Attention Trainees & Fellows! The 2027 Population Association of America Conference will take place in Seattle next spring, March 31 through April 3. We hope to have a record number of submissions from CSDE this year.

The Call for Papers for the PAA 2027 Annual Meeting is now available! The submission deadline is September 20.

View the Call for Papers

CSDE is partnering with the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) to run a PAA abstract submission workshop. Please fill out the following form if you are interested in participating. CSDE Training Core PI/Director Audrey Dorélien and CSDE seminar organizer Hyungmin Cha will be leading some of the breakout sessions along with MPC training directors.  

This virtual workshop will be held on September 18, from 10:15-11:15 AM. The deadline for PAA submission is two days later (September 20th at 11:59 pm Pacific Time). 

Looking for feedback on your 150-word abstract? Having trouble deciding which session to submit to? Not sure what should go into an extended abstract? Get the answers to these questions and network with faculty and students from another population center. 

• Friday September 18 @ 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM on Zoom (link will be provided later) 

We will send more details and the Zoom link in future e-news story. 

CSDE Affiliate Anjum Hajat (Epidemiology), CSDE Senior Research Scientist Deven Hamilton, CSDE External Affiliate Jessica Jones-Smith (UC Irvine), PhD Student Pamela Bonsu (Health Systems and Population Health), and their co-authors recently published a research article in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities titled, “From Past to Present: Examining the Associations Between Historical Racialized Housing Interventions and Current-Day Neighborhood-level Outcomes: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.” This study examined the associations between two historical racialized federal housing interventions—HOLC security maps and urban renewal—and neighborhood racial composition, median household income, and food environment across six recruitment sites of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. They estimated mean census tract characteristics for each decennial census year from 1940 to 2010, overall and by exposure to HOLC Grade D, urban renewal, both, and neither. To read their team’s findings, visit this link.

CSDE Affiliates Avanti Adhia (Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing), Betty Bekemeier (Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing), and their co-authors recently published a research article in the Public Health Nursing journal titled, “The Role of Community Health Professionals in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review.” Community settings, such as homes, community-based organizations, and schools, are important loci for addressing intimate partner violence (IPV). Dr. Adhia, Dr. Bekemeier, and their team identified and synthesized studies on the role of community health professionals in preventing IPV. More specifically, they considered the range and type of interventions used by community health professionals in community settings and whether these interventions appear to be effective in reducing IPV. To read the full research article, visit this link. 

Throughout the country, states and school districts approach retention differently, some considering it a last resort. Some states wait until high school while other states tend to retain students in elementary school. According to the Hechinger Report article, “A national divide over holding back students: Some states do it young, others wait until high school,” concern about student performance has intensified nationally. A growing number of states are mandating the approach of requiring or allowing schools to retain third grade students who are not reading at grade level. CSDE Affiliate Dan Goldhaber (UW Center for Education Data and Research) is quoted in this article detailing that “if the retention happens in earlier grades and is combined with help — not just a threat, but some kind of positive intervention — the results, at least in the short-run, tend to be good.” To read the full article, visit this link.

CSDE Affiliate Andrew Messamore (Sociology) published a research article in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly titled, “The Heart Versus the Head: How Nonprofit Use of Emotion and Cognition Attracts Donors and Volunteers.” In this article, Dr. Messamore and his co-authors investigate how nonprofits attract donors and volunteers by framing emotion and cognition in descriptions of their activities to make them optimally distinctive compared to their peers. They employ computational text analysis to measure the emotional and cognitive/rational valences of nonprofit mission statements in new administrative IRS 990 e-filer data. To read the full research article visit this link. 

Dataindex.us is a repository of record for tracking the status of all federal data.  In this August 10 newsletter, they provide an update for researchers on the status of those data terminations.

The Office of Research invites applications for the next round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) grant program. Proposals are due to RRF by Monday, September 28, at 5:00 PM.  Many departments and Colleges/Schools have earlier deadlines, so all applicants should check with their program’s administrative staff. Awards will be announced by January 15, 2027.

The CAS Dean’s Office recommends that final drafts of proposals reach their office by 12pm, Thursday, September 24th. If you would like CSDE to submit your proposal, please submit a CSDE Planning a Proposal Submission Form by Monday, August 31st. 

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Digital tools have expanded the reach of family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa, but most existing approaches rely on one-way or rule-based messaging that cannot replicate the kind of responsive, personalized conversation that moves women from awareness to action. Recent advances in large language models have changed what is possible. AI-enabled consumer engagement tools can now hold nuanced, multi-turn conversations in local languages, respond to individual questions and concerns, and deliver personalized information at very low marginal cost across both public and private sector channels.

Call for papers for a small interdisciplinary workshop on Changing Fertility Preferences and Understanding Recent Fertility Decline, to be held at the Office of Population Research at Princeton University on November 13–14, 2026. The workshop will focus on new approaches to understanding fertility change, with particular attention to the measurement of fertility preferences and to factors explaining changing fertility behavior across different world regions. Submissions are due by August 25, 2026. Click here for more information. 

The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is hosting an in-person symposium as part of the Academic Learning Collaborative (ALC).

The ALC was developed by HCA to strengthen research partnerships with academic organizations across the state to advance evidence-based health care and cultivate a statewide research community.

This symposium is an opportunity to bring that community together to share ideas, network, and showcase the important research being done by these organizations as it relates to health care in Washington state.

ON-THE-MOVE, a collaboration between the University of Cape Town, Oxford, and the University of Washington, is working to build evidence and co-design interventions to support mobile people living with HIV to remain engaged with care. Building on the first webinar’s exploration of mobility and its implications for HIV care, this webinar turns to the practical and policy dimensions of supporting patients through transitions in care. The session will examine the policies that govern patient transfers, before moving into a detailed look at the real-world management challenges these transitions present, covering what providers are expected to do, the boundaries of what is and isn't possible, and how to navigate both the clinical and psychosocial dimensions of care for mobile patients. The webinar will close with a facilitated discussion, creating space for participants to reflect on and share their own practice experiences.

This webinar is accredited for 2 level 1 CPD points

Please register to join: Knowledge Exchange on Transfers: Policy and Practice

Title: Web-GIS, School-Community Disaster Preparedness, and Geographic Literacy in Japan

Speaker: Takashi Oda, PhD Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo

Date and Time: Monday August 31, 2026 at 10:30 am PT

Location: UW, Gould Hall 208J or please register to receive the Zoom link

Featuring Cydney McGuire (Indiana University) and Hugh Roland & Azar Abadi (University of Alabama at Birmingham). This seminar will discuss the research practices and decisions behind an ongoing pilot study that investigates the community level factors shaping a critical component of diabetes management for aging adults: consistency in care. During natural disasters, uncertainty and complexity jeopardize consistent diabetes management, leading to possible disability and death. Learn more.

Annual Symposium on Complexity in the Social World

Place as Method, Theory, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues

October 8-9, 2026

Institute for Social Research | University of Michigan

The challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry, including complex thinking, broad causal thinking, attention to epistemic lens, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further, the academic research model, with its resource-segregated networks, discipline-specific training, and short-term productivity metrics, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest.

Diagnosing the causes, magnitude, severity, and population prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies is essential for designing appropriate treatments and interventions and for monitoring their effectiveness and safety. It is critical to assess micronutrient status together with biomarkers of infection and inflammation, and there is also a need to add bioindicators for micronutrients that are infrequently assessed but central to physiology. This Grand Challenge seeks novel approaches to extend analytical coverage, improve sensitivity and specificity, simplify measurement, reduce cost, and enable frequent monitoring of micronutrient.

Applications for this RFP are due no later than September 8, 2026, 11:30 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time.

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.

The workshop will be hosted by the Oslo Metropolitan University on January 28-29, 2027.

Join policymakers, geographers, researchers, business leaders, and innovators from across Africa and around the world for the Geography 2050: Africa Shaping Tomorrow Symposium. Together, participants will explore the critical geographic forces shaping Africa’s future, from urbanization and climate resilience to geospatial technologies, economic development, and regional cooperation.

Click here to register or submit abstracts.

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. In addition to longer-term analyses of the COVID-19 pandemic, we invite research that explicitly engages with other health crises—such as the Zika epidemic or the mpox (monkeypox) outbreak—that have had well-documented sexual and reproductive health consequences. Please submit to wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/SIFP.

Population Dynamics in a Changing Climate – Future Directions for Climate Demography
Hybrid format: online & in-person at the University of Bologna, Italy, 28–29 January 2027

• Deadline for submissions: 20 September 2026

Organized by the University of Bologna (ERC POPCLIMA project), in collaboration with the EAPS Working Group on Climate and Demographic Change and the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Climate and Environmental Demography.

This closing conference marks five years of the ERC POPCLIMA project and brings together researchers to set the next research agenda for climate demography.

Award amount: Undisclosed award amount, but past amounts have averaged around $50,000.

Sponsor deadline: 09/30/2026

Description: 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 Sheldon Danziger Pipeline Grants Competition for early-career researchers supports early-career scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences and/or who are employed at under-resourced institutions. The competition seeks to support a cohort of scholars who are diverse in their geographic origins, life experiences, and community backgrounds. Only researchers who have not previously received a trustee or presidential research grant or fellowship from RSF will be eligible to apply. The proposal deadline for the seventh annual competition is October 21, 2026, at 2PM ET for funding starting in Summer 2027.

People who have contact with the criminal justice system experience disproportionate social and health disadvantage both prior to and following their justice involvement, compared to the broader community. Achieving equity in areas such as health, housing, and education among people with justice system involvement should be a global priority. Simultaneously, the need to reduce offending and recidivism is central to improving public safety, strengthening justice system legitimacy, and reducing future victimisation.

In partnership with the Center for Aging and Policy Studies and Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University, The Milbank Quarterly will publish a special issue to advance knowledge on the connections between policies and population health in a changing U.S. context. The special issue seeks empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions on the topic. Of particular interest are papers that link changes and variation in policy contexts to health outcomes, identify mechanisms linking policies to outcomes, or propose new ways to measure and conceptualize policy contexts for health research. See the call for papers for more information.

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.

Award amount: Up to $195,000

Sponsor deadline: 11/03/2026

Description:The RWJF Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation’s most comprehensive midcareer learning experience at the intersection of health, science, and policy in Washington, D.C. Fellows participate in the policy process at the federal level and leverage that leadership experience to promote policies, practices, and systems changes that advance the health of the nation.

The countdown to the sixth UN World Data Forum has begun! Registration is now open for the biggest global gathering of data and statistics leaders, policymakers, innovators, researchers and development partners, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 9–12 November 2026.

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.”

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.

Call for Papers for the Special Collection “Measuring Population Health in the Era of Climate Change” in Population Health Metrics: The collection focuses on how climate change is reshaping population health and on methodological and empirical advances to measure these impacts. Submissions due February 26, 2027.