The QUAL Workshop this term will take place Friday, May 5 in Savery Hall 117. This is a hands-on tutorial using qualitative data analysis (QDA) software. The day-long workshop is free and open to UW graduate students, faculty and researchers. The workshop is structured to introduce participants to QDA software in the framework of a mock research project and to demonstrate how such software can be used to conduct a literature review and preliminary qualitative data analysis. The schedule will include a break for lunch.

Innovative and highly motivated candidates with strong track records of research productivity are invited to apply for a Postdoctoral Associate position with the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University. The position will involve interdisciplinary research that integrates spatial, socioeconomic, and environmental sciences, with a focus on the operationalization of the telecoupling framework (socioeconomic and environmental interactions between coupled human-natural systems over distances, http:///www.telecoupling.org). The successful candidate will have opportunities to work and collaborate on one or more of the following tasks:

• Develop spatially-explicit models and tools to describe and quantify socioeconomic and environmental interactions between coupled human-natural systems
• Compile and collect socioeconomic and environmental data at local, regional, national, and international scales to quantify various factors affecting feedbacks between global food security and land use
• Analyze and synthesize multi-scale data to understand relationships among various factors to facilitate modeling of feedbacks between food security and land use
• Modify or integrate existing global trade modeling approaches (e.g. GTAP, PEATSim) into the telecoupling framework using data and analyses listed above to allow simulation of long-term consequences for land use and food security under various scenarios (e.g., various decisions and policy options regarding land use and food security, changes in population size, climate, urbanization, biofuel demand etc.)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic interdisciplinary group with collaborators in Brazil, China, UK, US, and other countries. Selected candidates will have a unique opportunity to develop and expand collaborations within the Center and across international research groups. Preferred applicants will already have an interdisciplinary background with experience integrating GIS with analytical approaches from the economic, social, geographic, ecological, or/and agricultural sciences; have some basic experience in spatial analysis/modeling and good programming skills (e.g. Python, R, or C++); and have excellent communication skills and a PhD in a related field (e.g., computer science and engineering, conservation, ecology, economics, geography, environmental science,  international trade, land science, spatial science, systems modeling and integration). This position is initially for one year, renewable depending on performance and funding. A competitive salary and benefit package will be offered commensurate with experience.

Application materials should include: (1) letter of application, (2) statement of professional goals and research experiences/interests (e.g., how experiences and interests fit with the tasks listed above), (3) CV or resume, (4) transcripts (unofficial ones are OK initially), (5) list of 3-4 references (names and contact information), and (6) up to three representative publications, models or software programs developed by the applicant.

Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials as soon as possible. Please visit https://jobs.msu.edu(using posting number 5169) for more information and application submission. Applications are welcome until a suitable candidate is identified. Reviews of applications will begin on April 25, 2017. Start date is relatively flexible.

Want to win $300.00 in 3 minutes?  If you are in the advanced stages of completing your Master’s or Doctoral degree, submit a proposal for a chance to present your Capstone, research-based Thesis, or Dissertation project in three minutes to panel of judges and a live audience. Your presentation could win a cash prize! This event is organized by Core Programs in the Graduate School and the UW Libraries Research Commons.

Visit the UW 3MT page for eligibility criteria, proposal submission link and details, and more.

Seattle’s economy is booming, but how does that apply to UW students? We will review economic indicators, consult national and local sources, and examine just how UW students can prepare for the local economy, regardless of their major or program of study.

Facilitator: Catherine Basl, Career Counselor, Career & Internship Center

Can’t make it? We’ll be attempting to record the session (slides + audio) to share with attendees. If you are unable to attend but would be interested in the audio recording, please register and indicate “yes” on question 2. Thanks!

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a presentation and discussion of the arguments for health care as a right of democratic citizenship, as advanced in CSDE Affiliate Gunnar Almgren’s newly released book—Health Care as a Right of Citizenship: The Continuing Evolution of Reform.

The event will feature Almgren offering a brief overview of the evolution of American exceptionalism in health care, explaining the current political and social context that motivated the book, and unpacking the book’s main arguments. A discussion, facilitated by UW Professor of Philosophy Bill Talbott, with and among the audience will follow.  The event is free and open to the entire three-campus UW community.

The Research Project Manager will be responsible for the oversight and management of KCHA’s efforts in the Creating Moves to Opportunity (CMTO) demonstration study to explore strategies to increase utilization and geographic choice among families receiving a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV).
This work will involve:

• Management across multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Oversee the development of applied intervention and evaluation designs
• Conduct training and oversight of contract agencies responsible for services delivered under the CMTO study
• Manage processes between research and agency operations staff to ensure effective study implementation and learning

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, home to the US Office of LIS, announces “Inequality by the Numbers – 2017”, the third annual intensive workshop on research on socio-economic inequalities.  The Stone Center is located within the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), in New York City.

The “Inequality by the Numbers” workshop will take a broad approach to the study of socio-economic inequalities – spanning inequalities in income, wealth, employment, education, and happiness. Instructors will focus on inequalities through multiple lenses including gender, class, race, age, and immigration status. Disparities will be considered in several geographic contexts: within New York City, across the U.S. states, across countries, and globally.

This workshop is targeted on PhD students and early-career scholars, working in a range of social science disciplines — especially economics, sociology, and political science — and with a keen interest in socio-economic inequalities. We also welcome applications from interested persons from other settings, including journalism, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. Applicants should be comfortable with presentations and readings that rely on quantitative research/analytic methods. About 40 applicants will be selected.

This new program launched by the French Embassy and the FACE foundation aims to encourage and support cooperation among the most promising young French and American researchers, and foster forward-looking collaborative research that addresses the most pressing global challenges. Up to nine Franco-American projects will be selected. Each selected project will receive a maximum of $20,000 over a period of two years.

Applications are accepted in the three following fields:

• Humanities and Social Sciences (SSH)
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Science for Society (interdisciplinary STEM-SSH projects)

The most innovative projects involving important transatlantic mobility, collaborative research activities, the organization of joint workshops or conferences, the publication of joint articles, and the participation of younger researchers (PhDs) will receive the highest priority. The grant will cover travel expenses between France and the US, accommodation costs and a part of the organizational costs of joint conferences, and of publication costs. Partner researchers are encouraged to obtain « in kind » and/or « in cash » co-funding from their institutions or from other sources of funding to cover all other types of expenses necessary to the successful implementation of the joint research project.

Proposals must be jointly submitted by one American researcher and one French researcher at the beginning of their career with a mid- to long- term position at a research or higher education institution in the United States and in France.