CSDE Affiliate David Swanson (Sociology, UC Riverside) published a brief research note in Communications in Applied Geometry, entitled “A Geometric Expression of Taylor’s Law“. In this brief research note, Swanson provides a geometric expression of Taylor’s Law, which is a widely observed empirical pattern that relates variance to the mean in sets of non-negative measurements via an approximate power function.
*New* Apply for CSDE’s T32 Fellowship Program
CSSS Seminar: A latent Markov model with two parallel processes for modeling inter-generational exchanges
*New* Opportunities for Visiting Researchers at the Russell Sage Foundation (Due 5/7 and 6/25/24)
The Russell Sage Foundation is offering two opportunities to be a visiting scholar/researcher in residence at RSF in New York City. The first opportunity is RSF’s Visiting Scholars Program for the 2025-2026 academic year (apps due June 25, 2024). The Visiting Scholars program is a unique opportunity for junior and senior scholars to spend a year (or a semester) in residence at RSF pursuing research examining essential questions on social, economic, and political life in the United States. The second opportunity is for visiting researchers in residence at RSF during the 2024–2025 academic year (apps due May 7, 2024). The Visiting Researchers Program considers applications for short-term residential fellowships by scholars who are conducting research relevant to RSF’s priority areas. Please note that this second opportunity does not provide any financial support.
Colburn Co-authors an Editorial in The Hill: Affordable Housing is the Solution to Homelessness, not Criminalization
CSDE Affiliate Gregg Colburn (Real Estate, UW) co-authored an editorial with Margot Kushel in The Hill, entitled “Affordable housing is the solution to homelessness, not criminalization“. Authors published the editorial in light of upcoming arguments in Grants Pass vs. Johnson, a U.S. Supreme Court Case which will determine whether local governments can make it a crime to live outside when adequate shelter is not available. In the editorial, Colburn and Kushel discuss how criminalization is often an ineffective solution to homelessness in place of the obvious solution – affordable housing.
CSDE Workshop: Introduction to Actigraphy in Population Research
CSDE Seminar – Nature Contact and Human Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Community Partnerships
*New* Applications Open for the Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship (Due 5/10/24)
The Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity for soon-to-graduate or recently finished graduate students engaged in studies pertaining to ocean and coastal policy issues. This one-year (fall 2024-fall 2025), paid marine policy fellowship matches highly motivated, qualified individuals with host agencies, nonprofits or tribes throughout Washington State. The Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship offers students first-hand experiences in crafting marine and natural resource policies and allows them to share their academic expertise with their host offices. Applications are due May 10th.
*New* Application of AI to Grand Challenges in Population Health (Due 5/10/24)
The Population Health Initiative has released a special spring quarter funding call for pilot projects that seek to accelerate the application of large language models and generative artificial intelligence to seemingly intractable grand challenges in the areas of human health, environmental resilience, and social and economic equity. Awards of up to $100,000 each are available to UW researchers for interdisciplinary projects that propose exploratory research that serves the public good. Applications are due Friday, May 10, 2024. Learn more by visiting the funding call’s web page.
Zewdie to Co-Lead a Spring Seminar Series on the Global Built Environment and Health
CSDE Trainee Hiwot Zewdie (Epidemiology) will co-lead a seminar series during spring quarter titled Global Built Environment and Health. This series is supported by the UW Office of Global Affairs with the goal of creating an intellectual hub focused on built environment and health across country contexts and foster new collaborations. Zewdie has published in journals like Annals of Epidemiology and the American Journal of Epidemiology. Her doctoral research examines urban environments and physical activity in Bogotá, Colombia. Read more and see the full seminar schedule here!
