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Call for Papers: 14th Alpine Population Conference – 12-15 January, 2025, Aosta Valley, Italy (Due 9/23/2024)

Alp-Pop brings together scholars interested in population issues across several disciplines, including demography, economics, epidemiology, political science, sociology and psychology. The conference emphasizes empirical rigor and innovation over a given topic or geographical area, and meets the challenges of interdisciplinary and international
audiences.

Alp-Pop scholars confer both formally and informally. A traditional conference program (paper and poster presentations) mixes with group activities in a world-class winter resort. The conference location, the Hotel Planibel in La Thuile (Aosta Valley), is next to the ski-slopes, and is in close proximity to the airports of Geneva and Torino/Milano.

Please submit your paper here.

Communication of the acceptance of papers will take place by mid-October. The deadline for submission of original papers or extended abstracts is 23 September 2024.

Participants are expected to seek their own funding. Special-rate rooms have been reserved at the conference hotel with arrival on January 12 (conference starts in the afternoon) and departure on January 15 (the conference will end in the late morning). Participants will receive information on how to reach La Thuile and regular updates on the conference organization. Childcare is available through the Hotel.

U.S. Census Bureau Seeking Feedback on the Timeline to Update Race and Ethnicity Data in ACS (Due 8/12/24)

Earlier today the U.S. Census Bureau published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) seeking feedback from the public on the timeline to implement the Office of Management and Budget’s updated Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 for Federal race and ethnicity data on the American Community Survey (ACS). The information gathered through this FRN will be taken into consideration as the U.S. Census Bureau continues to evaluate the practicability of implementing the updated race and ethnicity data standards into either the 2026 ACS or the 2027 ACS. The FRN recognizes that implementing the updated SPD 15 in the ACS as quickly as possible is essential, and indicates that based on their initial assessment, implementation in ACS data collection will be targeted for 2027, with dissemination of data products to then begin in 2028.

 

You may submit comments through August 12, 2024 at the Federal Register or Regulations.gov.

4 CSDE Affiliates Among the 15 UW Professors Elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences

CSDE Affiliates Wendy Barrington, Jeremy Hess, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, and Michael Spencer were elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) in “recognition of their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievements, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.” These 4 UW Professors were among the 15 from the University of Washington elected to this academy. A total of 36 scientists and educators from all over Washington were chosen.