The Professor in Design and Social Inquiry will play a leadership role in formulating new approaches to design practice and will help the university to develop new forms of social inquiry through design practice. Her or his work should be informed by social and political inquiry while also being keenly attuned to emergent trends in science and technology. Thus, this interdisciplinary position is conceived to cross all schools and colleges of the university, including, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School for Social Research, the Schools of Public Engagement, and the College of Performing Arts.

Qualified applicants will demonstrate an exceptional record of design achievement as well as an ability to work effectively across such fields of social research as philosophy, anthropology, politics and policy. The New School has an historical commitment to experimental pedagogy and research, and applicants must show evidence of non-traditional approaches to teaching and creative practice as well as a track record of collaboration across disciplinary boundaries in teaching and/or research. Candidates will be expected to be able to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level and to create new types of courses that appeal to students from across the university’s colleges and schools.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Ph.D. or MFA (or equivalent standing) in a relevant field
• An international reputation for design leadership in education and/or practice
• A commitment to curricular innovation and experience with its implementation
• A demonstrated record of leadership in cross-disciplinary, studio-based projects or research experience
• A record of publication in theory and criticism in a design field
• Experience in teaching in or running a program at the graduate level
• A track record for developing successful collaborative opportunities with industry partners, non-profit organizations, and other external entities

Applicants for faculty positions must apply on-line using the streamlined faculty application on The New School human resources website http://careers.newschool.edu. Applicants may be contacted at the discretion of the search committee for additional materials.

Postdoctoral positions in quantitative epidemiology and network science, with a focus on methodology for respondent-driven sampling and network sampling, are available in Forrest W. Crawford’s group in the Department of Biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health: http://www.crawfordlab.io/

 

Research areas: quantitative social science, network-based epidemiology, link-tracing network sampling designs, causal inference.

Qualifications and skills:

1. Recent PhD in related discipline

2. Programming skills (e.g. R, Python) and familiarity with scientific computing workflows (e.g. git, Unix/Linux, TeX/LaTeX)

3. Quantitative skills in applied mathematics, probability, statistics

4. Outstanding communication skills and ability to work in a team environment

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

Application instructions: Please send a cover letter explaining your qualifications and interests, along with a current CV and contact information for three references to forrest.crawford@yale.edu. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

For further information about our school, please visit http://publichealth.yale.edu.

These fellowships offer the opportunity to participate on a high-priority, high-impact issue in domestic HIV surveillance. With 22 participating metropolitan project areas throughout the United States, the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system collects and reports data on three populations at increased risk for HIV infection: men who have sex with men, persons who inject drugs and heterosexuals at increased risk in the United States. NHBS data are used to monitor issues affecting these populations, which include describing racial disparities, reporting HIV prevalence and awareness, exploring the prevalence HIV-related risk behaviors, such as drug use and sex, and examining access to HIV testing, care and prevention. NHBS collects data through personal interviews and HIV testing.  It is the only national source of data on HIV-negative populations and HIV-positive individuals aware/unaware of their infection. This fellowship will focus information management and documentation related to the NHBS questionnaire and will assist with dissemination of NHBS data.

Qualified candidates can send me their CVs/resumes; however, they will also need to apply using the following links:

CDC-NCHHSTP-2017-0109 — Data Management and Analysis Fellowship – CDC: https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3277

CDC-NCHHSTP-2017-0108 — Health Survey Database Development/Informatics Fellowship – CDC – https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3276

The Research and Evaluation (R&E) Internship is an ideal opportunity for an undergraduate or graduate student interested in pursuing a career in social science research, program evaluation, data analysis, or human services in the public sector. This internship will provide an opportunity to acquire hands-on experience while developing a greater understanding of applied research methods and the role of program evaluation in driving programmatic decisions. The R&E Intern will play a critical role in advancing KCHA’s learning goals, with specific focus on supporting the evaluation of KCHA’s short-term rental assistance program, the Student Family Stability Initiative (SFSI). The intern will also contribute to additional R&E projects.

The R&E Intern can look forward to being fully engaged in important work including:

• Primary data collection via phone and mail surveys
• Ensuring accurate data entry
• Analyzing data and sharing findings with KCHA staff
• Participating in agency and departmental meetings

Ideal Qualifications:

• Familiarity with affordable and/or homeless housing policy
• Experience or coursework related to program evaluation
• Ability to synthesize and package information for specific audiences
• Confidence with quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques
• Strong communicator
• Fluency in Spanish and/or Vietnamese a plus

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current student or recent graduate from an undergraduate or graduate program in public affairs, sociology, or related field.

For more information and to apply, go to www.kcha.org/employment/openings.

The 8th European Consortium for Political Research Summer School on Interest Group Politics will take place between June 29th and July 7th 2017 at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS). The summer school will focus on “Interest Group Politics and Policy-Making in the 21st Century”. Through a variety of courses taught by renowned scholars, PhD and Research Master students will learn about different stages of the lobbying process involving interest group strategies and influence. The courses will provide participants with advanced training in the latest theoretical approaches and in cutting edge methods applied in the study of interest groups. Students will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own research to get feedback from the instructors and other students.

You can find information on the summer school program, the application requirements and the faculty below. The deadline for applications is May 15th 2017. Eligible candidates will be selected on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applicants are therefore encouraged to submit their application as early as possible. Feel free to contact us in case you have any questions – and please pass this email on to anyone who might be interested in the summer school!

The Disability Studies Program is pleased to announce that the Harlan Hahn Fund call for proposals is now open for Spring Quarter 2017. Current students, faculty, and staff from all three University of Washington campuses are invited to submit a grant proposal. Applications must describe research, writing, or activist projects that are framed within, aligned with, or potentially informed by the academic field of Disability Studies.

The Harlan Hahn Endowment Fund was established by the generous gift of the late Harlan D. Hahn, disability activist, political scientist, and disability studies scholar, to the University of Washington’s Disability Studies Program. The Harlan Hahn awards typically range between $500 and $5,000. The number and amount of the grants awarded depends on the quality of the individual projects and the overall number of eligible proposals received.

Awarded Harlan Hahn funds may be used for:

• Support of academic research projects, pedagogical research, or writing projects in Disability Studies or informed by Disability Studies.
• Travel to conferences in the field of Disability Studies or related to Disability Studies, to present research or to participate in the Disability Studies academic community.
• Support for the development of a course with Disability Studies content.
• Support for disability related activist endeavors (e.g. web development, meeting support) that are aligned with Disability Studies.

Eligibility:

Students:

• You must be an enrolled University of Washington undergraduate or graduate student at the time of application.
• Eligible applicants should have a minimum 3.0 GPA in Disability Studies courses or equivalent demonstration of academic excellence in areas related to Disability Studies (e.g. courses completed in related disciplines, courses taught as a graduate teaching assistant, or scholarly work conducted as a research assistant).
• Eligible applicants may also provide evidence of commitment to issues of social justice related to people with disabilities (e.g. work, volunteer, or activist experiences) and/or Disability Studies scholarship.

Faculty and staff:

• You must be a University of Washington academic or staff employee with a minimum 50% appointment at the time of application.
• Eligible applicants should have exhibited and sustained efforts towards incorporating the Disability Studies approach into research and/or teaching and contributing to the knowledge base of Disability Studies.
• Eligible applicants may also provide evidence of commitment to issues of social justice related to people with disabilities (e.g. work, volunteer, or activist experiences) and/or Disability Studies scholarship.

You are invited to a public lecture as part of the “Injury and Health Equity Across the Lifespan” (i-Heal) symposium on May 22, 2017 at the University of Washington School of Social Work from 6-7:30pm. Dr. Adil Haider from the Center for Surgery and Public Health, a joint initiative of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will present. Dr. Haider, an active trauma and critical care surgeon, is credited with uncovering racial disparities after traumatic injury and establishing the field of trauma disparities research.

Please RSVP for the lecture below.

The lecture is supported by the Population Health Initiative, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, School of Social Work, and the Institute of Translational Health Sciences.

You are invited to participate in in the 5th International Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment. The symposium will be held 3 and 4 August 2017 at St Anne’s College, Oxford, U.K. Alternatively, you may wish to attend the December session. The event will meet on the 7^th and 8^th at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. Consult the site below for abstract submission and registration deadlines.

• Keynote speaker – David Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Demography; Associate Fellow, Department of Social Policy, University of Oxford.
• You are invited to present a paper that encourages the exchange of interdisciplinary ideas about the main themes of the conference: world population increase, human migration, and environmental sustainability. Alternatively, you may wish to attend as a panel member.
• The Symposium seeks to cover a broad agenda that includes disciplines such as economics, education, environmental studies, agriculture, law, political science, religion, and social studies.
• Topics for presentation may reach beyond these areas, and our website contains an extensive list of suggested topics.
• Participant abstracts will be published online in the conference proceedings. Papers presented at the meeting will be subsequently peer-reviewed by external readers for possible inclusion in Symposium Books or sponsored academic journals.

Email  contact@oxford-population-and-environment-symposium.com if you have questions.