous introduction to both mathematical and stochastic modeling and theory of demography with applications through a unified approach. It has been prepared with the hope that it will serve as a useful and accessible textbook. The structure is well-suited for a one-semester course, particularly at the MS and PhD levels, and draws on Rao’s 25 years of teaching and research experience in the US, India, and Oxford, England.