The deadline to submit papers for the 2017 ASA Meetings is January 11th. The link to the ASA conference and submission system can be found below.
Additionally, the ASA International Migration Section sessions will take place on Saturday, August 12th. The sessions have been organized by Chair-Elect, David Fitzgerald. The session topics, as well as other information about the event, can be found at https://asamigrationsection.wordpress.com/2017-im-sessions-in-montreal/.
Email submissions to asa.int.mig@gmail.com.
Microsoft is offering a free, hands-on, cloud computing training course in partnership with the eScience Institute at the University of Washington. Whether it’s big data, big compute (HPC), machine learning with GPUs, or analyzing data streaming from devices for an IoT project, you can see how easy it is using Microsoft Azure to help you streamline and accelerate your data-driven science.
This course is for Faculty, researchers, and students using any language, framework, or platform. This includes Linux, Python, R, MATLAB, Java, Hadoop, STORM, SPARK, and Microsoft technologies such as C#, F#, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Azure SQL Database, and various Microsoft Azure services.
Title: Population Change, Economic Transformations, Environment and Rural Community Well Being
Conveners: Neil Argent, University of new England, Australia; David L. Brown, Cornell University, USA; Dudley Poston, Texas A&M University, USA.
Objectives: To examine the interrelationships between population change and local community well- being. A second objective is to examine the relationships between population change and changes in the natural environment.
Topic of the WG: This working group will examine the determinants and consequences of rural population change. The main focus will be on how changes in population size, structure, socio-demographic composition, and spatial distribution affect and are affected by community well-being as indicated by such factors as inequality, poverty, un- and underemployment, economic restructuring, etc. We also encourage scholars to submit papers focusing on population-environment interrelationships (by which we include changes in resource-based industries such as mining as well as climate change. Since we are interested in examining the interrelationships between population change and community, we propose to examine how community well-being and environmental change affects population dynamics, and vice versa. We are hoping that scholars from a wide range of nations will participate so that we can examine how population-society relationships might be affected by the nations in which they occur.
Format: The format will be standard paper sessions with discussants. Papers will have to be submitted at least two weeks prior to the conference so that the discussant has ample time to prepare helpful remarks. We may also organize a panel discussion of the impacts of population change, environmental change and rural society and economy.
Adrian Raftery—CSDE Affiliate, UW professor of statistics and sociology, and director of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences—recently published research on probabilistic population projections with bayesPop, an R package. The program produces, among other things, a sample from the joint posterior predictive distribution of future age- and sex-specific population counts, fertility rates and mortality rates, as well as future numbers of births and deaths. Its methodology has been used across the globe, notably by the United Nations in crafting population projections. You can read more about Raftery’s work below.
Thanks for making our Fall CSDE Seminar Series a success! We hope you enjoyed some of the new seminar formats, including panel discussions and student poster sessions. We look forward to seeing you after the break.
First Seminar of Winter Quarter:
Friday, Jan 6, 2017 – Author Meets Critic : From High School to College: Gender, Immigrant Generation, and Race-Ethnicity
Featuring CSDE Affiliates Charles Hirschman and Mark Long
New Location:
Communications Building, Room 120
Additional Seminars Include:
- Alexandra (Sasha) Killewald, Department of Sociology, Harvard University
- Heather Hill, Evans School, UW
- Benjamin Cerf, Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center, US Census
- Eileen Crimmins, Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California
- Ichiro Kawachi, School of Public Health, Harvard University
- Kristina Olson, Department of Psychology, UW
- Demography Student Poster Session
Watch the Seminar Series page below for additional updates!
The Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology is pleased to announce that it recently joined the newly founded Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Science (IAPHS) with an institutional membership. CSDE is very excited about the IAPHS, a new organization committed to fostering science and innovation to improve health. Check out their website to read about their goal to connect population health scientists across disciplines and sectors, advance the development of population health science, and promote its application.
With CSDE’s institutional membership, we are able to offer to some in our community of scholars four annual memberships and two free conference registrations for IAPHS’ annual conference in October 2017. If you are a member of the UW faculty and an early career scientist (pre-tenure) or are a UW PhD candidate with a strong research program in population health sciences or aspirations for one and you would like to join IAPHS for a year, please send an email to csde@uw.edu ASAP. In your email, please explain 1) whether you are a faculty member or a student, 2) why you want to be a member of the IAPHS this year, 3) your plan for participating in the IAPHS conference, and 4) how your research relates to the IAPHS mission. Attach your CV or biosketch along with your email. We will select four IAPHS members during the week of December 19, 2016 so that new members can enjoy a full year’s benefits.
The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at the Columbia University School of Social Work and the Columbia Population Research Center are recruiting two postdoctoral research scholars.
One postdoc will work with faculty and staff to conduct new analyses of national, state, and city trends in poverty using an improved measure of poverty based on the supplemental poverty measure (SPM) recently developed by the United States Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The other will support a project on the costs, benefits and distributional consequences of alternative policy packages to halve U.S. child poverty.
Job descriptions and application details can be found at the links below:
http://cupop.columbia.edu/career-opportunities/postdoctoral-research-scholar-child-poverty
http://cupop.columbia.edu/career-opportunities/postdoctoral-research-scholar-supplemental-poverty-measure
The deadline for applications is March 1, 2017.
The Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics at the University of Michigan invite applications for post-doctoral fellowships emphasizing statistical methods development and application for the design and analysis of sequence and array-based association studies, and gene expression studies. Their group leads large-scale genetic studies of many complex diseases and traits, including type 2 diabetes and related traits, macular degeneration, cardiovascular disease, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, and the development of key genomic resources and analysis methods and software. Post-doctoral positions may emphasize understanding the genetic basis of one or more of these diseases and traits, the development of statistical genetics methods and software relevant to such studies, or innovative methods for communicating study results and engaging research participants. Their group has an outstanding record in helping previous fellows move on to successful careers in academia or wherever their interests lie.
Generous salary support is available. Applicants should have a doctoral degree in Biostatistics, Human Genetics, Computer Science, Epidemiology, or other relevant discipline. Applicants should send CV, academic transcripts, and statement of research interests, and have at least three letters of reference sent to: Michael Boehnke and Gonçalo Abecasis, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2029.
Applicant review is ongoing and will continue until positions are filled. The University of Michigan is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) invites applications for 1 to 2 postdoctoral research associate appointments for the 2017-18 year (12 months), beginning September 1, 2017. Postdoctoral associates would participate in the activities of the PIIRS research community “Migration: People and Cultures across Borders.” The research community, which consists of a multidisciplinary group of Princeton faculty and graduate students, aims to advance the scholarly study of migration as a global, many-faceted phenomenon. The group studies fundamental political, legal and demographic issues (and solutions sought), focusing primarily on contemporary concerns, although historical perspectives are also welcome. Among the themes of interest are migration and the politics of nationhood (including identities, race, gender issues, and borders); statelessness and refugees; language, culture, and the arts.
They seek candidates from a mix of disciplines who would be expected to participate regularly in the activities of the intellectual community and to be engaged in scholarly or creative work on a topic related to the community’s broader theme. Candidates must have completed their doctoral degree by the beginning of the appointment. All postdoctoral positions are subject to the University’s background check policy.
Applicants must apply online by the application deadline of January 9, 2017, 11:59 p.m. EST. Applications must include:
(1) A cover letter;
(2) A statement of plans for work and their relation to the community’s theme (under 1,000 words);
(3) A current curriculum vitae;
(4) Names and contact information for two references; and
(5) A representative sample of recent work (under 25 written pages or equivalent in the candidate’s professional medium; for artistic work, links within a PDF preferred). The work sample need not be directly related to the theme of migration.
The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) invites applications for 1 to 2 visiting fellowships for the 2017–18 academic year, beginning September 1, 2017. The visiting fellowships are open to scholars and artists who would be in residence for 5 or 10 months. Fellows would participate in the activities of the PIIRS research community “Migration: People and Cultures across Borders.” The research community, which consists of a multidisciplinary group of Princeton faculty and graduate students, aims to advance the scholarly study of migration as a global, multifaceted phenomenon. The group studies fundamental political, legal and demographic issues (and solutions sought), focusing primarily on contemporary concerns, although historical perspectives are also welcome. Among the themes of interest are migration and the politics of nationhood (including identities, race, gender issues, and borders); statelessness and refugees; language, culture, and the arts.
The fellows would be expected to participate regularly in the activities of the intellectual community and to be engaged in scholarly or creative work on a topic related to the community’s broader theme. We seek candidates from a mix of disciplines and at varying levels of seniority. The visiting positions would be particularly suitable for a scholar or artist on sabbatical leave from his/her home institution. For a scholar or artist on leave, the fellowship may provide up to one-half of the scholar’s academic year salary, subject to a cap to be determined.
To apply, visit the link below.
Applications must include:
(1) A cover letter; (2) For scholars and artists on leave, an indication of and justification for the level of support requested. (3) A statement of plans for work and their relation to the community’s theme (under 1,000 words); (4) A current curriculum vitae; (5) Names and contact information for two references; and (6) A representative sample of recent work (under 25 written pages or equivalent in the candidate’s professional medium; for artistic work, links within a PDF preferred). The work sample need not be directly related to the theme of migration.
Application deadline: January 9, 2017 (11:59 PM EST).