On Friday, June 5th, CSDE celebrated its many graduate students for their accomplishments. We enjoyed snacks, sharing updates, and celebrating! If you’d like to see all those updates, view the slide presentation.

Thank you to all who attended and presented at CSDE’s spring series. CSDE will be pausing its seminar series until Autumn 2026. Dr. Hyunmin Cha (Sociology) is organizing next year’s seminar series.  Feel free to contact him with your ideas.  Stay tuned for upcoming events. Thank you to our seminar series team – Professor Rawan Arar, Maddie Farris, Jessica Godwin, Jill Fulmore, and Rebecca Toole! Thank you to the Evans School for hosting us in Parrington Hall and supporting Rebecca.

In the meantime, keep sending us your news at csde@uw.edu! CSDE E-news will be shifting to a biweekly schedule over the summer.

This year marked the first time that a dedicated module on probabilistic population forecasting was included in the European Doctoral School of Demography program, and it was taught by CSDE Research Scientist Hana Ševčíková and CSDE Affiliate Adrian Raftery (Statistics and Sociology). The course, taught May 18-22, 2026, focused on demographic state-of-the-art forecasting methods and introduced students to the foundations of Bayesian statistics, which play an increasingly important role in modern population research.

The European Doctoral School of Demography brings together doctoral student researchers from across Europe and beyond, creating a unique international environment for advanced demographic training. The program offers students the opportunity to learn from leading scholars in the field while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange of ideas across a broad range of population topics.

The week-long module on probabilistic projections which took place at INED in Paris, attracted highly engaged and curious doctoral students, who actively participated in discussions and asked many thoughtful and insightful questions throughout the course. Students showed strong interest in both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of Bayesian population forecasting methods, contributing to a lively and stimulating academic environment.

To arrange a consultation appointment with Hana Sevcikova or any of CSDE’s scientific support staff, please use the CSDE Science Core Consultation Request form.

CSDE Affiliate Leigh Anderson (Director of EPAR, Public Policy) and the Evans Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR) have launched a new series on “Choices with Consequences.”  The series of blogs and technical briefs illustrate the implications of alternative cleaning and variable construction decisions when constructing agricultural indicators, though applicable to other topics using household survey data. You can read the first brief on treating outliers, which also features a visualization tool to understand the implications of different identifying, trimming and replacing choices.  Key takeaways from this first "outlier" brief are:

• Outliers, extremely high or low values of a continuous variable are common in survey data. They can be atypical but valid observations or the result of data collection or processing errors.
• Appropriately handling outliers can reduce their distortion of summary statistics or analytical results, and transparency around methods can support reproducibility.
• The outcome of an outlier treatment method depends on the type of measurement error that generated outlier observations, the overall sample size, the subgroups of interest, and the degree of variation across those subgroups.
• We developed a simple tool to explore the consequences of different methods, using household survey data from the LSMS-ISA

The entire brief and tool can be found at: https://epar.evans.uw.edu/category/methods/choices-with-consequences/. And you can subscribe to EPAR's newsletter and announcements on this series by visiting their website at: https://epar.evans.uw.edu/

CACHE will be at the GSA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, November 4 – 7 in National Harbor, MD, and is organizing a symposium “Pushing the Boundaries on Aging-Climate Topics and Methodologies”. To learn more about the GSA and to connect with leaders in aging and gerontology, find out more here. This year’s theme: “Reinforcing Resilience in Aging Science, Research and Education.”

NIH just released three Parent Announcements for R25 Education Grants, closing May 29, 2029.

• NIH Research Education Program – Courses, Curriculum & Methods (Parent R25 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NIH Research Educational Program – Mentoring Activities & Networks (Parent R25/UE5 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
• NIH Research Education Program – Research Experiences (Parent R25 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The eScience Institute at the University of Washington is offering a hands-on 5-day training (July 27 – 31) in AI methods for research, facilitated project work, and self-directed learning. Our event is designed for researchers looking to move beyond textbook examples and tackle the challenges of real-world applications. Applications are now open through June 15.

PAA is hosting Government & Public Affairs Virtual Office Hours on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. During this off-the-record event, Mary Jo Mitchell, PAA/APC Director of Government Affairs will give a brief update about what is happening at the federal level of interest to the population sciences. Then you will be able to ask questions and engage with your colleagues.

This series is for PAA Members only. The event will not be recorded. Please register in advance.

The next Government Affairs virtual office hour will be Tuesday, September 29 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. You can register for that one now as well.

The Office Of Naval Research (ONR) seeks proposal under the ONR Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Program, due June 30, 2026 at 2 PM PT. STEM education programs and activities are defined as formal or informal education primarily focused on physical and natural sciences, technology, engineering, social sciences, and mathematics (including environmental science education or stewardship).

The Journal of Population Research invites invites contributions from population scholars—including demographers, population geographers and regional scientists—interested in the use of demography as a tool to inform territorial policies and regional planning. This special issue, “Place-based Demography for Regional Planning,” will be edited by CSDE External Affiliate Amy Spring (Georgia State) and Federico Benassi. 

Studies in Family Planning is calling for abstract submissions for a special issue on “Rethinking Contraceptive Futures,” by June 30, 2026. This call for abstracts invites contributions that broaden and challenge traditional understandings of contraceptive use, access, and meaning. Contributions may engage explicitly with family planning debates but should foreground contraceptive practices and their evolving meanings within broader social and demographic paradigms. 

The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce the LEGO Foundation Fellowship, a new global research fellowship developed in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. Research themes of interest include:

• the youngest children in crisis and conflict settings
• inclusion and wellbeing for neurodivergent children
• children’s thriving in an AI-enabled world

Applications are due July 31.  The fellowship will provide flexible support of up to $300,000 over three years for early- and mid-career researchers whose work can strengthen understanding of how children thrive across diverse contexts. 

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine invites applications by August 3 for the NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP), a prestigious research fellowship program that is open to postdoctoral and senior researchers with a Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., or D.V.M. (or near completion). These programs are designed to advance scientific discovery and innovation and provide the opportunity to design independent research projects, collaborate with leading scientists, and contribute to mission-driven innovation.   RAP offers more than 1,000 active opportunities to conduct research at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions at locations throughout the U.S.

The Northwestern Main and Advanced Causal Inference Workshop will hold its 15th annual meeting on Research Design for Causal Inference at Northwestern Law School in Chicago, IL. The  main workshop takes place Monday – Friday, August 3-7,  and the advanced workshop follows, Monday – Wednesday, August 10-12, with an optional machine learning primer on Sunday afternoon, August 9.

The Spencer Foundation seeks proposals for Vision Grants up to $75,000 by August 12, 2026. The Vision Grant program provides scholars and collaborators with the time, space, resources, and support to plan a large-scale study or program of research: geared toward real-world impact to make education systems more equitable; drawing on research across disciplines and methods; and developed through meaningful and equitable collaboration with practitioners, policymakers, communities, and other partners; and focused on transforming educational systems.

IUSSP and its co-organizes invite papers for a workshop focused on “Aftermath of a Pandemic: Changes in Mortality and Health.” Post-pandemic periods can reveal or amplify existing health inequalities, and the effects of pandemics often extend beyond the acute phase of infection, influencing long-term patterns of mortality and overall population health. This workshop will focus on these poorly understood effects.

Studies in Family Planning is calling for submission for a special issue on “Pandemic and Epidemic Impacts on Reproduction, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Family Dynamics: Longer-Term Consequences and Cross-Crisis Perspectives,” due September 15, 2026. The special issue aims to broaden the field by situating COVID-19 within a broader landscape of pandemics and epidemics with demonstrable implications for reproduction, family life, and SRHR. 

The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood seeks LOIs by September 30, 2026. The Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood is an incubator of promising research and development projects that appear likely to improve the welfare of young children, from infancy through 7 years, in the United States. Welfare is broadly defined to include physical and mental health, safety, nutrition, education, play, familial support, acculturation, societal integration and childcare.

The IUSSP Early Career Awards aim to honour outstanding contributions to the broad field of population studies by early career scholars in different world regions and boost the global visibility of their achievements. Nominate colleagues by November 1, 2026. Nominees must have received their PhD within the last seven years and be IUSSP members. For more information about the Award and the nomination procedure and to fill out the application form, please go to IUSSP Early Career Awards.

Demographic Research invites contributions to the Special Collection on Kinship Demography: Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities in the journal Demographic Research, organized by Ashton Verdery, Bussarawan Puk Teerawichitchainan, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, and Elena Maria Pojman. Submissions to this collection are possible from June 15, 2026 until December 15, 2026. Please find more information on the collection’s description and goals as well as on submission procedures here.