Spring Semester and Summer 2014 – Berkeley Population Center Weekly News Archives
Weekly News August 22, 2014
Hi everybody,
We are gearing up for the fall 2014 semester, so it’s time to introduce or reacquaint you with some of
the Popcenter’s services for you.
The Demography Brown Bag seminar series. beginning September 3, Wednesday at 12 noon, is shaping
up to be a year of intriguing and innovative research presentations by scholars from near and far. Check
out the schedule at http://demog.berkeley.edu/announcements/brownbag.shtml. Or just pay attention
to this Popcenter Weekly News where events of all sorts are announced, along with grants, calls for
papers, training, fellowships and more.
This year the BacPop colloquia series will be a bit less frequent but move to an expanded
interdisciplinary panel format to discuss specific topic areas. Two topics lined up thus far are (a)
inequalities and mortality, and (b) big data. Stay tuned for details.
Graduate students are welcome to subscribe, too, and there are often announcements specifically for
grad students (see below!). And if they are on the job market, be sure to let them know about the jobs
listserv. They can sign up by following this link,
http://demog.berkeley.edu/announcements/brownbag.shtml, which can also be found on the
Popcenter home page, http://popcenter.berkeley.edu.
And speaking of the website, it contains a great deal of information about Popcenter affiliates (so you
can find out who might be doing similar research), NIH grant applications, a newly revised document
about writing Human Subjects Protocols, and the Popcenter Pilot Grant Program (the first round of
2014-2015 applications is due November 15).
Should you be interested in seeking external grant application, I am here to help you put it together,
work with grant analysts and SPO, read it critically and in some cases, help you write required
documents. Don’t hesitate to ask.
Events and other announcements follow. Have a great weekend.
Leora
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EVENTS
Thursday, August 28 | 2-3:30 p.m. Labor Seminar: Jesse Rothstein. 648 Evans Hall
The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey Data Users' Workshop, September 12-13, 2014,
Location: California Center for Population Research, UCLA Campus. Upgrade your knowledge or learn
to use the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) data for research. L.A. FANS is a tool
to study stratification and demography, determinants of educational and health outcomes,
neighborhood effects on children and adults, family dynamics, unemployment, and urban and spatial
structure. The workshop is free, but registration is required. Includes breakfast and lunch both
days. See the attached flyers for more information. For registration and questions contact: Rachel
Veerman at rveerman@ucla.edu, with the subject line of “L.A.FANS Data Workshop” before 9/1/2014.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Conference on Behavioral Health Economics, November 14, 2014, sponsored by CEGA and BCRN, will
be a one-day meeting will feature presentations and discussions of 6-8 in-progress and completed
papers at the intersection of behavioral economics and health, and a keynote address from Anna
Fruttero, lead author of the World Bank's 2015 World Development Report, Mind and Society.
To submit a paper: Submit your paper (or long abstract for works in progress) at
https://cega.submittable.com/submit/33417 by midnight Pacific time on Sunday, October 5.
Submissions should clearly indicate the relevance of behavioral economics. Any health issues in any
geographic region will be considered. Registration is required at
http://tinyurl.com/behealth2014. Travel funds may be available for those accepted to present papers
(one author per paper). Students may attend if they are nominated by a faculty member. Each faculty
member can nominate a student to attend by emailing e.turner@berkeley.edu, who can also be
contacted with questions.
Pacific Sociological Association’s (PSA) Annual Meeting, April 1-4, 2015, Long Beach, CA. Deadline
October 15, 2014. Contact Noel Packard at packardn@prodigy.net, or visit the PSA website,
www.pacificsoc.org.
Pacific Association of Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, December 11-12, 2014 San
Francisco. Call for Participation, “Measuring Public Opinion in an Expanding Opinion Landscape.”
The 2014 PAPOR annual conference welcomes paper, poster, and panel proposals on any topic related
to public opinion research, theory, or methodology. The conference theme – Measuring Public Opinion
in an Expanding Opinion Landscape – will focus on measurement of public opinion in new venues, using
new technologies and methodologies, and how these can compete or be integrated with more
traditional venues, technologies, and methods. We encourage papers that engage the conference
theme but we will also consider any public opinion papers unrelated to the theme. We welcome
participation from all sectors engaged in public opinion and public policy research including academia,
government, private sector, and non-profit. Proposal Submission Process: Submitted abstracts for
papers and posters must be no longer than 300 words. Proposals should include complete contact
information for each author and presenter including name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address. All abstracts must be received no later than 5pm PDT on October 10, 2014. Please submit
abstracts as electronic attachments via email to 2014 Conference Chair, Benjamin L. Messer at
confchair@papor.org.
GRANTS
NIMH Request for Information: NIMH seeks input on approaches to fostering innovation and
accelerating progress in the development and testing of disparity-reduction strategies related to mental
health service provision, access, or outcomes in the U.S. This request emerged from a report, “Closing
the Gaps: Reducing Disparities in Mental Health Treatment through Engagement”
http://tinyurl.com/ml8tpje. Comments are invited from any interested parties, and this is your
opportunity to shape research that aligns with your own interests. Read the RFI at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-14-021.html.
AHRQ R01 Grant Announced, to support a discrete, specified health services research project Topics
should relate to the AHRQ mission, that is, to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher
quality, more accessible, equitable and affordable, and to work with HHS and other partners to make
sure that the evidence is understood and used. Specific priority areas of focus are:
·
Improve health care quality by accelerating implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes
Research (PCOR)
·
Make health care safer
·
Increase accessibility by evaluating expansions of insurance coverage
·
Improve health care affordability, efficiency and cost transparency
Read the full announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-291.html.
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy is accepting applications for grants for research in the social
sciences. Applicants are encouraged to submit their proposals no later than December 15, 2014, in order
to permit the Foundation to confirm that the proposal is complete and in the required format. Awards
for 2014 will be announced in June 2015. Deadline: January 31, 2015. For more information, visit
www.horowitz-foundation.org.
Sociological Initiatives Foundation invites concept proposals for projects that link an explicit research
design to concrete social action strategy areas of civic participation, community organizing, crime and
law, education, health, housing, immigration, labor organizing, and language/literacy. Projects should
also have clear social change goals. The grant amount is from $10,000 to $20,000. Deadline: August 15,
2014. Contact: Prentice Zinn at pzinn@gmafoundation.com. For more information, visit
www.sifoundation.org/2014/04/foundation-announces-call-for-concept-applications-for-2013/.
PRIZES
CROP prize for international studies in poverty. The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
(CROP) is seeking original academic manuscripts about poverty from all disciplines of the social sciences
and humanities. The organization especially welcomes submissions that contribute to the eradication or
prevention of poverty, and are in the themes of poverty and human rights, gender disparity, policy
innovation, the Millennium Development Goals process, and global justice. Entries should not have been
previously published. Apply for the prize by Aug. 31. For more information, please visit:
http://www.ncfr.org/news/apply-crop-prize-international-studies-poverty.
ON THE WEB
Wisconsin Longitudinal Survey: Version 13.02 of the WLS is now available for download from the
website. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/. This release includes three new 2011 modules
- Linguistic Functioning, Mortality Closeout, and Interviewer Observation and Characteristics. We also
added administrative data on Voting History to the Ancillary Data. Other changes were made as
well. For more information please see Change Notice #38,
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/data/updates/change_notice/chnt_038.htm.
American Community Survey 2013 Data Release. The 2013 ACS 1-year estimates will be released on
Thursday, September 18, 2014. The 2013 ACS 1-year estimates will be available for the nation, all states,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district, every metropolitan area, and all
counties and places with populations of 65,000 or more. The 2011-2013 ACS 3-year estimates are
scheduled for release on October 23, 2014. The statistics are derived from three years of data collection
cover all geographic areas with populations of 20,000 or more. The 2009-2013 ACS 5-year estimates are
scheduled for release on December 4, 2014. The statistics are derived from five years of data collection
cover all geographic areas regardless of size, down to the block group level. The Public Use Microdata
Sample (PUMS) files for each ACS release will be posted one to two months after each public release.
If you have questions about this survey, please call Customer Services Center at
1 (800) 923-8282.
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
PAPOR Student Paper Competition: The award for this competition is presented at the PAPOR meeting
mentioned above. PAPOR seeks original research analyzing survey data on public opinion of any sort, as
well as survey data about social or behavioral research. It is open to graduate and undergraduate
students. Email your paper by midnight (PDT) on October 15, 2014 to PAPOR Student Paper Chair,
Jessica Gollaher at studentpaper@papor.org. Please include your name, mailing address, telephone
number, and e-mail address. Entries should not exceed 30 pages total. The first-place winner receives a
cash award and some travel expenses and the first- and second-place winners receive a one-year
complimentary PAPOR membership and a spot on the annual conference program. Visit
www.papora.org for more information.
Project Management Institute (PMI) Doctoral Research Grant. PMI supports doctoral research in
project, program and portfolio management. Applications are from part-time and full-time doctoral
students at accredited colleges and universities. The grant is awarded annually and the deadline is May
15, 2015. For more information, visit www.pmi.org/research or email them at pmief@pmi.org.
Dlab: R Boot Camp, Saturday August 23, 8:15 AM-5 PM and Sunday August 24, 9 AM-4:30 PM. This is an
intensive two-day instruction lab for those with no or little background in R. For more information and
registration, visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu/training/r-bootcamp-0.
RANDOM TIP
Make your PowerPoint handouts readable and still conserve paper. Print multiple slides on a page, but
instead of using the Print ‘Handouts’ option of printing 3, 4 or 6 tiny slides, use the options in Printer
Properties-Finishing-Four pages per sheet’ in landscape orientation and then each slide will fill up onequarter of the page.
Weekly News August 5, 2014
Hi everybody,
Many events coming up in Berkeley in the next couple of weeks are presented below, as well as events
in the more distant future. Plus grant opportunities, calls for papers and more.
Enjoy the last few weeks of summer.
Leora
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EVENTS
Friday, August 15, from 9 AM to 6 PM: “Celebrating Troy Duster.” -- the life and work of Troy Duster.
Troy’s scholarship, public engagement, and commitment to social justice have influenced many within
sociology and beyond. An invaluable teacher, mentor, friend and colleague, Troy has inspired
generations of social scientists to engage with genetics, race, criminology, and mental health. Featured
speakers include Popcenter affiliates, Denise Herd and Amani Nuru-Jeter, plus many more presenters.
For the program and registration, visit: http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=7857.
Friday, August 15, 2014, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. “From Farm to Table” Mini-conference registration
at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/702858. Pre-Registration Deadline July 15 Faculty and
Other Employed $38 Students and Unemployed $23
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Alpine Population Conference La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy, January 25–28, 2015. 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. We welcome submissions on all population issues (e.g.,
population dynamics, population health, migration, families and fertility, the welfare state and
population policy, economic development, institutions and population, decision-making, well-being, and
social dynamics, etc.), but we particularly encourage submissions that take a life-course perspective.
Submissions of original papers or extended abstracts are invited by November 1, 2014, and submitters
will be notified of acceptance within the week. Submissions and inquiries should be addressed via email
to: alp.pop@unibocconi.it. The 2015 Conference will feature Ski-note presentations from Francesco
Billari of Oxford University, Kelly Musick from Cornell University, and John Ermisch from Oxford
University. 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 Planibel Hotel, is on the well-known ski slopes of La Thuile and was chosen
strategically for its proximity to both Geneva and Torino/Milano. Participants are expected to seek their
own funding; although, the organizers can provide some support for Ph.D. students, and such
applications should indicate a request for support in their submissions. Special-rate rooms have been
reserved at the conference hotel with arrival on January 24 and departure on January 28 (the
conference will end late morning). Participants will receive information on how to reach La Thuile and
updates on the conference. If there is demand, we will also aim to organize child care. Please indicate
whether you intend to bring children along to the conference, as well as their ages.
Russell Sage Visiting Scholars Program. This competitive program provides a unique opportunity for
both junior and senior faculty members from all of the social, economic and behavioral sciences to
spend a year in residence at the Foundation pursuing research that is relevant to the Foundation's
signature program areas—Behavioral Economics, Cultural Contact, the Future of Work, Immigration
Research, and Social Inequality. The application requires a letter describing the intended project and a
current CV. Click here (http://tinyurl.com/kj52johj or here: http://www.russellsage.org/how-toapply#scholars) to read more about the program's eligibility requirements. Applications are grouped by
discipline or research area and evaluated by external peer reviewers. Their recommendations are then
forwarded to the Board of Trustees which selects the new class of scholars. Applications for the 2015-16
academic year are due September 15th, 2014. We provide the selected scholars with an office, research
and library assistance, computer and software resources, and funds for up to 50 percent of their
academic year salary (up to a maximum RSF contribution of $110,000). Scholars from outside New York
City are also provided a subsidized apartment in close proximity to our office. Visit the RSF website,
www.russellsage.org, and if you have any questions about our Visiting Scholars Program, please contact
Senior Program Officer James Wilson (james@rsage.org) or email us at vsapps@rsage.org.
GRANTS
NIA R01: “Enhancing Cross-National Research within the Health and Retirement Study Family of
Studies” (RFA-AG-15-015) to enhance comparability among a specific group of measures in the US
Health and Retirement Study and the family of comparable longitudinal aging studies around the world.
For the purposes of this FOA, the specific measures are cognition and dementia assessment; personality
and non-cognitive-character-skills; social isolation and loneliness; physical activity; and life histories.
Enhancing the comparability of these measures will support cross-national behavioral and social
research in aging in areas that are of a high priority to the Division of Behavioral and Social Research at
National Institute on Aging. Responsive applications will propose activities such as pilot studies;
calibration to gold standard measures; or methods to increase item, measure, or construct
comparability. See more at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-15-015.html.
Application Receipt Date(s): November 07, 2014. If you are interested in taking a lead role (even if you
wouldn’t be PI) then please contact me.
NIMH Request for Information “Fostering Innovation in Research on Reducing Disparities in Mental
Health Services in the U.S.” These requests are opportunities for you to influence the priorities in
funding such that they align with your research interests (because your research has importance for the
nation’s health…). It’s summer so if you work in the area of mental health and health disparities, please
read the announcement and respond to the request. See more at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-14-021.html.
PRIZES
Apply for CROP prize for international studies in poverty. The Comparative Research Programme on
Poverty (CROP) is seeking original academic manuscripts about poverty from all disciplines of the social
sciences and humanities. The organization especially welcomes submissions that contribute to the
eradication or prevention of poverty, and are in the themes of poverty and human rights, gender
disparity, policy innovation, the Millennium Development Goals process, and global justice.
Entries should not have been previously published. Apply for the prize by Aug. 31. For more information,
please visit: http://www.ncfr.org/news/apply-crop-prize-international-studies-poverty
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Campbell Fellowship for Transformative Research on Women in the Developing World, School for
Advanced Research (SAR). One 6- or 9-month postdoctoral fellowship is available for a female scholar
whose research both documents the circumstances of women in the developing world and offers paths
to concrete, practical strategies for improving their health, prosperity, and general well-being. Sample
topics include education and socialization of girls; women’s roles in government; reproduction and
women’s health; impacts of international and civil conflict on women; women’s roles in resolving
conflicts or sustaining civil society; the practice and process of gender-based development; and women
in science and technology. ELIGIBILITY The successful applicant for this fellowship will have, by the
application deadline, completed a doctorate in anthropology, economics, geography, history, law,
political science, psychology, sociology, or in an interdisciplinary field that incorporates two or more of
these disciplines. Applicants should provide compelling evidence of originality of thought, an ability to
engage real-world problems, and skill at communicating ideas effectively to professional audiences and
the general public. Although women scholars from any nation are eligible to apply, SAR particularly
welcomes and encourages applications from scholars in developing countries. All data collection should
be completed prior to the start of the fellowship and applicants must demonstrate fluency in English.
FUNDING Fellows receive a $4,500/month stipend in addition to housing and office space on the SAR
campus. Deadline: 11/01/2014 Address: PO Box 2188, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2188 E-mail:
scholar@sarsf.org. http://sarweb.org/?resident_scholars.
ON THE WEB
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: Version 13.02 of the WLS is now available for download from the
website. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/. This release includes three new 2011 modules Linguistic Functioning, Mortality Closeout, and Interviewer Observation and Characteristics. We also
added administrative data on Voting History to the Ancillary Data. Other changes were made as well. For
more information please see Change Notice #38,
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/data/updates/change_notice/chnt_038.htm
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Join the Women of Color Research Network: Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on
Aging, encourages women of color to join this network. WoCRn offers support, information, and
networking opportunities to women from diverse backgrounds, their mentors, and others in the
research community. The network is for women of color as well as everyone who values diversity in the
scientific workforce. Started in 2011 by the Women of Color Committee of the NIH Working Group on
Women in Biomedical Careers, it’s already up to 1,200 members. If you’re not one of them, I hope you
will be soon. To learn more about it, visit: http://tinyurl.com/n6jbnz6.
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Dlab: R Boot Camp, Saturday August 23, 8:15 AM-5 PM and Sunday August 24, 9 AM-4:30 PM. This is an
intensive two-day instruction lab for those with no or little background in R. For more information and
registration, visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu/training/r-bootcamp-0.
GSR for Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces. The next step in the Center’s development is
to be able to provide to the public a state-of-the-art document summarizing what is known from the
scientific literature about employee health and well-being. We have conducted numerous meetings over
the past year with researchers, practitioners, service providers and policy makers in order to learn what
they know about employee health and well-being. What these stakeholders are clamoring for is a
concise and up-to-date piece on what we currently know based on scientific evidence, and where we
need to focus research in the future. This is important not only to begin the process of expanding the
public’s understanding of how to create healthy workplaces, but also to begin articulating critical
research projects to collect new information that would close gaps in our understanding. There is no
comprehensive, interdisciplinary piece published that accomplishes this. It is our intention for a GSR to
gather from our interdisciplinary core research members a list of seminal and current research articles
and treatises to be reviewed and abstracted so that the Director (and potentially others) can write a
summary of these works and interpret their impact so that new research can be prescribed and new
potential organizational practices can be articulated based on what is known. What is particularly
needed is an integration of the knowledge into a coherent view of the factors that underlie healthy
workplaces, enabling coherent and compelling business cases to be developed based on scientific
evidence for presentation to business executive decision-makers. This literature review will result in a
monograph to be published and distributed widely to the general public. The GSR will also assist with
other tasks such as assisting in the facilitation of Center events, writing submissions to conferences,
identifying and writing inquiries for potential research grants, reviewing content generated for posts to
the Social Science Matrix, and writing short pieces to post on the Center website. Our Center's
temporary splash page can be viewed at healthyworkplaces.berkeley.edu. Appointment Details: Start:
Fall 2014. Appointment: 25% Time Fall 2014 + partial fee remission (one semester only). Supervisor:
Cristina Banks, Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces Please contact Joeun Chung at
<ichw@berkeley.edu> with any questions, your CV to apply for the position by Thursday, July 31 (but I’m
willing to bet they will still accept …)
Summer News July 16, 2014
Hi everybody,
I'm helping to set up the new Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces, and one goal is to work
with community partners (non-profits and for-profits) to understand the various facets of a healthy
work environment and experience. A collaborative research project has come up and it might be of
interest to Popcenter affiliates...
FITBIT STUDY
VITAL Inc. (www.vital-inc.com) is a boutique-sized architectural and design firm working with a number
of high tech top drawer clients in the Bay Area on very innovative projects. They asked us to join
them as part of a project to gain "a baseline understanding of how people live, work and sleep" using
FitBit data available to them through their relationship with the YMCA and FitBit. They want to put a
research project together for funding from the California Endowment as part of their "Health Happens
Here" campaign. They want our help to put a research design together and then collect/analyze the
data to learn new things about underserved communities. After this initial project, they want to work
with us to identify an organization or organizations to conduct a FitBit study.
If you are interested in working on this project with VITAL, please contact Cristina Banks,
banks@haas.berkeley.edu, to set up a meeting in August with Taylor Keep at VITAL to begin the
research design process.
Fitbit data is one of the new 'Internet of Things' form of data, and represents an opportunity to be an
innovator in data use.
Summer News July 15, 2014
Hi everybody,
A new book by Popcenter affiliate, Ken Wachter has just been published by Harvard University Press,
Essential Demographic Methods, and it is available on Amazon. It aims to bring to a wider audience the
approach to quantitative demography which the Berkeley department has developed over the years and
for which we have become known.
This fall I will be teaching Demog 126, Consequences of Demographic Processes. In this class students
(advanced undergrads) write a full research paper: research question, lit review, hypotheses, data
analysis (usually crosstabs) and discussion. Students use many sources of data: Census, GSS, or they
assemble their own. Some of these papers are really quite excellent. I was thinking that faculty who
had a research idea but wanted someone to do some initial exploration might suggest these ideas and I
could offer them to students. For example, I realized that I haven’t seen much of anything on second
marriages, despite their prevalence, and I’m going to suggest this to idea.
Events and other announcements follow. Have a great summer.
Leora
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EVENTS
Friday, August 15, 2014, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. “From Farm to Table” The Council of the ASA section
on Consumers & Consumption will host our one-day mini-conference on at the Faculty Club of the
University of California, Berkeley. Most of the presentations focus on food as commodity, choice, and
mark of distinction, running from local foods, farmers' markets, and food safety, choices and desires, to
food, identity, and social class, and gentrification, race, and restaurant reviews.
The morning of this mini-conference will be organized around paper presentations and two dissertation
workshops, and the afternoon, beginning with lunch, will be spent "in the field," visiting sites of
innovative practice related to food growing, food preparation, and food justice. The program and
registration information appear below; logistics to follow. Members of all ASA sections and all those
interested in the conference theme are welcome! Mini-conference registration at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/702858. Pre-Registration Deadline July 15 Faculty and
Other Employed $38 Students and Unemployed $23
American Sociological Association Events – August 16-19, San Francisco (www.asanet.org).
Various events of interest to population researchers will be held at the ASA next month. In
addition to one of the best book fairs, many topics cross over to other disciplines.
ASA Annual Meeting - Informal discussion: Researchers Working with Children and Youth: Managing
IRBs and Other Institutional Gatekeepers. Meeting time: 6:30-8:15 p.m. Saturday, August 16
Meeting
place: Hilton SF, Union Square 17-18, Fourth Level
This discussion is for those who conduct research
involving children/youth, to discuss challenges that scholars increasingly face in dealing with
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and other institutional gatekeepers. IRBs are sometimes leery of
permitting such research on the grounds that children are "vulnerable subjects." These bodies thus
(sometimes unintentionally) impede children's participation in research, even that which is ethically
constructed, and thereby inhibit the contribution of children's perspectives to knowledge. We will
exchange information about our experiences, common justifications that IRBs have used for their
actions, any strategies that have worked and actions that the scholarly community might take to
ameliorate the situation. This meeting is a continuation of a discussion launched at the Eastern
Sociological Society's meeting this spring. We will try and keep it to one hour so that participants can
attend other meetings/receptions. Questions/comments please send to Allison Pugh, University of
Virginia, at apugh@virginia.edu.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
45th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association Transnationalism from Above and Below: The
Dynamics of Place-making in the Global City, Miami, Florida. ~ April 8-11, 2015. Cities have become the
central nodes in global networks of exchange—of information, capital, goods, and relationships. While
cities in this context are places of promise, innovation, and mobility, they are also the sites of significant
challenges. The persistence of poverty and inequality, crime and violence, social exclusion and
discrimination, and environmental degradation in cities, reveals the parallel reality of urban distress
confronting policymakers, planners, and social actors at all levels. This year’s conference theme focuses
on place-making in the “global city,” with particular attention given to the actors, processes, strategies,
and contingencies that shape urban settings and urban life. Thus, the conference theme will explore
actions and processes from above (e.g. transnational capital and political institutions), as well as below
(e.g. the work of civil society organizations, and the everyday actions of ordinary people). A proposal
can be submitted through the UAA website (starting July 1, 2014) for one of the following:
• Research paper presentation--(proposal requires an abstract) OR
• Pre-organized panel--(proposal requires a group of 4-5 paper abstracts with moderator) OR
• Pre-organized colloquy-- (proposal requires theme statement & names of 4-5 formal discussants) OR
• Breakfast roundtable--(proposal requires theme statement & names of 1-2 conveners) OR
• Poster--(proposal requires an abstract
For more information, visit: http://urbanaffairsassociation.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/10/2015_call1.pdf
UAA will not accept any proposals (of any kind) after October 1, 2014, 12 midnight Central Daylight Time
(CDT) or 5:00am GMT. The online submission site will close at 12:01 am CDT. Acceptance or rejection
notices will be sent by November 17, 2014
GRANTS
Lesbian Health Fund. Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. SYNOPSIS: The mission of the Lesbian Health
Fund is to improve the health of lesbians and other sexual minority women (SMW) and their families
through research. OBJECTIVES: Research areas goals include: Understanding social, family, and
interpersonal influences as sources of stress or support; Eliminating inequalities in health care, including
barriers to care, and improving quality of care and utilization rates; Development and testing of
interventions to address mental and physical health needs of lesbians and other SMW, including but not
limited to depression, identity related issues, eating disorders, substance abuse, obesity, cancer risks,
cardiovascular disease and sexually transmitted infections; and Sexual and reproductive health,
including family & parenting issues. Grants range from $500 to $10,000. It is expected that the results
from LHF funded studies will be published in peer-reviewed journals. LHF also requires a presentation of
original research finding to be made at either the GLMA Annual Conference, or at the Women In
Medicine Conference. Research budgets can include up to $750 to subsidize travel
costs. Deadline: 10/15/2014. Program URL:
http://www.glma.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=922&nodeID=1
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Harvard School of Public Health: Departments of Social and Behavioral Sciences; Epidemiology;
Nutrition; and the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Population Sciences invite applications for a joint
fellowship in cancer prevention and control. The following fellowship beginning in September 2014, is
available: post-doctorate research (non-degree). The program's objective is to train researchers in the
design and evaluation of cancer prevention and control. Applicants may work in any area related to
cancer prevention. Potential areas of research include health care providers, worksites, schools or
youth, or under-served populations, in addition to prevention policy. Applicants for the post-doctoral
position must have a doctoral degree in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology,
economics); epidemiology; biostatistics; decision sciences; nutrition; nursing; genetics; education;
medicine; or related fields. The postdoctoral research fellowships are funded for two to three years and
do not result in a degree. Applications from women and underrepresented minorities are especially
encouraged. To be eligible, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Application
materials can be downloaded from the Cancer Prevention Fellowship website:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer-prevention-fellowship/application/ or can be requested from
Whitney Waddell: wwaddell@hsph.harvard.edu. Application deadline is July 18, 2014.
ON THE WEB
California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) documentation: Methodology reports for CHIS 2011-2012
are now available at http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/design/Pages/methodology.aspx. CHIS survey
documentation is some of the most thorough I've ever seen (FYI: It was that way before I got here). Our
documentation is priceless if you're analyzing CHIS data, but could make good survey methodology
teaching tools as well.
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The Bureau of Labor Statistics introduced an
innovative new data extract tool for QCEW data. It accesses flat files to create tables of county,
metropolitan statistical area, state, and national data by industry.
http://www.bls.gov/cew/apps/data_views/data_views.htm.
National Center for Health Statistics updated its national estimates of the size and characteristics of the
population without landline telephones. This new report is based on National Health Interview Survey
data collected from July - December 2013. During that time period, 41.0% of American homes were
wireless-only. This is a 2.8 percentage point increase since the second half of 2012, which is a smaller
increase than those observed in previous years. The report can be found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless201407.pdf
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
World Bank Internship Program supports internships mostly in Washington, D.C. for graduate students
to improve their skills and experience working in an international environment. Web Site:
http://go.worldbank.org/IY07OW3WQ0, Program URL:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTJOBSN/0,,contentMDK:23124040~menuPK:8453546~
pagePK:8453902~piPK:8453359~theSitePK:8453353,00.html
Deadline note: The application period for the Winter Internship is September 1-October 31 each year. The
application period for the Summer Internship is December 1 - January 31 each year. All applications
MUST be submitted on-line. Applications submitted after the deadline are not considered.
Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: Any/No Restrictions. OBJECTIVES: This internship typically
seeks candidates in the following fields: economics, finance, human development (public health,
education, nutrition, and population), social science (anthropology, sociology), agriculture, environment,
private sector development, as well as other related fields. To be eligible for the Internship, candidates
must possess an undergraduate degree and already be enrolled in a full-time graduate study program
(pursuing a Master's degree or PhD with plans to return to school in a full-time capacity. Generally,
successful candidates have completed their first year of graduate studies or are already into their PhD
programs. Fluency in English is required. Prior relevant work experience, computing skills, as well as
knowledge of languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, and Chinese are
advantageous. There are no set quotas for the Internship. Interns can be selected from any country which
is a member of the World Bank Group, so the composition of nationalities and gender varies from year to
year. The sponsor pays an hourly salary to all Interns and, where applicable, provides an allowance
towards travel expenses. Interns are responsible for their own living accommodations. Most positions are
located in Washington, DC (some positions are offered in country offices) and are a minimum of four
weeks in duration. Deadline: 10/31/2014.
Summer News June 30, 2014
Hi everybody,
SPO is reporting that they have seen some NIH grant awards delayed because of the PubMed Central
requirement. We will be contacting you during the summer if you were a pilot grantee of the Popcenter
or CEDA, or had work funded at least partially by an NIH grant. If a paper is not in compliance, we will
help you comply with this federal requirement. The basic rule is this: any peer-reviewed article
published since April 2008 must be available for public use by submitting the entire article (not just the
abstract) to PubMed. It is then assigned a PMCID number (the PMID number is for the abstract only and
is insufficient). Some journals do this automatically. Then the PMCID number must be linked to the
funding grant.
I have received a couple of requests from undergraduates for research experience this summer. If
anyone is interested I’ll forward you the names. Alternatively, if you have just a short project, not
enough for the summer, I could combine this with several requests that an undergrad could do, e.g.,
putting together a database in Excel for country data from different sources. So let me know.
Other announcements follow, including grants for grad students, so please see if anything is relevant for
your students.
Enjoy your summer days,
Leora
NIH GRANTS
A grant like this R03 below would be useful for funding a GSR or part-time postdoctoral position:
Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging (R03). The purpose of this
FOA is to solicit one-year R03 applications for (1) secondary analysis of data on aging in the areas of
psychology, behavioral genetics, economics, demography or (2) archiving and dissemination of data
sets. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-004.html
OTHER GRANTS
NCFR Innovation Grants program for 2014-15, through which NCFR will award up to two $10,000 grants
to projects that promote collaboration across disciplines. This initiative builds upon the rich heritage
and ongoing commitment of NCFR to promote innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to research,
theory, and practice to support family well-being. We encourage projects that aim to bridge the areas of
research and practice, build on a strong theoretical framework, or advance theory. Proposals are due
Sept. 1, 2014. For more information, please visit: http://www.ncfr.org/awards/ncfr-innovation-grants
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences
and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control
of violence and aggression. Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in
relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among
other subjects. Research with no relevance to understanding human problems will not be supported,
nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that
useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving
adequate attention and support from other funding sources. Highest priority is given to research that
can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the
modern world. Awards normally range from $15,000 to $40,000 per year for one or two years.
Deadline(s): 08/01/2014. For more information, visit the website:
http://www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm.
The Women’s Policy Institute Fellowships. WPI seeks to increase the number of community-based
women leaders in California who are actively involved in shaping and implementing policies that affect
the health and economic security of women and girls. WPI provides intensive training in California’s
public policy process and on topics that are integral to the process such as conducting research,
developing effective messages, mobilizing constituents and understanding the state budget
process. WPI is a year-long program that includes four three-to-four-day experiential training retreats
in Sacramento. During the program, Institute fellows work in self-selected teams to develop and
implement specific policy advocacy projects of their choosing. Team projects provide practice on the
policy advocacy skills taught during the retreats and require participants to exercise their personal
resourcefulness. A core faculty of experts provides continuity throughout the program and additional
faculty is brought in to teach on particular topics as needed. Teleconferences, emails and an Intra-net
support an informal network that helps keep team members connected between retreats and provides
additional training. Deadline is July 18, 2014. For more information,
visit: http://www.womensfoundca.org/2014-15-womens-policy-institute-statewide-%E2%80%93-howapply.
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Research Grants. The program seeks to stimulate
research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets
supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and
to increase the number of education researchers using these data sets. The program supports research
projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES, NSF or other
federal agencies, and have U.S. education policy relevance. See also the dissertation grant program at
the end of this Summer News.
http://www.aera.net/ProfessionalOpportunitiesFunding/FundingOpportunities/AERAGrantsProgram/Re
searchGrants/tabid/12813/Default.aspx.
Travel Grant: Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) Announces Young Professionals
Grant (YPG). A travel grant for practitioners using qualitative research methods. Must be 35 or younger.
Travel to the QRCA (www.qrca.org) conference, in New Orleans in October 15-17, 2014. See eligibility
criteria and more details at http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QRCA_YPG-Release-2014-05-21.pdf.
CONFERENCES
Conference: Residential Inequality in American Neighborhoods and Communities. Penn State
Stratification Conference, September 12-13, 2014. The 20 papers to be presented at this conference by
leading researchers highlight how stratification intersects with the residential landscape of the United
States. Thematic sessions examine the linkages between socioeconomic and ethnoracial statuses and
four spatial sorting processes: segregation, locational attainment, residential mobility, and
neighborhood change. State-of-the-art substantive work is featured, with many of the papers employing
innovative methods or data to speak to issues of both theoretical and policy importance. The program
format is designed to encourage interaction among attendees. Authors and titles can be viewed at
http://sociology.la.psu.edu/about/psu-stratcon/papers. For more information and to register, visit
http://sociology.la.psu.edu/about/psu-stratcon. Conference co-sponsors: The American Academy of
Political and Social Science and The Pennsylvania State University.
The Digitizing Demography Conference, being held right before the ASA Annual Meeting in San
Francisco is getting some online attention. See the links below. The event was planned by Peter Brandon
and Michael Corey. Information about the event is available here:
https://www.facebook.com/DigitalDemography2014,
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Facebooks-Secret-Sociology--262329711.html#,
http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/07/exclusive-to-sell-ads-in-the-developing-world-facebook-is-hiringsociologists/.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fatherhood Research & Practice Network, a project funded through the US Department of Health and
Human Services' Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. The project seeks to:
- Promote rigorous evaluation of fatherhood programs that serve low-income populations.
- Expand the number of practitioners and researchers collaborating to evaluate these programs.
- Disseminate information that leads to effective fatherhood practice and evaluation research.
Over the next three years, the FRPN will award grants to support rigorous evaluation research being
conducted on fatherhood programs and services. The purpose of these grants is to increase the number
and quality of evaluations of fatherhood programs and learn more about how to better serve lowincome fathers, racial/ethnic minorities and other populations that have not been widely studied. The
first of three rounds of FRPN requests for proposals (RFP) is now open, with letters of interest due by
July 30. There is $300,000 available for grants and the FRPN expects to make three awards of
approximately $50,000 and one to two awards in the $100,000-$150,000 range. More information on
this grant funding opportunity - and the full FRPN RFP - is available at www.frpn.org. In addition, the
FRPN website includes a wealth of resources for fatherhood researchers and practitioners including
published evaluation research, training and technical assistance resources and opportunities for
researchers and practitioners to connect.
Genetics data available for secondary analysis: Qualified researchers can now for the first time access
data from one of the United States’ largest and most diverse genomics projects—the Genetic
Epidemiology Research on Aging (GERA). The GERA cohort, at Kaiser Permanente Northern California
system, has data on 78,000 members. You can apply to use these data in your research... Read the full
blog post: http://www.nia.nih.gov/research/blog/2014/06/genetics-data-available-secondary-analysis.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Postdocs available in HIV and LGBT health research: The IMPACT LGBT Health and Development
Program at Northwestern University is offering postdoctoral positions that will be involved with LGBT
health research. One opportunity will focus on an HIV prevention program, while the other will focus on
social network influences on HIV. Applications will be accepted and reviewed until the positions are
filled. For more information, please visit: http://www.impactprogram.org/about-impact/jobannouncement/
Goethe University, Frankfurt full-time post-doc position to offer for up to six years here in Frankfurt,
Germany. A relatively wide range of specialties are welcome! I have a complete description at my Blog.
Interested applicants could send me a CV and cover letter by Email. I will be doing interviews at the ASA
meeting through the employment services and making a decision in the Autumn of 2014 for a start in
early 2015. Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology of Work Chair, Department of
Sociology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, http://www.heather-hofmeister.de/?p=3103&lang=en,
h.hofmeister@soz.uni-frankfurt.de.
Research Fellowships, Postdoctoral Fellowships, and Visiting Fellowships in Changing Family in Asia
cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Deadline of the application: August
15, 2014, http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/article_view.asp?id=1461.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Systematic reviews in social policy. Editors of the journal Evaluation Review are seeking papers for a
special issue on systematic reviews in social policy. A few topic ideas are: history and development of
systematic reviews in social policy; case studies of systematic reviews; and contextualizing effect sizes
across different areas of social policy. Many other topic possibilities exist. Abstracts are due by July 15.
For more information, please visit: http://erx.sagepub.com/site/includefiles/ERXCFP.pdf.
Call for Papers: Special publication on International Innovation, an issue which seeks to translate often
complex science in to a easily understandable piece that clearly demonstrates impact and relevance of
the research to the wider community of stakeholders, and they do so with the help of a team of editors,
science journalists and graphic designers. If you are not familiar with the publication you can view
recent digital editions via the following link:
www.international-innovation-healthcare.com. They sent us a long letter with many attachments so if
this sounds interesting and you’d like a second look, write to me.
TRAINING
U.S. Cluster Mapping Training & Basics of Economic Impact Analysis Training, July 29 - 30, 2014
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, Sacramento, CA. Register here:
https://www.c2er.org/events/Registration.asp?action=regform1&Event_Id=146, and learn more about
it here: http://www.c2er.org/events/training/2014-07/2014-07-29_-_Sacramento__Cluster_Mapping_Training_Agenda.pdf and here: http://www.c2er.org/events/training/2014-07/201407-30_-_Sacramento_-_Economic_Impact_Analysis_Training_Agenda.pdf.
DLab
Now is the time to acquire statistical skills. Attend, keep really good notes and instructions. You never
know when you will need it, including the R Boot Camp. For more information, visit the Dlab, at
http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Christine Mirzayan fellowships provide an extraordinary educational and research opportunity to
advanced doctoral students who are interested both in science and in public
policy. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/policyfellows/index.htm. Due September 1, 2014.
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Grants. AERA provides dissertation
support for advanced doctoral students to undertake doctoral dissertations using data from the largescale national or international data sets supported by the NCES, NSF, and/or other federal agencies. The
selection process is competitive. AERA Dissertation Grants are awarded for one-year for an amount of
up to $20,000. The next application deadline is Thursday, September 4, 2014.
http://www.aera.net/ProfessionalOpportunitiesFunding/FundingOpportunities/AERAGrantsProgram/Di
ssertationGrants/tabid/12812/Default.aspx
ON THE WEB
Because summer is a time for dancing in the stats, I mean, streets, here is a video in the series of
Dancing Statistics, this one is explaining variance. It’s 4 minutes long.
http://www.ncfr.org/news/zippy-weekly-videos/dancing-statisticsvariance?utm_source=Zippy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140625.
Weekly News, June 8, 2014
Hi everybody,
The Great Recession Mini-conference on May 30 was an enjoyable and informative time with excellent
talks on new research, all different and yet all with theoretical connections. I look forward to planning
our next conference. If you have any ideas, share them with Josh Goldstein, Will Dow or me.
Events and other announcements follow. Have a great week. There's nothing like summer.
-Leora
EVENTS
Wednesday, June 11, 12 noon to 2 PM. NSF CAREER Award Workshop. The Berkeley Research
Development Office is holding a workshop on the 2014 NSF CAREER Award program on June 11. This
workshop is open to tenure-track assistant professors and postdocs who will be transitioning into
tenure-track positions this year. The CAREER Award program requires an integration of research and
education activities beyond the scope of a regular NSF grant, so this workshop series will guide you
through the requirements and provide concrete suggestions on how to write the proposal. The
workshop will include a panel discussion with three current CAREER Awardees. Lunch will be provided.
Registration is required at: http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/2014-nsf-career-award-workshop. Location:
808 Stanley Hall
CONFERENCES
Friday, June 13, 9:30 – 3:30 PM. PAPOR Recap of AAPOR. The Pacific Association of Public Opinion
Research is holding its annual recap of the national meeting of the American Association of Public
Opinion Research at the PPIC office in San Francisco. For more information and registration, visit
http://papor.org/.
August 15, 2014: Digitizing Demography. There will be a one-day "Digitizing Demography" conference,
which will precede the ASA Annual Meeting (see next) on Friday, 08/15/14. Information about this event
is available by clicking on either of these links: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/digitizing-demographyconference-tickets-11533303421 or
https://www.facebook.com/DigitalDemography2014.
August 16-19, 2014. American Sociological Association, San Francisco. Right in our backyard…with
many sessions on population, public health, and other interesting topics, plus a great book fair. For more
information, visit: http://www.asanet.org/am2014/am2014.cfm.
September 12-13, 2014. Residential Inequality in American Neighborhoods and Communities. Penn
State Stratification Conference. The program format is designed to encourage interaction among
attendees. Authors and titles can be viewed at http://sociology.la.psu.edu/about/psustratcon/papers. For more information and to register, visit http://sociology.la.psu.edu/about/psustratcon.
2015 Aging in America Conference, March 23, 2015 - March 27, 2015, Chicago, Illinois. More than
2,500 people attend this conference about aging and older adults' quality of life. Registration opens
Oct. 15, 2014. The call for proposals is open through June 30, 2014. Submissions will need to be
categorized under one of 14 topic areas. For more information about the conference and submissions,
visit: http://asaging.org/call-for-proposals.
GRANTS
Transformative Experience and Sociology - Request for Proposals. When and why do people have
experiences that transform them? Sociologists have long been interested in how social institutions such
as religion, family, and social class influence individual experience. Existing sociological work also
suggests that experiences in institutions like religion, politics, and social movements can fundamentally
change people's self-conceptions and core preferences. Our goals are to explore how people select into
or find themselves in contexts that facilitate these transformations and to investigate their short- and
long-term consequences. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Notre
Dame, with generous support from The John Templeton Foundation, invite proposals on transformative
experience for “The Sociology of Transformative Experience” funding initiative. Our aim is to encourage
research from both new and established scholars working on sociological projects related to
transformative experience. We encourage sociologists from any subfield of the discipline to apply.
Interdisciplinary teams that include members from other areas, especially psychology, philosophy or
theology, are encouraged but not required. We plan to fund a mix of both disciplinary and
interdisciplinary projects. Interdisciplinary projects that have investigators from more than one
discipline are invited to submit funding inquiries to all relevant project requests for proposals. For more
information, visit http://the-experience-project.org/transformative/sociology/.
The 2014-2015 William T. Grant Scholars Program Application Guide is available. This year applications
are accepted on two Current Research Interests: (1) programs, policies, and practices that reduce
inequality and (2) the use of research evidence. This will be the last year for applicants to submit under
the recently retired initiative on understanding youth social settings. Applicants should also note that
the Foundation has expanded its age range of interest to include youth between the ages of 5 and 25.
The William T. Grant Scholars Program promotes the professional development of promising earlycareer researchers from diverse disciplines with a strong track record of conducting high-quality
research and a commitment to expanding their own expertise and skills. Applicants submit rigorous
research proposals paired with detailed mentoring plans to help them conduct stronger scholarship.
Each year four to six Scholars are selected for this prestigious five-year award of $350,000. Applications
are due this year by July 9, 2014, and awards will be announced in March 2015. Learn more at:
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/fellowships/william_t__grant_scholars.
ON THE WEB
AAPOR announces a report on “Social Media in Public Opinion Research” (but applicable to other
research as well). As social media platforms – such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to name a few –
expand and proliferate, so does access to users’ thoughts, feelings and actions expressed
instantaneously, organically, and often publicly, across these platforms. At question is how researchers
and others interested in public opinion derive reliable and valid insights from the data generated by
social media users. The report highlights the use of social media as a vehicle for facilitating the survey
research process (i.e., questionnaire development, recruitment, locating, etc.) and as a way of
potentially supplementing or replacing traditional survey methods (i.e., content analysis of existing
data). It offers an initial set of guidelines and considerations for researchers and consumers of social
media-based studies, noting the opportunities and challenges in this new area. Download the report
from the AAPOR website or here: http://www.aapor.org/Social_Media_Task_Force_Report.htm”
DLAB
There are trainings and consultations going on all summer, so visit http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Summer Research Assistant Opportunity
I’m looking for a grad student to help me this summer with analyses on migration using HRS data, with
most likely logistic regression. If you know anyone who fits the bill, please let me know
(llawton@berkeley.edu).
Popcenter News May 29, 2014
Hi everybody,
Tomorrow is the Great Recession Mini-conference, to be held at the Faculty Club, Seaborg room
(upstairs). Lunch is at noon, and the talks are from 1 to 5. Join us for five interesting talks and lots of
discussion. The presenters are:
The presenters are:
1. Shachar Kariv: How Did the Great Recession Impact Social Preferences? (with Ray
Fisman, Columbia B-School, and Pam Jakiela, University of Marylandd)
2. Gretchen Donehower and Ron Lee: The Age Dimension of the Great Recession, 2007-2011
3. Daniel Schneider and Orestes ‘Pat’ Hastings: Fertility, Marriage and the Great Recession
4. Ray Catalano: Health Effects of the Great Recession
5. Josh Goldstein: “Will birth rates bounce back after the Great Recession?
Even if you haven't rsvp'd, please come. My motto is 'heaven forfend there shouldn't be enough food' so
join us for lunch, too.
-Leora
Weekly News May 12, 2014
Hello everybody,
We’re winding down to the end of the semester and into the summer. There is still one event not to be
missed: the Great Recession Mini-conference on May 30, from noon to 5. Register by going to:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/37NF56X. Please register by May 20 to help us plan the dining
service.
Next week begins the Summer News.
Events and announcements follow….
Have a great week and a great summer, too,
Leora
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EVENTS
Tuesday, May 13 | 12-1:30 p.m. Colloquium: “Children, constructions of harm, and well being” with
Stephen Hinshaw, professor of psychology at UC Berkeley, and PhD candidates Colleen Henry and Kara
Young. | Duster Room, ISSI, 2420 Bowditch, Berkeley.
Thursday, May 15 | 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Conference: “Aging America – challenges and opportunities”|
Hs. Lordships, 199 Seawall Drive, Berkeley. Register by calling UCB Retirement Center at
5461, or by emailing UCB Retirement Center at ucbrc@berkeley.edu.
510-642-
Seminar | May 15 | 12-1 p.m. Seminar 251, Labor Lunch: "Pollution, Power Grid, and Infant Health:
Evidence from the Shutdown of Nuclear Power Plants in the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1980s"
with Edson R. Severnini, Carnegie Mellon University. | 648 Evans Hall.
Thursday, May 15 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Dissertation Talk: Collecting Data With the Crowd. With Beth
Trushkowsky | 405 Soda Hall. (Yes, not our usual kind of talk, but this one of the cutting edge areas of
data collection and you are going to be learning them from graduate students.)
CONFERENCES
PAA 2015 Planning. With PAA 2014 now several days behind us, the PAA planning committee is eagerly
looking forward to PAA 2015 in San Diego, California, and would love to hear your suggestions for
session topics. This is your chance to help shape next year's program. Please use this survey to submit
your ideas and other general suggestions for PAA 2015. The survey will be open until May 16th,
2014. Here is the link to our survey: https://umn.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9vFxMddVwBMWtrn.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Work, Aging and Retirement, a new Oxford journal coming in 2015, will accept empirical and theoretical
work that enhances understanding of worker aging and retirement issues. The journal will include
research from the fields of psychology, sociology, gerontology, economics, business, and more. For more
information, please visit:
http://www.ncfr.org/news/call-papers-new-journal-work-aging-and-retirement.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
The Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has
an immediate opening for a postdoctoral fellowship in the demography of aging and the life course,
funded by the National Institute on Aging. Recent PhDs in sociology, economics, population health
sciences, epidemiology and public health are invited to apply for this fellowship. Please send curriculum
vitae, a short description of a research project to be conducted at the Center, three letters of
recommendation, and copies of publications to: Alberto Palloni, Director, Center for Demography of
Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wisconsin
53706-1393 (or inquiries by e-mail to palloni@ssc.wisc.edu). Details about this announcement can be
found at http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cdha/docs/Post-DocPositionCDHA10-1-2014.pdf. Q
ON THE WEB
The Census Bureau released a new Commuting Edition of the interactive visualization tool Census
Explorer (developed by Social Explorer) focusing on newly released commuting data. Learn all about
how long people commute and which methods of travel they prefer, both around the nation and in your
neighborhood. We hope you and your colleagues will give it a spin. More info and link to the report
findings below, and check out the tool here: http://census.socialexplorer.com/commute/.
Yearbook of the United Nations has new website: The Yearbook is the authoritative source on the
organization's activities. The first yearbook was published in 1946-47, and 63 volumes now exist, all
accessible online. For more information, please visit: http://unyearbook.un.org/.
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS
Head Start, Childcare: Two dissertation research funding opportunities for graduate students are
available from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services -- one for Head Start research, and one for child care research. Applicants may
apply for up to 24 months of funding (two 12-month periods), and could receive up to $25,000 per
period. Letters of intent are due by May 15, and applications are due by June 16. For more information,
please visit: http://www.ncfr.org/news/graduate-student-research-grant-opportunities-head-start-andchild-care.
NIH GRANTS
NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health
Disparities (R01). The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative
social, behavioral, health services, and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to
the elimination of health disparities. Projects may involve primary data collection or secondary analysis
of existing datasets. Projects that examine understudied health conditions; examine the effectiveness of
interventions, services, or policies for multiple health disparity populations; and/or directly measure the
impact of project activities on levels of health disparities are particularly encouraged. - See more at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-14-004.html. .
DLAB
Visit http://Dlab.berkeley.edu to sign up for the NIH Grant Writing workshop and other enjoyable
learning opportunities.
Popcenter News April 29, 2014
Hello Everybody,
I am running a summer workshop on writing an NIH grant. This workshop will be open to anyone
interested in having the guidance, feedback and structure for writing a grant. Potential participants
could be faculty who have not written an NIH grant before, postdocs or adjunct faculty, advanced
graduate students, early stage graduate students who want to put together a dissertation grant, or
anyone else who would like the supportive structure. It will run for 6 weeks, meeting once per week for
2 hours, beginning June 10 and ending July 8. Each week I will introduce a topic, you will work on it
during the intervening days. At the subsequent meeting we will review and comment, and then move to
the new topic. These are:
1.
Choosing the appropriate grant, contacting the Program Officer, and introduction to the
official NIH application packet, known as the SF 424 (R&R), developing the Specific Aims
2.
Writing the Research Strategy
3.
Budgets and key personnel
4.
Human Subjects and Responsible Conduct of Research
5.
The Biosketch and other required documents
6.
Writing the Abstract/Summary
By the end of the workshop you will have a draft of your application. It will be appropriate for any
social or behavioral research.
The workshop will meet in Dlab (356 Barrows Hall).
To register, visit dlab.berkeley.edu.
There is an optional but HIGHLY recommended guidebook to purchase, which is referenced on the
information page. The price is $75. Graduate students completing the workshop (that is, attending and
having a working draft at the end) will be reimbursed.
Best,
Leora
Weekly News, April 27, 2014
Hello Everybody,
The NIH announced a new policy regarding resubmissions. NIH had reduced the number of sub missions
for a grant application from 3 to 2 – the first (A0) and one resubmission (A1). The trouble is that for
some grants (e.g., training) and other applicants (early stage) this change caused an undue hardship. On
April 17 NIH announced, “Effective immediately, the NIH and AHRQ will accept a new (A0) application
following an unsuccessful resubmission (A1) application. The subsequent new application need not
demonstrate substantial changes in scientific direction compared to previously reviewed submissions,
and must not contain an introduction to respond to the critiques from the previous review. - See more
at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14-074.html)” See also the NIA blog on this
subject: http://tinyurl.com/lyu6q86.
And this week we’re off to the PAA and hope to come back inspired to conduct more great
research! See the attached file which lists all (apologies if we missed any) the presentations by UCB
people.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Monday, April 28, 2-4 PM. Economics 211: Berkeley Economic History Laboratory (BEHL) Weekly
Seminar: Income versus Sanitation: Mortality Decline in Paris, 1880-1914. With Jean-Laurent-Rosenthal,
Calif. Inst. Of Technology.| 597 Evans Hall
Tuesday, April 29, 2-3:30 PM. Seminar 218, Psych and Econ: "How Can We Increase Pro-Social
Behavior? An Experiment with Referees at the Journal of Public Economics" with Emmanuel Saez, 648
Evans Hall.
Wednesday, April 30, 4-5:30 PM. “Parting the Haze: Outdoor Air Quality and Health Consequences of
Household Heating and Cooking with Solid Fuels (Wood, Coal, Agricultural Waste)” with Zoe Chafe | 110
Barrows Hall
Thursday May 1 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |"Hot Topics" in Climate Change and Human Health” Seven graduate
student present research on cutting-edge topics on climate change and public health. This will be a
"lightning round" session: each student will sum up a topic in 5 minutes, followed by an opportunity for
audience members to ask questions. Students are enrolled in PH271G "Health Implications of Climate
Change," taught by Michael Jerrett, Colleen Reid, and Zoe Chafe. This event is co-sponsored by the
Climate Change and Health IdeaLab, an initiative of the Blum Center for Developing Economies Big Ideas
program. B100 Blum Hall
CONFERENCES
Call for Abstracts for the International Conference on Aging in the Americas, planned for September
23-25, 2014 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. This year, we will hold a one-day Users Workshop for
the Mexican Health and Aging (MHAS) data on Sept 23. The conference program will be held on Sept 24
and half-day of Sept 25. See the attached flyer for more information.
Call for Papers and Participation - 1st Annual International Conference on Demography and
Population Studies, 16-19 June 2014, Athens, Greece. The conference website is
http://www.atiner.gr/demography.htm. The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all
sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a
local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of
special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner, a special one-day cruise to
the Greek islands, an archaeological tour of Athens and a one-day visit to Delphi. The conference will
address themes (in English only) on all areas of Demography and Population and other related
disciplines. Selected (peer-reviewed) papers will be published in a Special Volume of ATINER's book
series. If you think that you can contribute, please submit a 300-word abstract by 28 April 2014, by
email, atiner@atiner.gr to: Dr. Barbara Zagaglia, Academic Member, ATINER & Assistant Professor,
Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position,
Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your
submission. Please use the abstract submitting form available at http://www.atiner.gr/2014/FORMDEM.doc,
Call for Papers - A Mentoring Workshop for Recent Ph.Ds. and Ph.D. Students in Child Well-being. The
International Society for Child Indicators, to take place September 3-4, 2014 at the Annie E. Casey
Foundation in Baltimore. MD. This Ph.D. workshop offers the opportunity for doctoral students to
discuss their Ph.D. projects with international experts in the fields of qualitative and quantitative
research about children’s well-being. Child well-being is broadly defined. Possible topics include, but
are not limited to, racial and ethnic disparities, child poverty, subjective well-being, immigrant families,
and family violence. Presentations that include innovative research methods, theoretical debates, and
how research can inform policy and practice are also encouraged. Participants will be expected to
present for 20 minutes after which they will receive a critique from senior experts in the
field. Questions and discussion will be encouraged in both formal and informal periods of the
workshop. Participants will receive a $500 stipend and their travel expenses will be reimbursed. To
apply, please send an abstract of 500 words to Robert Goerge (rgoerge@chapinhall.org). The abstract
should include your name, your institution, a description of the Ph.D. project and the focus of your
presentation. A full paper should be submitted by August 15, 2014. Selected papers of the participants
will be published in Child Indicators Research http://link.springer.com/journal/12187.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Research Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in both teaching and
research. The Sociology Postdoctoral Fellowship at UNL provides an environment for advancing research
and gaining teaching experience in a supportive environment and welcomes applications that
demonstrate research and teaching expertise in the following areas: health and health disparities
(particularly disparities related to race and ethnicity), social inequality, quantitative and network
methods broadly defined, bridging sociology and biology, and analysis of social media such as Twitter
and Facebook. The Postdoctoral Fellow will also teach three courses a year to fill department teaching
needs. The University has an Office of Postdoctoral studies that provides resources, support and
community (http://postdoc.unl.edu/). The Postdoctoral Fellow is welcome to participate in department
professional development courses on teaching, publishing, and grant writing. To apply, please send a
letter of application indicating areas of research and teaching interest, research and teaching
statements, a curriculum vitae with names of at least three references, a sample paper or publication
and a sample syllabus. The Ph.D. must be completed by August 1, 2014 to accept this position. To
receive full consideration applications must be received by April 1, 2014. Send all application materials
to Nathaniel Luginbill at nluginbill@unl.edu. Salary: Negotiable (includes benefits).
FUNDING
Project Management Institute. Each year, the Academic Resources Department solicits proposals for
research funding on any topic related to project, program or portfolio management. Proposed research
must have direct application to some aspect of the project management body of knowledge or its
practice. The following types of research will be considered: Translational research proposals should
address the extent to which the outcomes of the project are “practitioner-ready.” That is, applicants
should address the “readiness for application” of the eventual research findings. Scholars from a variety
of disciplines and fields of study are invited to bring their particular angle of vision to bear on a research
question using PPPM “as the context” of the research. Theory-building proposals must address future
implications of the research findings for both theory and the originally identified managerial problem.
Funding Limit: $50,000 MAXIMUM; Duration: 2 years. Deadline(s): 04/25/2014. For more information,
including eligibility, visit http://www.pmi.org/Knowledge-Center/Academic-Research/SponsoredResearch-Program.aspx.
TRAINING
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu. They are offering an introduction to STATA today (Monday)
at 5 PM.
Weekly News April 20, 2014
Hello Everybody,
On behalf of the Berkeley Population Center (BPC) and the Center for the Economics and Demography of
Aging (CEDA) I’d like to encourage you to put a word out to your graduate and undergraduate students
about enrolling in demography courses next year.
Students generally enjoy demography courses, and many find them to be among the most worthwhile
courses they took at Cal. They learn critical methods, statistical analysis applied to real-world issues,
and participate in full-on research projects, from conceptualization to conclusions. It is our conviction
that no matter what your primary substantive interest may be, having a grounding in demographic
principles and methods will enrich perspectives.
In the Fall 2014, these courses are being offered.
Demog 110/210: Introduction to Population Analysis. Measures and methods of Demography.
Life tables, fertility and nuptiality measures, age pyramids, population projection, measures of
fertility control.
Demog 213: Computer Applications for Demographic Analysis: Introduction to Computing for
Demographers.
Demog 126: Social Consequences of Population Dynamics: Introduction to population issues
and the field of demography, with emphasis on historical patterns of population growth and change
during the industrial era. Topics covered include the demographic transition, resource issues,
economic development, the environment, population control, family planning, birth control, family
and gender, aging, intergenerational transfers, and international migration.
We are finalizing an innovative course entitled “Population Apocalypse in Film and Science” to be
co-taught by Barbara Zuber Goldstein and Carl Mason.
When courses are open to both graduate and undergraduate students, graduate students will have
different course requirements as appropriate for their level.
Please make a brief announcement in class and/or post to bspace announcements.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
PS: I’m on vacation until Wednesday.
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, April 23, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. PAA graduate student
presentations. Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Tuesday, April 22, 12:40 - 2:00 p.m. Health Services Research Colloquium presents: “ReThink Health:
Building a Path to a Sustainable Health System” With Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, of
Community & Family Medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
University Hall, Room 714C
Wednesday, April 23, 4-6 PM. “Inquiry into the growth and decline of the very poor in Japan.”
Colloquium | Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)
Thursday, April 24, 3:30-5 PM. “Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on
the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants" with David Autor, MIT. Seminar |
April 24 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
SAVE THE DATE:
Friday, May 2, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. “Breaking Barriers, Building Community: 35 Years of Training Social
Change Scholars.” This one-day conference will feature presentations by alumni of the graduate training
program, now distinguished academics, whose groundbreaking work on stratification and social change
in US cities challenges the presumptions of power and the powerful. For more information about the
program and registration (free), please visit the CRSC website: http://crsc.berkeley.edu/conference.
Thursday, May 15 “AN AGING AMERICA - Challenges & Opportunities” You are invited to join us as
registration for this special biennial conference is now open. Keynote speaker, Jennifer Granholm, UC
Berkeley Distinguished Practitioner of Law and Public Policy and Michigan's 47th governor from 2003 to
2011, will present "Cracking the Code: Creating Good Jobs in America in a Global Economy". Location:
Hs. Lordships, Berkeley Marina (free parking). For registration and more information, visit:
http://thecenter.berkeley.edu/special-events.shtml#Conference.
2014 LED (Local Employment Dynamics) Partnership Workshop, Tues Sept 9 – Wed Sept 10, 2014, 9
AM - 5 PM, Washington DC. now soliciting submissions of sessions, presentations and posters for the
2014 Local Employment Dynamics Partnership workshop. The submission deadline is May 16, 2014.
Topics may be from a wide variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to: workforce development,
economic development, transportation planning, and emergency management. We are particularly
interested in examples from our state partners and strongly encourage LMI shops to apply. For more
information, visit http://lehd.ces.census.gov/announcements.html#040814_1.
NIH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Limited Competition: NIMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence Pilot Research Projects (P20; RFA-MD14-003). invites applications for innovative pilot projects that complement or enhance research and
dissemination activities supported by NIMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence (COE). Applications must
propose at least two but not more than four pilot projects that utilize or leverage Exploratory COE core
resources. Projects that align with ongoing COE specific aims and establish new collaborations to
stimulate trans-disciplinary and/or translational research in priority areas, including HIV/AIDS, are
particularly encouraged. For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MD-14003.html. This is due June 19, 2014.
Healthy Habits: Timing for Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
(R21) (PA-14-176), and as an R01 (PA-14-177) , http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14177.html seeks to encourage applications that employ innovative research to identify mechanisms of
influence and/or promote positive sustainable health behavior(s) in children and youth (birth to age 21).
Applications to promote positive health behavior(s) should target social and cultural factors, including,
but not limited to: schools, families, communities, population, food industry, age-appropriate learning
tools and games, social media, social networking, technology and mass media. Topics to be addressed in
this announcement include: effective, sustainable processes for influencing young people to make
healthy behavior choices; identification of the appropriate stage of influence for learning sustainable
lifelong health behaviors; the role of technology and new media in promoting healthy behavior;
identification of factors that support healthy behavior development in vulnerable populations,
identification of barriers to healthy behaviors; and, identification of mechanisms and mediators that are
common to the development of a range of habitual health behaviors. Given the many factors involved in
developing sustainable health behaviors, applications from multidisciplinary teams are strongly
encouraged. The ultimate goal of this FOA is to promote research that identifies and enhances processes
that promote sustainable positive behavior or changes social and cultural norms that influence health
and future health behaviors. Expires May 2017.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Tenth Meeting of Working Group on Macroeconomic Aspects of Intergenerational Transfer;
International Symposium on Demographic Change and Policy Response, November 10-14, 2014,
Beijing, China. We encourage you to submit an interesting, relevant and original paper related to these
subjects. We will also accept the submission of a short abstract, which must be extended to a full paper
in case of being accepted. Please also let us know if you are interested in organizing a special session for
this conference. Details and instructions for the conference can be found at the conference web site
which will be online soon at www.ntaccounts.org.
TRAINING
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News April 14, 2014
Hello Everybody,
The usual events and announcements can be found below.
Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, April 16, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Pre-PAA talks. Here them here first!
Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Monday, April 14, | 12-1:15 p.m. “Public Health and Equity in Latin America” with Dean Stefano
Bertozzi, | 554 Barrows Hall.
April 7 | 12-1:15 p.m. |”Undernutrition and Obesity in Latin America: A Paradox for Policy Makers” with
Lia Fernald, SPH. 554 Barrows Hall
Thursday, April 17, 2-3:30, Labor: Labor: "Inputs in the Production of Early Childhood Human Capital:
Evidence from Head Start" with Christopher Walters, Assistant Professor, Economics, 648 Evans Hall.
Thursday, April 17, 2014, 4-5:10 PM. Book talk with Professor Stephen Hinshaw on “The ADHD
Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money and Today's Push for Performance” | Tolman Hall, Education
Psychology Library. http://adhdexplosion.com/about/.
Thursday, April 17, 5-7 PM. CED Talk: “Race, Place, and Power”—Lecture by Thomas Sugrue. 110
Wurster Hall
Friday, April 18, 12-1. Labor Lunch. "Labor Market Effects from Raising the Full Retirement Age", Stefan
Staubli, University of Zurich. 648 Evans Hall
Friday, April 18 | 9 a.m.-4 p.m . The 6th Sociological Research Symposium: Challenging Inequality:
Defining a Better Future. Conference/Symposium | Anna Head Alumae Hall, 2537 Haste Street,
Berkeley, CA 94720. Contact: ucberkeleysymposium@gmail.com.
SAVE THE DATE
May 30, Friday, 12-5 PM. Mini-conference on the Great Recession: Register now at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/37NF56X.
CONFERENCES
9th Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health, Oakland, California, June 16-19, 2014. is a
unique opportunity for professionals and students from all over the world to learn the latest facts and
figures on the many issues that affect mobile populations. During the four days of the event participants
will acquire new skills and have the opportunity to network with experts working in the field. Through a
combination of lectures and workshops, experts will present on the relationship between migration and
global health, offering public health, public policy, and social science perspectives. Presenters include
representatives from international and national institutions such as the World Health Organization, the
International Organization for Migration, the Secretariats of Health and Foreign Affairs of Mexico, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and respected professors from universities in Spain, Mexico,
and the United States. Poster Session: May 5th is the deadline to submit abstracts for the poster
session. See details on the event's website. UC Graduate Student and PIMSA Presentations: A Research
Training Workshop will be offered as part of the Summer Institute. UC graduate students, PIMSA
grantees and recent postdoctoral scholars interested in presenting their current work are welcome to
submit an application by April 14th. See details on the event's website under "call for Proposals" For
more information and to register online go to:
https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1447479.
International Health Data Linkage Conference, Vancouver, Canada, April 28-30, 2014 (with preconference workshops on Spatial Perspectives in Population Health and Longitudinal Data Analysis: Latent
Growth Curve Modeling with M-Plus. The IHDL conference program includes information about the
scheduled concurrent sessions, sub-plenary sessions, and rapid-fire presentations. If you would like more
information about what is happening at the 2014 IHDL Conference, visit the conference website:
http://www.ihdlnconference2014.org.
2014 Local Employment Dynamics Partnership workshop Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 9:00 AM to Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 5:00 PM (EDT), US Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230 is now soliciting submissions of sessions, presentations and posters.
Please visit http://lehd.ces.census.gov/announcements.html#040814_1 for the details. The submission
deadline is May 16, 2014. Topics may be from a wide variety of disciplines, including, but not limited to:
workforce development, economic development, transportation planning, and emergency
management. They are particularly interested in examples from our state partners and strongly
encourage LMI shops to apply.
COMPETITIONS
The first annual UCCS Bacon Public Lectureship and White Paper Competition from UC Center
Sacramento. Faculty from diverse fields are encouraged to submit proposals addressing key questions
related to water management, health, and early childhood education. The winner will be invited to
prepare a white paper and deliver a public lecture to Capitol policymakers in Sacramento in February
2015. A stipend of up to $10,000 will be made available to support editorial and research costs. For
more information and application instructions, please visit our website: http://uccs.ucdavis.edu/baconpublic-lectureship.
FUNDING
Spencer Foundation - Major Grants Program supports research in the following five areas of inquiry:
education and social opportunity; organizational learning; purposes and values of education; teaching,
learning, and instructional resources; and, field-initiated proposals. The Foundation's Research
programs support work that shows promise of contributing new knowledge or understanding that may
contribute to improvement of educational thought or practice. The Foundation is committed to
supporting high-quality investigation of education through its research programs. The Foundation
defines education broadly to include all of the situations and institutions in which education proceeds,
across the entire life span. An important expectation of the Foundation is that the activities it supports,
taken together over the years, will contribute significantly to the enhancement of educational
opportunities for all people. Deadline: 04/29/2014 Program
URL:http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/new-civics-over-50k-detailed-guidelines..
FELLOWSHIPS
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Postdoctoral Fellows Program in Annapolis,
Maryland, invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships that begin August
2014. Deadline: 04/15/2014. OBJECTIVES: Fellows will undertake collaboratively-developed socioenvironmental or cyberinfrastructure synthesis projects that are consistent with the mission of SESYNC.
Projects will be co-developed with a SESYNC Research Collaborator, who will also serve as a postdoctoral
mentor during the fellowship. A list of potential Research Collaborators and project ideas will be
provided to prospective Fellows following a preliminary screening. The applicants areas of previous
research should be relevant to socio-environmental synthesis or synthesis education, including (but not
limited to) anthropology, computer science, ecology, education, economics, geography, history,
mathematics, political science, psychology, public policy, planning, sociology, statistics, etc. The SESYNC
postdoctoral fellowship provides an annual stipend, full University of Maryland employee benefits, and a
small annual travel allowance to attend meetings or to meet with collaborators. Postdoctoral
fellowships are awarded for a maximum of two years and include structured mentoring programs,
facilitated access to policy makers, and opportunities to participate in ongoing Center activities. In
addition to mentoring support from their SESYNC Research Collaborator, postdoctoral Fellows will also
receive professional mentoring from SESYNC leadership members, and will have access to a wide range
of professional development resources and programs. SESYNC Research Collaborators will also receive
support to travel to SESYNC to work with the Fellow.
The San Francisco Foundation has four positions open for the Multicultural Fellowship Program: (1)
Community Development Program Fellow; (2) Community Health Program Fellow; (3) Education
Program Fellow; and (4) Environment Program Fellow. Leora's note: These are for people with
advanced degrees. See also: http://www.sff.org/about-tsff/administrative-information/employmentopportunities
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu. New courses, workshops and working groups are always
being developed and you can join ongoing ones, too.
Weekly News April 7, 2014
Hello Everybody,
If you haven’t registered for the PAA, then do so right now because today is the last day of early
registration.
Many events up and coming…
The summer workshop on writing an NIH grant is scheduled for a six-week session, beginning Tuesday,
June 10 through July 10, meeting from 1-3 PM. This workshop is open to anyone interested in having
the guidance, feedback and structure for writing a grant. Participants might be faculty who have not
written an NIH grant before or are rusty, postdocs or adjunct faculty, advanced graduate students, or
even early stage graduate students who want to put together a dissertation grant. We meet for 2 hours
each week, where I will introduce a topic, you will work on it during the intervening days. At the
subsequent meeting we will review and comment, and then move to the new topic. These are:
1.
Choosing the appropriate grant, contacting the Program Officer, and introduction to the
official NIH application packet, known as the SF 424 (R&R), developing the Specific Aims
2.
Writing the Research Strategy
3.
Budgets
4.
Human Subjects and Responsible Conduct of Research
5.
The Biosketch and other required documents
6.
Writing the Abstract/Summary
By the end of the workshop you will have a draft of your application. I will provide a link to the dlab
signup sheet shortly. There will be an optional $75 guidebook to purchase that is well worth the money.
Graduate students may ask for a reimbursement if they enroll and complete the workshop training.
Also, we are looking for a part-time data analyst for Claude Fischer’s R01 on Personal Networks Over
Time. This is a staff position. For more information, go to http://jobs.berkeley.edu/job-listings.html and
search for Job #17603.
Another upcoming event is the Miniconference on the Great Recession: Register now at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/37NF56X.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, April 9, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Magali Barbieri (Department of
Demography/INED). “The Age of Degenerative Diseases in the United States: A Geographic Perspective.”
Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
TODAY!! Monday, April 7, 2014, 4:15-6 PM. BacPop: Jan De Vries (History and Economics, UC Berkeley).
The Urban Demographic Transition. Dlab, 356 Barrows Hall.
April 7 | 12-1:15 p.m. |”Undernutrition and Obesity in Latin America: A Paradox for Policy Makers” with
Lia Fernald, SPH. 554 Barrows Hall
Monday, April 7 | 3-5 p.m. Labor and Health: Working Toward a Healthier Food Chain. A panel
discussion with Edwin Dobb, Lecturer, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley; environmental
journalist; Seth Holmes, Martin Sisters Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Graduate
Program in Medical Anthropology, UC Berkeley; Saru Jayaraman, Visiting Scholar, Berkeley Food
Institute; Lecturer, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley; Chris Benner, Associate Professor,
Human and Community Development, UC Davis. | The David Brower Center, Goldman Theater, 2150
Allston Way.
Tuesday April 8 | 12-1:30 p.m. BCRN: “What Does Behavioral Economics Add to the Field of Behavior
Change?” A panel discussion with Dan Acland, GSPP, and Shachar Kariv, Economics. 5101 Tolman Hall
Tuesday, April 8, 12:40-2 PM Hector Rodriguez, PhD, MPH. "Interprofessional Teamwork and Improving
the Management of Chronic Conditions in Safety Net Settings" 714C University Hall.
Tuesday, April 8, 4-5:30 PM. Changes in Girls' Pubertal Timing: Potential Contributors and
Consequences, Julianna Deardorff, Faculty Club, Howard Room.
Thursday, April 10, Labor: "Cash Transfer for The Young People in France: Evidence from a Randomized
Experiment" with Bruno Crépon, Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, 648 Evans Hall.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
SAVE THE DATES OF NOV 10-12, 2014! Evolutionary Demography Society 2nd Annual Meeting.
Registration for the second annual meeting of EvoDemoS opens on April 7. Stanford University
https://iriss.stanford.edu/scpr/
CONFERENCES
PAA 2015 Planning: It’s already time to start thinking about the 2015 PAA meeting! The Planning
Committee would like to hear your suggestions for session topics. What are up and coming topics in
demography? What pressing topics do you want to see discussed? Please use this survey
(http://umn.us3.listmanage.com/track/click?u=4a23ea311829725630dfd4f72&id=1626dad665&e=6f41a9abc1)
to submit your ideas and other general suggestions for PAA 2015. The survey will be open until May
16th, 2014.
FUNDING
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is a unique opportunity for professionals in health and
aging to receive the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution to the development
and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans. The year-long program offers fellows
the opportunity to participate in a residential track or a non-residential track. Deadline(s): 04/16/2014.
For more information, visit the organizationalWeb
Site:
http://www.healthandagingpolicy.org/about-the-fellowship/fellowship-overview/ and the
Program URL:
http://www.healthandagingpolicy.org/how-to-apply/.
FELLOWSHIPS
Postdoctoral Fellowship - School of Education, Johns Hopkins University. The Everyone Graduates
Center and the Talent Development Secondary program at the Center for Social Organization of Schools
(CSOS) in the Johns Hopkins University School of Education have two openings for postdoctoral fellows
starting as early as August 1, 2014. The positions are for one year with a possible second year extension.
The Everyone Graduates Center (EGC) was established in 2008 to develop and disseminate the know-
how necessary to enable all students to graduate from high school well prepared for college, career, and
civic life. The EGC research and development staff analyzes the causes, location, and consequences of
the nation’s dropout crisis, develops strategic solutions designed to keep all students on the path to high
school graduation, and supports states, communities, school systems, and schools in building capacity
for this effort. www.every1graduates.org. Talent Development Secondary is an evidence-based whole
school reform model for high poverty middle and high schools that is developed, evaluated, and
disseminated by CSOS. The program is currently implemented in over forty middle and high schools
across 12 major school districts. The 12-month salary is $50,000. Minority scholars are particularly
encouraged to apply. Review of applications will commence in early April and will continue until the
positions are filled. All application materials must be submitted to CSOS Postdoctoral Fellowship c/o
Connie Kinsley at ckinsley@jhu.edu. Applicants are requested to provide a letter of interest detailing
educational background and research interests, a current CV, two letters of reference, and two samples
of academic authorship.
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu. New courses, workshops and working groups are always
being developed and you can join ongoing ones, too.
Weekly News March 31, 2014
Hello Everybody,
I am pleased to announce that we are indeed going to be hosting a small symposium on the Great
Recession, to be held Friday, May 30 from 12 noon to 5 PM in the Seaborg Room at the Faculty
Club. The format will be one designed for interaction, networking and discussion.
Tentative Agenda:
12-1 PM
Lunch on the Seaborg patio.
1-3 PM
Presentations of Research
3 PM
Break
3:15-5 PM
Presentations of Research
The tentative presenters are (titles are tentative, too):
1. Shachar Kariv: How Did the Great Recession Impact Social Preferences? (with Ray Fisman,
Columbia B-School, and Pam Jakiela, University of Maryland)
2. Gretchen Donehower and Ron Lee: The Age Dimension of the Great Recession, 2007-2011
3. Daniel Schneider and Orestes ‘Pat’ Hastings: Fertility, Marriage and the Great Recession
4. Ray Catalano: Health Effects of the Great Recession
So put this on your calendar and we look forward to seeing you. For registration (there is no fee), please
visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/37NF56X.
BacPop: note that it will be NEXT MONDAY, April 7 from 4-6 PM in the Dlab, and not this Thursday as
originally scheduled. The speaker is Jan DeVries, speaking about the Urban Demographic Transition, so
be sure to join us.
Other events and announcements follow.
Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, April 2, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Grant Miller, Stanford University. “Early
Fertility Decline and Sex Imbalance in Rural China” Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave.
Cookies and refreshments served.
Wednesday, April 2, 1-2 PM. Neyman Seminar – “Stats in action: Estimating and projecting global health
indicators” with Leontine Alkema, National University of Singapore, 1011 Evans Hall.
Thursday, April 3, 2-3:30. "Quasi-Experimental Evidence of School Choice through
Residential Sorting" with Hugh Macartney, Duke University | 648 Evans Hall
FUNDING
The Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE) at Wheaton College (IL) is offering a limited
number of R in connection with studies that highlight the historic and contemporary racial and ethnic
diversity of American Evangelicalism. Aimed at both doctoral students and currently-employed faculty,
the grants are intended to defray travel, lodging, meal, and copying expenses for research in the
upcoming 2014-2015 academic year. While the ISAE’s focus has traditionally been historical, these
grants are intended to encourage good work that advances our understanding of the scope and shape of
evangelicalism—applications from scholars in other disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, political
science, economics, missiology, religious studies, and others are also encouraged to apply. A total of
five (5) grants in the amount of $2,000 will be made to graduate students currently in the process of
researching and writing their dissertations, as well as five (5) awards of $1,000 targeting faculty
members in the process of researching areas relevant to this competition. The awards are made
possible by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation in connection with an earlier ISAE conference on
"The Changing Face of Evangelicalism." All applications must be received by April 30th, 2014. For more
detailed grant information and/or an application form, visit http://www.wheaton.edu/ISAE/News, send
an email to isae@wheaton.edu, or call
630-752-5437.
ICPSR Scholarships. Listed here are two but please check their website (http://icpsr.umich.edu) for
others . The Deadline is April 1. Sorry – just heard about these today.
Clifford C. Clogg Scholarship - Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR). The Clogg Scholarship is a waiver of Program Scholar (non-credit) fees to attend one or both of
the four-week sessions in the ICPSR Summer Program. Up to three Clogg Scholarships will be awarded
in political science, and up to three in sociology. Deadline(s): 04/01/2014 Address: Clifford C. Clogg
Scholarship Award, ICPSR Summer Program, PO Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Email:sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu. Program URL:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/sumprog/scholarships/clogg.html
Warren E. Miller Scholarship - Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR). The Miller Scholarship provides a waiver of Program Scholar fees to attend one or both of the
four-week sessions in the ICPSR Summer Program. Up to two Miller Scholarships will be awarded to
outstanding pre-tenure scholars (graduate students, instructors, or assistant professors).
Deadline(s): 04/01/2014. sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu. Program URL:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/sumprog/scholarships/miller.html.
TRAINING
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News March 17, 2014
Hello Everybody,
I’m planning to hold a summer workshop on writing an NIH grant. This workshop will be open to anyone
interested in having the guidance, feedback and structure for writing a grant. Potential participants
could be faculty who have not written an NIH grant before, postdocs or adjunct faculty, advanced
graduate students, or even early stage graduate students who want to put together a dissertation grant.
It will run for 6 weeks, meeting once per week for 2 hours. Each week I will introduce a topic, you will
work on it during the intervening days. At the subsequent meeting we will review and comment, and
then move to the new topic. These are:
1.
Choosing the appropriate grant, contacting the Program Officer, and introduction to the
official NIH application packet, known as the SF 424 (R&R), developing the Specific Aims
2.
Writing the Research Strategy
3.
Budgets and key personnel
4.
Human Subjects and Responsible Conduct of Research
5.
The Biosketch and other required documents
6.
Writing the Abstract/Summary
By the end of the workshop you will have a draft of your application. Exact dates and location will be
determined, but keep this in mind and spread the word. It will be appropriate for any social or
behavioral research.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, March 19, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Savet Hong (Department of
Demography, UC Berkeley), “Who Affects the Nutritional Status of Children in Cambodia?” Demography
seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Monday, March 17, 4-5:30 PM. Seminar 271, Development: "The Contribution of Business Skills and
Personality to Success in Entrepreneurial Activities" with Paul Gertler.
| 648 Evans Hall
Wednesday, March 19, 4-5:30 PM. “Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United
States”, with Seth Holmes (SPH). | Institute for the Study of Societal Issues - Wildavsky Conference
Room. Location: 2538 Channing Way.
Thursday, March 20, 3:30-5 PM. “Not Immigrant Detention in a Legal Sense: The Invention of Immigrant
Detention, 1892-1896,” with Speaker: Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Associate Professor of History, UCLA |
Boalt Hall, School of Law, 295, Warren Room.
Friday, March 21, 12-1 PM, Friday, Mar. 21, 2014. ARE Seminar. Olivier Deschenes, UCSB-Dept. of
Economics, “Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality
Relationship over the 20th Century” 201 Giannini Hall.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
SAVE THE DATES OF NOV 10-12, 2014! Evolutionary Demography Society 2nd Annual Meeting.
Registration for the second annual meeting of EvoDemoS opens on April 7. Stanford University
https://iriss.stanford.edu/scpr/
DATA
European Social Survey (ESS) Round 8 questionnaire: Call for proposals from multi-national teams to
design modules is still open. ESS Round 8 will go into the field in September 2016. The call invites
proposal for new modules as well as repeats of modules that have already been fielded. Two teams will
be selected, each of which will be awarded a module of up to 30 items. The full call text and associated
documents are available to download from the ESS website
http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/methodology/questionnaire/rotating_questionnaire.html.
The deadline for receipt of applications is by 17.00 UK time on 12th May 2014.
CONFERENCES
Conference on “The Fertility Transition in the South” is taking place on 23-25 of April, 2014 at St.Anne’s
College, University of Oxford. The Conference is a part of Collen Programme on Fertility, Education and
Environment, and it is a great opportunity to hear about the latest research, policy and practice on the
subject from prominent academics and experienced practitioners, as well as exchange views and
network with participants. Registration is still open and we are accepting papers for presentation and
discussion at the Conference. If you would like to submit a paper, please, send a 250 words abstract with
your registration form. Please, note that the number of spaces available is limited. Registration details
are on our web site: http://collen.ageing.ox.ac.uk/event/workshop-the-fertility-transition-in-africa/.
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites paper submissions for its upcoming
issue on higher education. Although American universities dominate lists of the world's top 100
research universities, postsecondary education in the United States as a whole is generally viewed as
uneven at best. Papers could address time-honored topics such as the effects of financial aid and
admissions policies on access and degree completion, remediation efforts, peer effects on learning or
campus culture, factors associated with attrition, faculty labor market issues, and cost functions. Or
they could address empirical questions that have not previously been studied. For more detailed
information about this issue, including examples of analyses we anticipate would be of interest to the
research and policy communities. Prospective contributors should submit a CV and an abstract of up to
two pages of their study no later than 5 PM EST on April 30, 2014 to journals@rsage.org. A prospective
contributor may also submit up to five pages of technical supporting material, but this by no means
required or expected. For more information please visit: http://tinyurl.com/l4hycx5.
PAA 2015 Planning: It’s already time to start thinking about the 2015 PAA meeting! The Planning
Committee would like to hear your suggestions for session topics. What are up and coming topics in
demography? What pressing topics do you want to see discussed? Please use this survey
(http://umn.us3.listmanage.com/track/click?u=4a23ea311829725630dfd4f72&id=1626dad665&e=6f41a9abc1)
to submit your ideas and other general suggestions for PAA 2015. The survey will be open until May
16th, 2014.
Call for Papers: Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, or colloquia are invited for the Aging
and Society: Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference being held at the Manchester Conference Centre in
Manchester, UK from 7-8 November 2014. We welcome proposals from a variety of disciplines and
perspectives that will contribute to the conference discourse. We also encourage faculty and research
students to submit joint proposals for paper presentations or colloquia. Proposals are invited that
address aging and society through one of the following categories:
Theme 1: Economic and Demographic Perspectives on Aging
Theme 2: Public Policy and Public Perspectives on Aging
Theme 3: Medical Perspectives on Aging, Health, Wellness
Theme 4: Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging
Special Theme: Diversity in Aging
Presenters may also choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed The
International Journal of Aging and Society. If you are unable to attend the conference, you may still join
the community and submit your article for peer review and possible publication, upload an online
presentation, and enjoy subscriber access to the journal. The current deadline for proposal submissions
(title and short abstract) is 8 April 2014. For more information on submitting a proposal, future
deadlines, and registering for the conference, visit: http://tinyurl.com/mlwxnce.
FUNDING
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Opens Application Round 13 of Grand Challenges
Explorations. Proposals are being accepted through May 6, 2014. Visit www.grandchallenges.org to
submit a simple, online, two-page application for one of the sponsored topics. One topic of relevance to
many BPC affiliates is “Inciting Healthy Behaviors: We seek new solutions - targeting individuals,
families, communities, health providers, or the health system - that promote health-seeking behaviors
and that can make a difference in reducing morbidity and mortality and promoting healthy, productive
lives.” Initial grants are USD$100,000 each. Projects demonstrating potential will have the opportunity
to receive additional funding up to USD$1 million.
John Templeton Foundation Invites Letters of Inquiry for Core Funding Areas. Core funding topics
include science and the big questions (mathematical and physical sciences, life sciences, human
sciences, philosophy and theology, and science in dialogue with philosophy or theology), character
development, freedom and free enterprise, exceptional cognitive talent and genius, and genetics.
Individual grants will range from several thousand dollars to several million. Deadline: April 1, 2014
(Letters of Inquiry). For more information, visit: http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/corefunding-areas.
Obesity Society Invites Applications for Early-Career Research Grants. This program seeks to foster and
stimulate new research ideas in any area of investigation related to obesity. The program targets junior-
level investigators (PhD or MD within last 5 years) and post-doctoral trainees by funding proposals that
demonstrate a high likelihood of resulting in new and innovative approaches in obesity research. For
more information, visit: http://www.obesity.org/about-us/early-career-research-grants.htm.
TRAINING
Applications due March 28: Butler-Williams Scholars Program, NIA’s prestigious summer training
program, which includes lectures, seminars, and small group discussions in research design relative to
aging, including issues relevant to aging of ethnic and racial minorities. Lectures will cover topics in
research on aging, including: the biology of aging; genetics and Alzheimer’s disease; and health,
behavior, and aging. Discussion sessions will focus on methodological approaches and interventions. The
program also will include consultation on the development of research interests and advice on
preparing and submitting research grant applications to NIA. Link to
program: http://www.nia.nih.gov/about/events/2013/butler-williams-scholars-program-2014 (I did
this program once upon a time and it was a learning, networking and fun experience.)
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News March 10, 2014
Hello Everybody,
The next deadline for the Pilot Grants is on March 17. Please visit the homepage of the website
http://popcenter.berkeley.edu to download the call for proposals and application guidelines.
John Wilmoth sent us a link to an Economist article about the demographic situation in Africa, and it’s an
interesting – and sobering – read: http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21598646hopes-africas-dramatic-population-bulge-may-create-prosperity-seem-have.
Another link to follow is to the just released issue of PAA Affairs, the PAA’s quarterly newsletter. There
are a number of announcements regarding funding opportunities, new data sets, workshops and
more. You can find it at http://www.populationassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/PAA-Winter1314_Final.pdf.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, March 12, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Leontine Alkema (Statistics and Applied
Probability, National University of Singapore and visiting Professor at Demography, UC Berkeley),
“Global Estimation of Child Mortality.” Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and
refreshments served.
Monday, March 10, 4 PM. China Worker Wellness Project: Participatory Design to Improve the Lives of
Chinese Migrant Workers in Urban Economic Zones” with Linda Neuhauser, Public Health. | Institute of
East Asian Studies. 2223 Fulton St, 6th Floor.
Tuesday, March 11, 2-3:30 PM Psych and Econ: "Worrying about the Stock Market: Evidence from
Hospital Admissions" Joey Engelberg, University of California,.Evans Hall, room 648
Thursday, March 13, -3:30 PM. Seminar 251, Labor: "Field of study, earnings, and self-selection" Magne
Mogstad, University of Chicago| 648 Evans Hall
Thursday, March 14 | 12 noon.-1 p.m. "Multigenerational effects of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in
Sweden" Per Olaf Robling, Stockholm University. Evans Hall, room 648
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
University of Glasgow. 2 postdoctoral researchers in Urban Geography
The Human Geography Research Group (HGRG) at the University of Glasgow has two postdoctoral
research positions (grade 6/7, two years). These posts are supported by the Urban Studies Foundation
and aim to enhance urban research in the HGRG. We are looking for researchers who will contribute to,
and develop, one or more of our four existing research themes (Knowing, creativity and experiment;
Subaltern globalisations; Exploring vital geographies; and Stressed environments and communities; for
more information, see our website:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/research/humangeographyresearch/, and to link across to other
urban scholars across the University of Glasgow. We particularly encourage applicants whose work is in
the areas of urban political economy; comparative and subaltern urbanisms; alternative/progressive
urbanisms; urban political ecologies; urban sustainabilities and securities. We strongly encourage
applications from scholars who consider urban transformation in a global perspective, alert to the
Global South as well as the Global North. A readiness to engage and to co-produce research in a public,
participatory fashion with urban communities will be desirable. The closing date for applications is April
6th 2014. Further details can be found on the University of Glasgow webpage:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/job/aif269.phtml. Please contact Prof Jo Sharp
(jo.sharp@glasgow.ac.uk) or Ozan Karaman, Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Glasgow.
(Ozan.Karaman@glasgow.ac.uk) if you have further questions.
TRAINING
The 3rd GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2014 registration is now open. The Summer
School will be held from August 7 to 29 at GESIS Cologne, Germany. 20 courses are scheduled, among
which 2 short courses and 18 one-week courses. Here is an overview of the courses on offer this year:
Short courses (August 7-8):
• Course A: Introduction to Research Data Management for Social Scientists
• Course B: Qualitative Methods
Week 1 (August 11-15):
• Course 1: Introduction to Survey Design*
• Course 2: Design and Implementation of Surveys in Developing Countries
• Course 3: Mixed Methods*
• Course 4: Introduction to the Structural Equation Modeling Framework
• Course 5: Introduction to Web Surveys*
• Course 6: Introduction to Data Analysis Using R
Week 2 (August 18-22):
• Course 7: Understanding and Modeling Measurement Error
• Course 8: Experimental Techniques in Survey Research
• Course 9: Web Survey Instrument Design*
• Course 10: Item Nonresponse and Multiple Imputation
• Course 11: Mixed-Mode Surveys*
• Course 12: Questionnaire Design*
Week 3 (August 25-29):
• Course 13: Factorial Survey Designs
• Course 14: Design and Implementation of Longitudinal Surveys*
• Course 15: Data Quality and Fieldwork Management*
• Course 16: Sampling, Weighting, and Estimation
• Course 17: Questionnaires for Cross-Cultural Surveys
• Course 18: Surveying Large Scale Political Events
“Starred” courses this year take place in collaboration with GESIS Panel Campus. In addition to the
courses, we have – also thanks to our sponsors – prepared a number of plenary and social events
including weekly welcome receptions with finger food and drinks on the GESIS roof terrace, cultural and
social outing as well as evening talks by leading experts in Survey Methodology. The registration
deadline is May 31st (but in order to secure a place and affordable accommodation, we recommend
early registration). Those who book and pay for a course by April 30th will receive a 50 Euro discount off
the one-week course fees. A limited number of bursaries, provided by the German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD), is available for international participants. You'll find more information on our website
at www.gesis.org/summerschool.
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu to learn about training and consulting opportunities.
Weekly News March 3, 2014
Hello Everybody,
This week’s Demography Brown Bag, given by doctoral candidate Mark Borgschulte, surely is of interest
to any faculty nearing retirement (see the title below). Plus this week the Bay Area Colloquia on
Population (BACPop) series continues this Thursday at 4:15 PM to 6.
The next deadline for the Pilot Grants is on March 17. Please visit the homepage of the website
http://popcenter.berkeley.edu to download the call for proposals and application guidelines.
We are planning a mini-conference on Impacts of the Great Recession to be held later this year. If this is
a topic in which you are doing research, please let either Director Josh Goldstein
(josh@demog.berkeley.edu), Will Dow (wdow@berkeley.edu) or me know.
And finally, it is my solemn duty to inform you of regulations regarding NIH-funded research, so let it be
known that as of January 14, 2014, it is now illegal to use federal funds “to maintain or establish a
computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of
pornography” (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14-062.html). This
appeared in section 528 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, March 5, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Mark Borgschulte (Department of
Economics, UC Berkeley) “Faculty Retirement and Mortality: The University of California Voluntary Early
Retirement Incentive Programs.” Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and
refreshments served.
Monday, March 3, 12-1:15 PM. Diversity, Development, and the Politics of the Census in Latin America,
with Mara Loveman. | 2334 Bowditch (Center for Latin American Studies), Conference Room
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 9:00 to noon . “Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Adults: Scientific Research
Supporting MCH Life Course Concepts.” with Sylvia Guendelman, Brenda Eskenazi, Kim Harley and
Barbara Abrams. To register, visit Eventbrite registration: http://bit.ly/1eM5tl9. For more information,
contact Cheri Pies, cpies@berkeley.edu. The Alumni House.
Wednesday, March 5, 12 noon. “The Iconic Ghetto: A Reference Point For The New American Color Line
“ with Professor Elijah Anderson. 652 Barrows. Download the flyer
here: http://africam.berkeley.edu/feature-detail/the-iconic-ghetto%3A-a-reference-point-for-the-newamerican-color-line.
Wednesday, March 5, 4-6 PM. ““The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low
Income Students”with Caroline Hoxby, Stanford. | 648 Evans Hall | Note change in date, time, and
location
Thursday, March 6, 4:15-6 PM. Bay Area Colloquia on Population. Ronald Lee (Demography and
Economics, UC Berkeley), Kenneth Wachter (Demography and Statistics, UC Berkeley), Alleles, Longevity
and the Evolution of Aging. Dlab Convening Room, 356B Barrows Hall (west end of building)
Thursday, March 6 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. "The Effect of School Finance Reforms on the Distribution of
Spending, Academic Achievement, and Adult Outcomes" with Rucker Johnson, GSPP. | Barrows Hall, 652
Barrows
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
Wednesday, 4:15 PM. March 5, Stanford University’s Morrison Inst. For Population and Resource Studies
Colloquia: Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University: “A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic
Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration”- Room T-175 of Herrin Hall. For more information:
http://hsblogs.stanford.edu/morrison/files/2014/02/A-Nation-of-Immigrants-1vzwk7t.pdf.
CONFERENCES
9th Summer Institute on Migration and Global Health Oakland, California, June 16-19, 2014 is a unique
opportunity for professionals and students from all over the world. During the four days of the event,
participants will learn the latest facts and figures on the many issues that affect mobile populations;
acquire new skills; and have the opportunity to network with experts currently working in the field. For
more information and to register online please
visit: https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1447479.
Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop 2014, June 11th – 13th, 2014, Columbia Population Research
Center, Columbia School of Social Work, New York City. The workshop is designed to familiarize
participants with the data available in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a national study
following a birth cohort of (mostly) unmarried parents and their children, providing information about
the capabilities, circumstances, and relationships of unwed parents, the wellbeing of their children, and
the role of public policy in family and child wellbeing. Additional information about the workshop,
including application submission details, will be posted as it becomes available
at: http://cupop.columbia.edu/research/signature-research-areas/fragile-families-data-workshops.
FUNDING
Russell Sage Foundation Request for Proposals: “Intergenerational Mobility in the United States:
Obtaining New Insights from Population-Based Statistics.” RSF seeks applications for research projects
that deepen our understanding of intergenerational mobility in the U.S. by using recently released
statistics on mobility from the Equality of Opportunity Project. Using Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
administrative tax records on earnings for more than 40 million children and their parents, Chetty,
Hendren, Kline, and Saez (2014) have made available new public use statistics on intergenerational
mobility in the U.S. Applicants from all of the social sciences are encouraged to submit proposals
utilizing this new data resource (possibly in combination with other data sources). Funding Accepted
proposals will receive up to $20,000 in funding for a faculty project (junior or senior) and up to $7,000
for a graduate student project. Applications may be submitted by teams of researchers. The maximum
funding for a faculty project will be $20,000. If a graduate student project has multiple students, we will
consider funding up to $14,000. Application Guidelines Applicants must submit a concise (4 page max.)
single-spaced proposal describing the proposed work, as well as a detailed budget, up-to-date CVs, and
a letter from their institution stating that it will act as the fiscal agent for the project should an award be
made. Graduate students must also submit a letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor.
Applicants are encouraged to explore in detail the available data at http://www.equality-ofopportunity.org/index.php/data and to be specific in the proposed analysis, including which tables from
the project they plan to use and any additional sources of data that will be required. For detailed
information about what can and cannot be included in the budgets, please read the RSF Budget
Guidelines at: http://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply/apply-project-awards/guidelines (scroll half
way down). Submission Deadlines: Complete applications must be emailed to
intergenmobility2014@rsage.org. Applications will be accepted through Friday, March 28 at 12pm
(noon) Eastern Time. Decisions will be announced by early May. The Foundation expects to fund 5-7
proposals.
National Institute of Justice: Proposals Solicited for Research on Gangs, Children Exposed to Violence,
Elder Exploitation and Policing. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has recently released a slate of
new solicitations for which it is currently seeking proposals. They include research on gangs and gang
violence; research and evaluation on children exposed to violence; research and evaluation on the
abuse, neglect and exploitation of elderly individuals; and testing geospatial predictive policing
strategies. The deadline for all applications is April 25, 2014
Also, NIJ has many grant programs that may be of interest to BPC affiliates and their graduate
students. A full list for the grants mentioned above, as well as dissertation and other research grants,
can be found at: http://nij.gov/funding/Pages/current.aspx?type=current.
Travel Grants to ISA, 2014. ASA’s travel grants for the ISA World Congress in Yokohama, Japan. There’s
still time for your members to apply for funds; The deadline is March 14, 2014. See
http://www.asanet.org/funding/isa_announcement.cfm for more information.
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Faculty/Post-doctoral Research Grant (19159).
Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty
members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with nonprofit human
service organizations in the United States and Canada. Deadline(s): 04/01/2014.
For more information visit: http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation, Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program. Grants of up
to $5,000 are available to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States
and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in
the functioning or well being of children,adults, couples, families, or communities, or about
interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. Deadline(s):
04/01/2014. http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html.
American Sociological Association - The Martin Levine Memorial Dissertation Award provides $3,000
to a graduate student (and $500 to an honorable mention) in the final stages of dissertation research
and writing, who is working on those topics to which Levine devoted his career: the sociology of
sexualities, the sociology of homosexuality, and HIV/AIDS research. Sponsor: American Sociological
Association. Deadline(s): 04/01/2014. http://www.asanet.org/sections/sexualities_awards.cfm.
Berman Foundation Dissertation Fellowships, The Association for Jewish Studies offers two awards of
$16,000 for the academic year – aim to support the development and expansion of the field of the social
scientific study of Jewish Americans and the contemporary Jewish-American experience; enhance
funding opportunities for up-and-coming scholars in the midst of institutional cutbacks in higher
education; and encourage graduate students in sociology, social psychology, social anthropology,
demography, contemporary history, social work, political science, geography, and education to expand
their research to include the study of North American Jewry. Deadline(s): 03/14/2014. For more
information, visit http://www.ajsnet.org/berman.htm.
TRAINING
21st Annual RAND Summer Institute, July 7-10, 2014, Santa Monica, CA. Two conferences addressing
critical issues facing our aging population: Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists; Workshop on the
Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging. Interested researchers can apply for
financial support covering travel and accommodations. For more information, visit
www.rand.org/labor/aging/rsi.html.
Dlab:
Visit their website, http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Popcenter News February 25, 2014
Hi Everybody,
I want to draw your attention to the developments in the Social Science Matrix
(http://matrix.berkeley.edu). The Matrix seeks to do what the Popcenter and CEDA have been doing for
years - seeking out and supporting the development of innovative research projects - but to do so on a
broader level with more campus support. The Popcenter and CEDA are two of the research centers now
organized under the Matrix umbrella.
One thing I've found out in my years here: faculty are creative but also busy and need an extra hand or
two at putting together new research endeavors or preparing grant applications. The Matrix is a way to
create a larger pool of resources for more traction. Below is an offer for one form of support, and note
that it extents to graduate students and postdocs, so please let others know about this and other
opportunities.
-Leora
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Nils Gilman <nils_gilman@berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:09 AM
Subject: Social Science Matrix: Call for 2014-15 seminar proposals
To: Bill Hanks <wfhanks@berkeley.edu>, Nils Gilman <nils_gilman@berkeley.edu>
You may have already seen this, but Bill Hanks and I wanted to write to you personally to ask you to
encourage your faculty colleagues and graduate students to apply to run a Social Science Matrix seminar
in 2014-15. Applications are due April 1, 2014.
As you know, Matrix seminars are groups of scholars who meet regularly to explore or develop a
question of social science import, with preference given to those in which students and faculty
collaborate across disciplines, within or beyond the social sciences.
All Matrix seminars receive full administrative support in coordinating, scheduling, and administering
the stipend. The aim is to remove the practical burdens of organizing a group. All seminars also receive
assistance from Matrix staff specialized in identifying, applying for and coordinating research funding.
Here the aim is to help seminar leaders think about and pursue funding sources for further research
project.
Matrix seminars may address any social science research questions, theoretical or empirical, drawing on
any of the social sciences. Matrix is especially interested in new and emerging approaches that can be
brought to bear on contemporary issues in society and which combine research at different scales and
from different methodologies.
Matrix supports two kinds of seminar:

Prospecting Seminars run a single semester, meeting 3-5 times. The aim is to explore a
new area or question, to assess whether it is a productive one for further research, and if so to
plan next steps. Prospecting seminars receive a stipend of $1500, and when appropriate, they
may convert to longer Research Seminars.

Research Seminars run two semesters, meeting regularly around a defined research
program. They may grow out of a Prospecting Seminar or not, and may begin in either semester.
Research seminars receive a stipend of $5000.
Proposals should be no more than two (2) pages, and should provide

A title for the seminar – and whether it will be a Research or a Prospecting Seminar.
(Please say whether you’d prefer the seminar to start in Fall ’14 or Spring ’15.)

A description of the topic to be investigated, including terse statement of crossdisciplinary significance.

A list of proposed participants and their disciplinary backgrounds. Social Science Matrix
strongly encourages seminars to include graduate students as participants.
Please note that Social Science Matrix will welcome proposals from people at any stage of their careers:
professors at all levels, but also postdocs and graduate students.
Proposals should be mailed to socialsciencematrix@berkeley.edu by April 1, 2014. Applicants will be
notified of results by April 30, 2014. For additional details, please have those interested contact me
(nils_gilman@berkeley.edu).
Please circulate this email with your friends and colleagues.
Best, Nils
Weekly News February 24, 2014
Hello Everybody,
However difficult it may be to get an NIH grant funded these days, know that it can be done: Julianna
Deardorff’s NIDA application, “Early Adversity Shapes Adolescent Risk Behavior Trajectories In Mexican
Americans“ was just awarded. Congratulations!
And if you have a grant idea but may not have time to develop it, please contact me for ideas on how to
make it happen.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, February 26, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Peter Hepburn and Alison Gemmill
(Sociology and Demography; Demography, UC Berkeley), “Women's Household Income Contributions
and Higher-Order Births in the United States.” Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies
and refreshments served.
TODAY! Monday, February 24, 12-1 PM. Waiting for Change: Is It Time to Increase the $2.13
Subminimum Wage?” Speaker/Performer: Sylvia Allegretto. Institute for Research on Labor &
Employment, Large Conference Room, 2521 Channing Way.
Monday, February 24, 2-3:30 PM. Sociology Colloquium. “The Specter of Global China: Raw Encounters
in the African Sub-continent” Ching Kwan Lee is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los
Angeles. 402 Barrows Hall.
Monday, Feb 24, 4-6 PM. Health Disparities Cluster Lecture Series. With Prof Lisa Sun Hee Park, “The
Borders Within: Public Charge and the Racial Politics of Immigrant Health Care." 554 Barrows Hall.
Monday, February 24 | 6 p.m. Labor in the Global Economy with Bob King, United Auto Workers.
Wheeler Hall, Room 315 (Maude Fife)
Tuesday, February 25, 4-5 PM. Author talk: “Migrant Teachers.” With Lora Bartlett, author and
associate professor of education at UC Santa Cruz. Tolman Library.
Wednesday, February 26, 4-5:30 PM. “A New Movement Era?: Reflections by Frances Fox Piven”
Speaker: Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center. | 112
Wurster Hall
Thursday, February 27, 2014, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Labor: "Does Early Child Care Help or Hinder Children's
Development?" with Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne Evans Hall, room 648.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
Wednesday, 4:15 PM. Feb. 19, Stanford University’s Morrison Inst. For Population and Resource Studies
Colloquia: Peter Small, Gates Foundation: “From Vicious to Virtuous: A Recent History of Global TB
Diagnostics” - Room T-175 of Herrin Hall. Visit the Morrison website for more
information: http://hsblogs.stanford.edu/morrison/morrison-institute-winter-colloquium/.
SAVE THE DATE
Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Adults: Scientific Research Supporting MCH Life Course Concepts. The
Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 9:00 to noon at the Alumni House and it is a
FREE event. School of Public Health faculty will be talking about their current research -- Sylvia
Guendelman, Brenda Eskenazi, Kim Harley and Barbara Abrams. To register, visit Eventbrite registration:
http://bit.ly/1eM5tl9. For more information, contact Cheri Pies, cpies@berkeley.edu.
NIH FUNDING
Data Sharing for Demographic Research Infrastructure Program (U24), seeks to increase the impact of
NICHD-funded research within the scientific mission of the NICHD Population Dynamics Branch (PDB) by
providing research infrastructure to: promote data sharing; support the development of procedures and
technologies for data sharing; disseminate best practices in data sharing; provide a resource that
catalogs NICHD-funded data available for secondary analysis; and promote the secondary analysis of
data collected through NICHD grants to research teams outside the original grantees. Due April 25,
2014. For more information visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-14-015.html.
Request for Information (RFI): Input on Future Directions for the Science of Behavior Change Common
Fund Program. The NIH Common Fund Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Program has sought to
transcend disciplinary and disease-specific boundaries through a focus on mechanisms of behavior
change. The SOBC Program seeks input to aid in shaping the directions for potential future investments
and is soliciting input from members of the extramural research community working in any area of
science relevant to behavior change. We also encourage input from stakeholders who: represent
research communities focused on a range of diseases or conditions for which behavior change is
relevant, are at all stages of career development, or are working at any point on the basic to applied
continuum. Input is also requested from groups and organizations with an interest in understanding
behavior and intervening to promote and sustain behavior change for purposes of health promotion,
health maintenance, disease management, and disease prevention. For more information,
visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RM-14-007.html. These announcements are
opportunities to steer NIH into the direction of your own research interests.
CALL FOR PAPERS
2014 Add Health Users Conference, Thursday-Friday, June 26-27, 2014, National Institutes of Health
Campus, Bethesda, Maryland. Abstract submission deadline: March 10, 2014, Authors notified by April
1, 2014. All papers using Add Health data are welcome. Papers on both substantive and methodological
topics are invited. We especially encourage papers that use a multilevel longitudinal design linking
adolescence and adulthood, including: (1) the use of biomarker data with longitudinal social, behavioral,
and environmental data; (2) research on genetic and environmental influences on health and behavior;
(3)the effects of adolescent environments on health, family, educational, and work trajectories into
adulthood. HOW TO APPLY: Use the Abstract Submission Form available here:
https://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/events/2014-abstract-submission-form.
Application Deadline for Young Scholars Conference, February 28th. Hosted by the Center for the Study
of Social Movements, University of Notre Dame May 2, 2014. In conjunction with the presentation of
the John D. McCarthy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Scholarship in Social Movements, The
Center for the Study of Social Movements at Notre Dame will be hosting a “Young Scholars” Conference
the day before the award events. The recipient of the McCarthy Award, Bert Klandermans will be in
attendance and other senior scholars visiting Notre Dame for the award presentation will serve as
discussants for the conference. We would like to invite 12 advanced graduate students and early-career
faculty to present a work solidly in-progress at the conference, enjoy an opportunity to discuss their
work with some of the leading scholars in the field, and meet others in the new cohort of social
movement scholars. Conference attendees will also be invited to the McCarthy Award Lecture and the
award banquet on May 3. The Center will pay for meals, up to three nights lodging, and contribute $500
toward travel expenses for each of the conference attendees. The Center will select invitees from all
nominations received by February 28, 2014. Nominations will be accepted for ABD graduate students
and those who have held their Ph.D.s less than two years. Nominations must be written by the
nominee’s faculty dissertation advisor (or a suitable substitute intimately familiar with the nominee’s
research, if the advisor is unavailable). Nominations should include: 1. A letter of nomination. 2. The CV
of the nominee. 3. A one-page abstract of the work to be presented. Nominations should be sent via
email to Rory McVeigh, Director of the Center for the Study of Social Movements, rmcveigh@nd.edu.
FUNDING
William T. Grant Foundation “Reducing Inequality” program supports high-quality research that
enhances our understanding of the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequalities in youth
development. For more information,
visit: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/reducing-inequality.
William T. Grant Foundation “Use of Research Evidence” program is designed for supporting research
that can inform policy and practice that affect youth and we recognize that divides still exist between
the research, policy, and practice communities. WTGF supports studies of how policymakers and
practitioners engage with research. This includes understanding their definitions of research,
perceptions of its relevance and quality, and preferred modes of communication as well as the forces
that influence their uses of research. For more information,
visit: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/use-of-researchevidence.
FELLOWSHIPS
Senior Research Fellow Program. The program's main objective is to facilitate collaboration between
academic scholars and government researchers in fields such as statistics, economics, survey
methodology, and social science. Research Fellows have unique opportunities to expand their work to
address some of the difficult methodological problems and analytic challenges BLS faces. Fellows are
funded to conduct research at the BLS headquarters in Washington, DC, use BLS data and facilities, and
work closely with BLS staff. There is more information available on our website at
http://www.bls.gov/osmr/asa_nsf_bls_fellowship_info.htm or in our brochure at
http://www.amstat.org/careers/pdfs/ASANSFBLSFellowshipProgram.pdf. Proposals are due March 2,
2014. Fellowship applicants should have a recognized research record and considerable expertise in
their area of proposed research. Applicants must submit a detailed research proposal, which will be
evaluated on the applicability of the research to BLS programs, the value of the proposed research to
science, and the quality of the applicant's research record. Applicants do not need to be US Citizens, but
they must be affiliated with a US institution (such as a university). US Government employees are not
eligible. We encourage interested researchers to contact us before submitting a proposal, so we can
provide assistance in tailoring the proposed topic to best utilize your skills and interests in addressing
BLS issues. Please contact Jean Fox (Fox.jean@bls.gov) if you have any questions. Jean Fox Bureau of
Labor Statistics 2 Massachusetts Ave, NE Room 1950 Washington, DC 20212
(202) 691-7370.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
The Center for Research on Social Change announces a Call for Applications for the 2014-15 Graduate
Fellows Training Program. To read more about this program and to download an application go to:
http://crnai.berkeley.edu/grad_fellows. *Deadline: Monday, March 10 @ 5pm *
The National Council for Research on Women has launched the Mariam K. Chamberlain Dissertation
Award and announced the inaugural call for submissions. Annually, a first-generation college graduate
will be awarded $8,500 to continue work on a dissertation under the close supervision of a senior
dissertation advisor, who will receive $1,500 for continued mentorship. The Award is open to any firstgeneration college graduate currently pursuing a PhD (must be ABD by August 2014) at an accredited
university in the U.S. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on March 10, 2014. The
awardee and mentor duo will be announced during the Council’s annual conference in May 2014. The
student’s dissertation must be related to the Council’s mission to end gender inequity, its annual theme
(in 2014, the Modern Family) and its three program focus areas: Identity (social construction of gender,
including intersections of race, class, sexual orientation, sexual identity, ability, geography, etc., as well
as discrimination based on gender); Economic well-being (issues of economic justice, work fairness and
business leadership); and Thriving environments (from personal safety, e.g., sexual assault, to
community and global, e.g., climate change and civic leadership, concerns). For more information,
including additional requirements, frequently asked questions and the complete application, please visit
http://www.ncrw.org/MKCAwardInfo.
Job Listings: If you are on the job market, sign up for the world famous Popcenter/Demography job
listings board, which has listings for faculty, fellowship, research and other positions within and outside
of academia. Find the link on the lower right of the Popcenter website, http://popcenter.berkeley.edu.
ON THE WEB
Webinar: Using GIS to do Great Economic and Workforce Development Research, February 27, 2014,
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM. To register (free), visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/472652994.
Dlab:
A new feature is to share campus events … you can advertise your event on their website. Other new
announcements is an R for beginners class, in March.
Weekly News February 18, 2014
Hello Everybody,
There's many newsworthy items in this week's edition of the Weekly News, including a longer
introduction to obesity research at Cal, so take a few minutes and read on.
But first, a little bit of business: PAA has announced pre-registration. Presenters must register but do
not have to be PAA members. Visit www.popassoc.org <http://www.popassoc.org/> to register.
Jennifer Ahern won an NIH grant and she is now hiring a Research Analyst. I've put the entire
advertisement at the bottom of this email. If you know of anyone looking for a position, please forward
it to them.
Second - obesity research at Cal. One of the challenges of research at Berkeley is the ironically one of its
greatest strengths: the wide range of scholarship in its many fields. There are people who study the
same topic from different perspectives, and yet don't know about the existence of the others. So this
Weekly News, and others to follow, features an introduction.
This week's topic is obesity. Several affiliates of BPC who work in this area are in the School of Public
Health: Barbara Abrams has an NIMD grant, titled "Intergenerational Obesity: Do Early Adversity And
Pregnancy Explain Disparities?" Barbara Laraia, has an NIH grant to examine neighborhood effects on
weight change and diabetes risk factors. Malo Hutson, Mahasin Mujahid, Jason Corburn and Michael
Jerrett also have examined neighborhood effects. Julianna Deardorff has been studying long-term
effects of maternal obesity on offspring's outcomes and found a positive relationship, and Sylvia
Guendelman has also studied health outcomes including weight gain and retention as facets of maternal
health. Lia Fernald found that both undernutrition and obesity in Latin America paradoxically
coexist. Tomas Aragon has coined a term of "Sugar MADNESS"
(http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2014/02/02/sugar-madness/), something consistent with Robert Lustig's
(UCSF) message. But it's not just in SPH where obesity is studied. Dan Farber, Law School with a
specialty in environmental law, blogged on what would happen if the rest of the world had the US
weight profile in terms of food security. Graduate students are also engaged in this subject. Taichi
Suzuki, a PhD student from the Integrative Biology department, has just published work in the Royal
Society Journal Biology Letters, showing that people who live in colder climates have a gut bacteria
profile associated with obesity, work that parallels an interest by Lee Riley in Epidemiology. Economist
Stefano DellaVigna looked at the proximity of fast food restaurants and obesity, finding that restricting
access to school-aged children might be beneficial but not so for (driving) adults.
But I am far from the first to notice the shared interest across campus. The new Berkeley Food Institute
has pulled together faculty from the Goldman School of Public Policy, the Graduate School of
Journalism, Berkeley Law, and the School of Public Health to "foster innovative connections between
research, education, policy, practice, and social movements to develop and strengthen sustainable food
and agriculture systems that are healthy, just, diverse and resilient." To learn more about BFI, visit their
website, www.berkeleyfoodinstitute.org <http://www.berkeleyfoodinstitute.org/> .
Obesity and nutrition are hot topics these days, as are interdisciplinary teams. Funders have recognized
that any effective policy will likely draw from conceptual and causal frameworks from law and the social,
behavioral, psychological and physiological sciences. If you have a research idea that could lead to
external funding, we may have pilot funds and we are more than happy to help you develop a grant
proposal.
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, February 17, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Chengdiao Fan (Department of
Anthropology, Stanford University). "Human Reproduction, Maternal Instinct, and Low Fertility in Urban
Taiwan." Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Tuesday, February 18, 12:30-1:30 PM. Development Lunch: "Political integration and urbanization in
China" with Eva Yiwen Cheng. | 648 Evans Hall
Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 12:40 - 2:00 p.m. Health Services Research Colloquium presents:
Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D. Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). Title: "Improving Quality While Slowing Spending Growth: The
Alternative Quality Contract (AQC)" University Hall, Room 714C.
Wednesday, February 19, 4-6 PM. Regents Lecture: "Triple Aim, Triple Gain - The Three Most Promising
Areas for Innovation in Health Globally" Featured Speaker: Lord Nigel Crisp, Member, House of Lords
UK. | 150 University Hall.
Wednesday, February 19, 4-5:30 PM. ISSI Seminar: "Why are so many Americans in prison?" with
Steven Raphael, Goldman School of Public Policy. Wildavsky Conference Room, 2538 Channing (SW
corner of Channing and Bowditch).
Thursday, February 20, 2014, 2:00-3:30 p.m., Labor: "The comparative advantage of cities" Speaker:
Donald Davis, Columbia University. Evans Hall, room 648.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
Wednesday, 4:15 PM. Feb. 19, Stanford University's Morrison Inst. For Population and Resource Studies
Colloquia: Sally Otto, University of British Columbia: "The Evolutionary Enigma of Sex" - Room T-175 of
Herrin Hall. Visit the Morrison website for more information:
http://hsblogs.stanford.edu/morrison/morrison-institute-winter-colloquium/.
SAVE THE DATE
Today's Children, Tomorrow's Adults: Scientific Research Supporting MCH Life Course Concepts. The
Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 9:00 to noon at the Alumni House and it is a
FREE event. School of Public Health faculty will be talking about their current research -- Sylvia
Guendelman, Brenda Eskenazi, Kim Harley and Barbara Abrams. To register, visit Eventbrite registration:
http://bit.ly/1eM5tl9. For more information, contact Cheri Pies, cpies@berkeley.edu.
Health Disparities Cluster Lecture Series. Held on Monday, starting Feb. 24, from 4-6 PM. The first talk
is with Prof Lisa Sun Hee Park, "The Borders Within: Public Charge and the Racial Politics of Immigrant
Health Care." To be given at 554 Barrows Hall (future talks may be held elsewhere).
CONFERENCES
Digitizing Demography, August 14, 2014, Menlo Park, CA. A collaborative conference between
academia and industry about how digitization is affecting social demographic research sponsored by
Facebook. To be held the day before the American Sociological Association meetings in SF, the
conference aims to bring together faculty, grad students, and industry professionals to share techniques
related to data collection with the advent of social media and increased interconnectivity across the
world. We request papers or extended abstracts from researchers, academics, or professionals
working in these areas who would like to present. We will have two categories of talks, presentations
and lightning talks. Presentations should be approximately 20 minutes and focus on a barrier and
solution you have encountered related to the increasing availability of digital data collection.
Where possible, academics and industry professionals working in the same area will be paired, with a
20 minute joint Q&A to follow each pair of presentations. There will be additional "lightning talks" of
3Q5 minutes that can be used to present a novel problem and solution . Facebook representatives will
be available throughout the conference to discuss the company's academic outreach and role in the
research community. The conference will run approximately 10a.m.-7p.m. at the Facebook campus in
Menlo Park, CA. Facebook will run complimentary shuttles from the ASA conference hotel to our
campus. The program will consist of three or four sessions of presentations, with lightning talks
interspersed between sessions. The conference will focus on the technical and methodological options
available to population researchers in the age of social media and widespread digital
interconnectivity. While on our campus, we will serve lunch, give tours of the campus, and end with
a cocktail mixer from 5-7p.m. Shuttles will return participants to the conference hotel during and after
the mixer. We are interested in any relevant topics, including:
* Using digital devices to collect data for social science.
* Surveying vulnerable populations.
* Mode effects between digital, phone, and face to face surveys.
* Syncing attitudinal and behavioral data. Please submit abstracts to organizers Michael Corey
(mrcorey@fb.com) and Peter Brandon (pbrandon@albany.edu). Abstracts should:
* Be no more than page in length.
* Specify a preference for a lightning talk (5 min) or presentation (20 min).
* Abstracts will be reviewed on a rolling basis from Friday(Feb(28th by a panel of industry and academic
experts. A separate call for attendees will be sent once a draft program is created. Please mark your
calendars and follow us @ http://www.facebook.com/DigitalDemography2014
CALL FOR PAPERS
Call for papers -- British Society for Population Studies has put out a call for papers for its 2014 annual
conference, scheduled for Sept. 8-10 at the University of Winchester. Possible topics include: families
and households, aging, social policy implications of increased longevity, demographic projections, and
population change and the environment, as well as many others. Paper submissions are due March 31.
For more information, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/mueveef.
Robert Wood Johnson announces a new journal: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal Of The Social
Sciences, which will be a peer-reviewed open-access journal. (BPC affiliate Rucker Johnson is on the
editorial board.) They are calling for articles on the severe deprivation in America. The deadline for
abstracts is February 24. For more information about topics and submission requirements, visit:
https://www.russellsage.org/publications/category/rfa_rsf_journal.
RWJ Conference: Related to the above announcement about the new journal, there will also be a
conference and special issue on the subject of severe deprivation. Scroll down to the bottom of the web
page listed above for more information.
FUNDING
Baltimore Community Fellowship Program: Up to 12 individuals are awarded a Baltimore Community
Fellowship to implement innovative projects that seek to improve the circumstances and capacity of an
underserved community in Baltimore City. The goals of these fellowships are to encourage public and
community service careers, expand the number of mentors and role models available to youth in innercity neighborhoods, and promote entrepreneurial initiatives that empower communities to increase
opportunities and improve the quality of life for their residents. Applicants may either apply for a
fellowship: 1) to work under the auspices of a nonprofit organization in Baltimore City; or, 2) to work
independently. In cases where the fellowship takes place at an organization in Baltimore, applicants
must secure sponsorship from that organization. The applicant's project must be harmonious with the
mission of the host organization in the areas of: arts and culture; black male achievement; civil
liberties/legal rights; community empowerment; drug addiction treatment; economic
justice/empowerment; education; health; housing; media; youth development; and other. All letters of
inquiry are due by Monday, March 3, 2014. OSI will invite those applicants chosen for further
consideration to develop a more detailed proposal in May 2014. Applicants chosen to continue to the
next stage will have six weeks to submit a full proposal. For more information on eligibility, award
amounts and application process, visit: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/baltimorecommunity-fellowships .
RWJ Health Impact Project Releases Call for Proposals. Proposal deadline: April 02, 2014, (6 p.m. ET)The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew
Charitable Trusts, promotes the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) and related approaches to
help policy-makers in a wide range of fields incorporate health considerations into new policies,
programs, plans, and projects, and make decisions that reduce unnecessary health risks, improve health,
and decrease costs. For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/nwb7aj6.
DATA
European Social Survey: The call for proposals from multi-national teams - to design modules for the
European Social Survey (ESS) Round 8 questionnaire - has now opened. ESS Round 8 will go into the field
in September 2016. The call invites proposal for new modules as well as repeats of modules that have
already been fielded. Two academically-led teams will be selected, each of which will be awarded a
module of up to 30 items. Download the full call text and associated documents from the ESS website
http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/methodology/questionnaire/rotating_quest ionnaire.html. The
deadline for receipt of applications is 17.00 UK time on 12th May 2014. If you have any queries about
the call please contact ess@city.ac.uk. Rory Fitzgerald, Director European Social Survey, City University
London. +44 207 040 4903, Twitter @RoryFitzESS, www.europeansocialsurvey.org
<http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/> .
AWARDS
Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Population. 2014 Call for Nominations. ***
Deadline extended to March 1, 2014 *** The Sociology of Population Section seeks nominations for an
award recognizing an outstanding published article in demography or population studies by a
sociologist. The nomination deadline is March 1, 2014. To be eligible, articles must have a 2012, 2013,
or 2014 publication date. Self-nominations are accepted. Accompany nominations with a short letter
explaining the significance of the work and its contribution to the sociology of population. Please send
an electronic copy of the nominating letter(s) and article by email to: Nancy Luke (Chair) at
nkl10@psu.edu. Other committee members include Kristin Turney and Jennifer Montez.
ON THE WEB
Webinar: Using GIS to do Great Economic and Workforce Development Research. February 27, 2014,
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM. This webinar will show researchers how they can start working in Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) today with free to low-cost systems and easy training options. Attendees will
learn how they can use GIS to develop powerful economic and workforce research to help their
customers succeed. Examples such as gravity modeling (Casino analysis) and creating heat maps
(employment or layoff impacts) will demonstrate possible applications. Presenter: Alan Spell, Research
Manager, Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. There is no fee. To
register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/472652994.
Jobs listing website. If you are interested in research jobs that are not tenure track, one website that is
new to me is www.indeed.com <http://www.indeed.com/> .
Dlab:
A new feature is to share campus events ... you can advertise your event on their website. Other new
announcements is an R for beginners class, in March. I'll be giving a talk on Feb 11 about careers for
social scientists off the tenure track.
RESEARCH DATA ANALYST - UC BERKELEY The First Review Date for this job is: February 21, 2014
Departmental Overview
The Research Data Analyst is responsible for designing and implementing data analyses and data
simulations for Dr. Ahern's research projects, in collaboration with Dr. Ahern and co-Investigators. This
position involves analyzing, and interpreting analyses of health data, including selecting data samples
from statewide health data for California, and analyzing collected information with statistical methods
that include standard regression, propensity-score based methods, and substitution estimation
methods. This position also involves developing simulations in the programming language R that
operationalize a range of research study design and analysis options, and assess the relative
performance (in terms of bias and variance) of the design and analysis combinations. Simulations will be
developed into an online simulation system. This position will also involve preparation of analysis results
for publications, presentations, and proposals.
Responsibilities
*
Plans long-term health research studies, including the preparation of proposals, survey instruments
and determination of sampling and statistical procedures. *
Implements and interprets analyses of
health data, including selecting data samples, and analyzing collected information with statistical
methods. *
Develops simulations that correspond to a range of study design and analysis options,
and assess relative performance (in terms of bias and variance) of the design and analysis combinations,
and collaborates on development of an online simulation system. *
Prepares analysis results for
publications and presentations. *
May supervise research analysis of students, support staff and/or
lower level analysts.
Required Qualifications
*
Thorough knowledge of research function.
*
Advanced skills associated with statistical analysis and systems programming.
*
Thorough skills in analysis and consultation.
*
Skills to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in
writing.
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Research skills at a level to evaluate alternate solutions and develop recommendations. Strong
quantitative background.
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Advanced knowledge of the R (or S-Plus) programming environments - knowledge of Stata, SAS,
and/or ArcGIS (or other GIS software) in addition would be advantageous.
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Experience with web applications and web programming language.
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Analysis experience in the field of epidemiology, or related research field.
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Research experience with statistical methods that include standard regression, propensity-score
based methods, and substitution estimation methods.
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Experience with manuscript and proposal writing.
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Must be self-motivated, work independently or part of a team, able to learn quickly, meet
deadlines, and demonstrate problem solving skills.
Master's or Doctoral Bachelor's degree in related area, such as statistics, biostatistics, or epidemiology,
and/or equivalent experience/training. Salary & Benefits: Monthly: 4750 - 7050. For information on the
comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:
http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/forms_pubs/misc/benefits_of_belonging.pdf How to apply
http://jobs.universityofcalifornia.edu/?action=search
<http://jobs.universityofcalifornia.edu/?action=search&keywords=&campus%5b%5 d=BK&pageID=8>
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Weekly News February 10, 2014
Hello everybody,
A few reminders….PAA is allowing one to book rooms for the May conference, and it’s always better to
book more than you need and cancel rather than wait till there are no more rooms left. Visit
www.popassoc.org. Also, BacPop (with Ron Lee) is this Thursday at 4 PM. Also, the April BacPop, with
Jan DeVries, is being rescheduled from April 3 to April 7. We apologize for any confusion.
There is some limited webmastering support should you need it for research projects. Contact Bob
Barde (barde@haas.berkeley.edu) for more information).
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, February 12, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Stein Emil Vollset, Magali Barbieri
(University of Bergen, Norway; UC Berkeley/INED), “Trends in Risk and Causes of Death in Middle Age
(40-69 years) Women and Men in the Nordic Countries.” Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont
Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Monday, February 10 | 12-1 p.m. IRLE Seminar. “Waiting for Change: Is It Time to Increase the $2.13
Subminimum Wage” with Sylvia Allegretto| Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, Large
Conference Room.
Monday, February 10 | 2-3:30 p.m. Labor: "Are State Governments Roadblocks to Federal Stimulus?
Evidence from Highway Grants in the 2009 Recovery Act" Daniel Wilson, Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco. | 648 Evans Hall.
Monday, February 10, 4-5:30 PM. Development: "Differential Fertility, Human Capital, and
Development", with Tom Vogl, Princeton University . Evans Hall, room 648
Thursday, Feb 13, 4-6 PM. Bay Area Colloquia on Population. Ronald Lee (Demography and Economics,
UC Berkeley), Demographic Lessons from the National Transfer Accounts. Dlab Convening Room, 356B
Barrows Hall (west end of building)
Friday, February 14, 2014, 12 - 1 p.m., Labor Lunch: "Sequential return to work and disincentives to
marry: The medium-run effects of parental benefits" Speaker: Jochen Kluve, RWI Essen and Humboldt
University Berlin. Evans Hall, room 648,
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
Wednesday, 4:15 PM. Feb. 12, Stanford University’s Morrison Inst. For Population and Resource Studies
Colloquia: Susan Alberts, Duke University: “Life History and Behavior in a Primate Hybrid Zone,“ - Room
T-175 of Herrin Hall.
CONFERENCES
2014 Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics, June 29 to July 11, 2014. The Russell Sage
Foundation's Behavioral Economics Roundtable will sponsor the eleventh Summer Institute in
Behavioral Economics, to be held in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. The purpose of this workshop is
to introduce graduate students and beginning faculty in economics and related disciplines to the
findings and methods of behavioral economics-the application of psychological theory and research to
economics. The program will include topics on psychological foundations such as decision-making under
risk and uncertainty, intertemporal choice, biases in judgment, mental accounting, and social
preferences, as well as the implications of these foundations for savings behavior, labor markets,
development economics, finance, public policy, and other economic topics. For more information and
instructions how to apply, visit: http://tinyurl.com/lmy3nfn. The RSF Behavioral Economics Roundtable
is made up of 28 prominent behavioral economists, and currently sponsors three main activities: a small
grants program for younger scholars undertaking behaviorally oriented research; a two-week summer
workshop taught by Roundtable members for graduate students and junior faculty interested in
entering this interdisciplinary field; and a book series in a behavioral economics co-published by RSF and
Princeton University Press.
FUNDING
Brown University - Spatial Studies postdoctoral fellowship. Likely openings for one or more
Postdoctoral Research Associates that may be of interest to social demographers and human
geographers. The starting date is flexible, but could be as early as June 1, 2014. The initial appointment
will be for a one-year term that may be renewed for a second year. Candidates with a Ph.D. in hand are
preferred, but those near completion of their dissertation may be considered. The Research Associate
will participate in a variety of research projects supported by external grants and directed by Dr. John
Logan through the Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) research initiative. These studies
examine the residential and labor market incorporation of immigrants and minorities in U.S. cities at the
end of the 19th Century making use of 100% population microdata. The Research Associate will be
affiliated with the Population Studies and Training Center (www.pstc.brown.edu) and will have access to
the considerable PSTC research infrastructure. Salary will be based on current NIH guidelines that
depend on the experience/credentials of the appointee and will include health benefits. Contingent on
successful grant applications, review of applications will begin on March 1 To apply please go to
http://apply.interfolio.com/24249 The initial deadline for applications is February 15, 2014, but will
remain open after that until the position is filled.
INTERNSHIPS
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington DC. specializes in research and analysis oriented
toward practical policy decisions and produces solid analytic reports on a timely basis that are accessible
to public officials at national, state and local levels, to nonprofit organizations and to the media, offers a
one-semester internship program. The Center seeks highly motivated undergraduate and graduate
students (including law), as well as recent graduates, in the following areas for full-and occasionally parttime paid internships: Media, Federal Legislation, Health Policy, Housing Policy, International Budget
Partnership, Food Assistance, National Budget and Tax Policy, Outreach Campaigns, State Fiscal Project
and Welfare Reform and Income Support Division. The positions are designed to reflect an intern's
interests in conjunction with the Center's needs and the legislative climate.Deadline(s): 3/01/2014. Email:internship@cbpp.org; For more information, visit
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2719.
ON THE WEB
Summer Workshops: Alan Reifman (AAPOR member) has put together an annual online compendium
of summer statistics and methodology workshops being held across the U.S. and internationally in the
coming months (see link below). Please bring this to the attention of any colleagues and students you
think may be interested. http://reifmanintrostats.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-list-of-summer-statisticsand.html. Also, if you know of programs that he has not listed, contact him at Alan.Reifman@ttu.edu.
Webinar: PRB ENGAGE Presentation, "Population, Health, and Environment Working Together."
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, 10–11 a.m. (EST) (GMT-5). For more information,
visit: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?PopulationReferenceB/902184ccf0/02af83bfbf/626c6748ea. Space is
limited. To register, go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/259721929.
Dlab:
A new feature is to share campus events … you can advertise your event on their website. Other new
announcements is an R for beginners class, in March. I’ll be giving a talk on Feb 11 at 10:30 AM-12 PM
about careers for social scientists off the tenure track.
Weekly News February 3, 2014
Hello Everybody,
As a reminder, the BacPop has been rescheduled from Feb 6 to Feb 13. Please RSVP to Monique Verrier
(Monique@demog.berkeley.edu) for attendance and also the dinner option immediately following the
discussion at the Faculty club. Also, note that the Popcenter’s Weekly News includes events at
Stanford’s population center. See below for this week’s talk
Other events and announcements follow. Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, February 5, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag Sara Lopus, (Department of
Demography, UC Berkeley) Does Rapid Economic Development Translate into Improved Nutritional
Status for Children? Data from Ibo Island, Mozambique. Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont
Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Monday, February 3rd, 2014, 2-3:30 PM. Sociology Colloquium. Leslie McCall. “The Undeserving Rich:
American Beliefs about Inequality, Opportunity, and Redistribution.” 402 Barrows Hall. Graduate
student discussion follows (with refreshments).
Monday, February 3, 3-5 PM. “Beyond Pesticides: Can We Shift to a Pesticide-Free Agriculture?” Panel
Discussion | Speakers/Performers: Brenda Eskenazi, Professor of Epidemiology, UC Berkeley School of
Public Health; Jill Harrison, Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder; Margaret Reeves,
Senior Scientist, Pesticide Action Network North America; David Tuller, Lecturer, Berkeley Graduate
School of Journalism. | Wheeler Hall, Maude Fife Room
Tuesday, February 4, 12:40-2 PM. “Hospital Patient Safety: A Realist Analysis.” Martin Kitchener, PhD,
MBA, Professor & Dean, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. University Hall, Room 714C.
Tuesday, February 4, 2-3:30 PM. "Refugees and Early Childhood Human Capital.” Todd Schoellman,
W.P. Carey School of Business Arizona State University | 597 Evans Hall
Wednesday February 5, 12 PM 5, “Environmental Quality: Impact of Economic Growth,” Sangeeta
Bansal, Jawaharlal Nehru University. 201 Giannini Hall.
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS
Wednesday, 4:15 PM. Feb. 5, Stanford University’s Morrison Inst. For Population and Resource Studies
Colloquia: Marta Tienda, Princeton University: “Causes and Consequences of Late-Age
Immigration” Description: We analyze administrative data for new legal permanent residents for the
period 1981-2009 to investigate the mechanisms driving two unexpected consequences of the 1965
Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act: (1) the surge in Asian immigration and (2) the
gradual increase in late-age immigration. Regional comparisons of the top four sending countries show
direct links between specific policies and changes in the composition of family unification migration.
Room T-175 of Herrin Hall. [If anyone wishes to go contact me and we’ll see about a carpool – LL]
SAVE THE DATE
Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Adults: Scientific Research Supporting MCH Life Course Concepts. The
Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 9:00 to noon at the Alumni House and it is a
FREE event. School of Public Health faculty will be talking about their current research -- Sylvia
Guendelman, Brenda Eskenazi, Kim Harley and Barbara Abrams. To register, visit Eventbrite registration:
http://bit.ly/1eM5tl9. For more information, contact Cheri Pies, cpies@berkeley.edu.
CONFERENCES
Conference on Same-Sex Couples: Frontiers in Measurement and Analysis - March 26, 2014, Bowling
Green University. The Center for Family and Demographic Research and the National Center for Family
& Marriage Research at BGSU will host three distinguished scholars who will discuss their research
findings as well as reflect on the challenges and opportunities related to new research on same-sex
couples. The conference is free, but pre-registration is required. To pre-register for the conference,
simply reply to this email(cfdr@bgsu.edu) by March 5th.. For more information, visit the CFDR website,
http://www2.bgsu.edu/organizations/cfdr/index.html.
FUNDING
Sociological Initiatives Foundation Announces Call for Concept Proposals: Action Research
Projects. Deadline: August 15, 2014, Amount : $10,000-$20,000. The Sociological Initiatives Foundation
is dedicated to the belief that research and action are intrinsically inseparable. We invite concept
proposals for projects that link an explicit research design to a concrete social action strategy. Projects
should also have clear social change goals. SIF has funded projects in the areas of civic participation,
community organizing, crime and law, education, health, housing, immigration, labor organizing, and
language/literacy. Some examples of desired applicants are: academic-community partnerships;
advocacy or community groups that conduct research that can withstand challenge in academic and
policy arenas; academics that organize or link to a constituency through their research. A limited
number of concept applicants will be invited to submit full proposals in the fall of 2014. Applicants
chosen for funding will receive 60% of the funds immediately in January of 2015. They will receive the
remaining 40% after 11 months contingent upon submitting evidence that the project’s 11 month
milestones have been met. Our analysis of past grant recipients has shown that projects typically take
two years, so applicants should think in terms of such a timeline. The Foundation will also track projects
and may choose to invite select grant recipients to apply for a second round of funding to enhance a
project showing significant accomplishments in the previous two years. Complete guidelines,
information on past funded projects, and the on-line concept application are
available: http://www.sifoundation.org/ . For other Sources of Funding for Community Based
Research: http://www.sifoundation.org/16-2/. See the Sociological Initiatives "Links" page for other
organizations and web-sites with extensive links and information related to community-based research:
AWARDS
Sociology of Population Section Student Paper Award: Deadline February 15, 2014: This award
consists of a certificate and support for travel expenses to attend the 2014 ASA meeting in San
Francisco. The paper must use a sociological perspective to address an issue of relevance to
contemporary demography, broadly defined. Purely technical papers are not eligible. Papers can be
sole-authored by students or have multiple student authors; no faculty co-authors are
allowed. Membership in the Population Section is not required for submission, and the paper need not
be on the ASA program, so please forward this announcement to students who might have papers to
submit. Submissions should include a blinded version of the paper (excluding any identifying information
such as name, university affiliation, address, and acknowledgements), a separate cover page with
identifying information, and the name and telephone number of the registrar of your degree-granting
university. Send materials to Sarah Hayford, committee chair, at sarah.hayford@asu.edu. Other
committee members are Jason Houle and Jennifer March Augustine. Further details and submission
criteria are online at http://www.asanet.org/population/awards.cfm
Dlab:
A new feature is to share campus events … you can advertise your event on their website. Other new
announcements is an R for beginners class, in March. I’ll be giving a talk on Feb 11 about careers for
social scientists off the tenure track.
Weekly News January 17, 2014
Hello everybody,
Welcome to 2014! We are back with a full set of events and other plans. First, please mark your
calendars for the BacPop series, our 2 hour semi-formal presentation and discussion of research that is
still in process, so investigators not only present their work but also engage with comments from our
multi-disciplinary audience. This spring we feature three very different kinds of talks, so everybody
should find something of interest:
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February 6, 2014: Ronald Lee (Demography and Economics, UCB), Demographic Lessons
from the National Transfer Accounts.
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March 6, 2014: Kenneth Wachter (Demography and Statistics, UCB), Alleles, Longevity
and the Evolution of Aging.
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April 3, 2014: Jan De Vries (History and Economics, UCB). The Urban Demographic
Transition.
BacPops meet on the first Thursday of the month, from 4 to 6 pm, followed by dinner in the Faculty
Club. This spring we will be meeting in the Dlab conference room, 356 Barrows Hall.
Second, pre-registration for the PAA in Boston, May 1-3, is now open (www.popassoc.org). My advice is
to reserve your hotel room early such that you can always shorten it later on
(http://www.populationassociation.org/sidebar/annual-meeting/hotel-information/)
Third, the working group on the matched employer-employee data set will meet on Wednesday January
29, from 2-4 PM in the Dlab convening room, 371 Barrows (in the 350 suite, west side of Barrows). For
more information, please email me.
Events and announcements follow.
Enjoy this last weekend of the break...
-Leora
*****
EVENTS
Tuesday, January 21 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. Development Lunch: From Maize to Haze: Agricultural Shocks and
the Growth of the Mexican Drug Sector. With Oeindrila Dube, 648 Evans Hall.
Wednesday, January 22, 5-6:30 p.m. Book Event: When Mandates Work: Raising Labor Standards at the
Local Level. | Speakers: Michael Reich, Professor of Economics and Director, IRLE; Ken Jacobs, Chair,
CRLE; Miranda Dietz, CRLE | 2521 Channing Way (Inst. for Res. on Labor & Employment), Large
Conference Room.
Friday, January 24 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. Job market talk, "Moving to Opportunity? Migratory Insurance over
the Great Recession" Danny Yagan, Harvard University – Economics. 648 Evans Hall.
GRANTS
RWJF Funding Opportunities - State Health Access Reform Evaluation. Deadline: February 13, 2014 (3
p.m. ET). State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national
program that supports rigorous research on issues surrounding state health reform. This solicitation
focuses on the coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). SHARE is primarily interested in
timely proposals that examine the implementation of the ACA in states, and/or the impact of the ACA
on coverage, health care utilization, and affordability. Awards up to 18 months and $50,000 to $150,000
each will be funded through this round. For details and how to apply
visit: http://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/calls-for-proposals/2014/state-health-access-reform-evaluation-share-.html?cid=XEM_A7899.
RWJF: Public Health Law Research: Making the Case for Laws that Improve Health. Deadline: April 15,
2014 (3 p.m. ET). Public Health Law Research (PHLR) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. The goal of this program is to build the evidence for and increase the use of effective
regulatory, legal and policy solutions—whether statutes, regulations, case law or other policies—to
protect and improve population health and the public health system. This program contributes to the
Foundation’s commitment to building a culture of health in our country by providing the best possible
evidence and examples of the impact of legal strategies on health. Awards up to 18 months and up to
$150,000 each will be funded through this round. Applicants may request up to $200,000 with strong
justification for additional study expenses. For details and how to apply visit:
http://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/calls-for-proposals/2014/public-health-law-research--making-the-casefor-laws-that-improv.html?cid=XEM_A7899.
The American Cancer Society has issued a Request for Proposals designed to stimulate research that will
generate new knowledge of the effects of the United States healthcare system structure and the role of
insurance on both access to and outcomes of cancer screening, early detection, and treatment services.
Studies investigating how one or more factors affecting access and outcomes interact — such as
insurance status, costs, capacity, personal characteristics, provider characteristics, components of the
healthcare delivery system, and other known factors — are encouraged. Studies may be at the state,
multistate, or national levels, or otherwise involve large populations. Grants are up to $200,000 and
four years. Deadline: April 1, 2014. For more information, visit:
http://www.cancer.org/research/applyforaresearchgrant/granttypes/rfa-role-healthcare-insurancecancer.
FELLOWSHIPS
Drugs, Security and Democracy Fellowship Funding Policy-Relevant Research in Latin America and the
Caribbean. Open for applications, next deadline is January 20th 2014. The fellowship seeks to develop a
concentration of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant outcomes and membership in a
global interdisciplinary network. DSD funded research must address the primary theme of drugs in
relation to security and/or democracy in Latin America or the Caribbean. These topics may include, but
are not limited to, the following issues and areas of study: the relationship of drugs to crime and
violence, the impact of drug policy innovations (decriminalization, etc.), and the impact of drug markets
on public health and human rights. Proposals must demonstrate the potential of the research to
contribute to a sound and credible knowledge base for informed advocacy and decision making for drug
policy, with a goal of producing evidence-based knowledge and influencing drug policy. Projects that do
not have a primary focus on the theme of drugs will be eliminated from the competition. Applications
are welcome from PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers. For more information, visit:
http://www.ssrc.org/.
Jack Kent Cooke Dissertation Fellowships for advanced doctoral students who are completing
dissertations that further the understanding of the educational pathways and experiences of
high-achieving, low-income students. The fellowship is intended to focus more scholarly attention on
the population of students the Foundation serves in order to enable parents, policymakers, and
practitioners to better support such students in achieving their full
potential. Deadline(s): 02/04/2014. Awards are $25,000 for 9-18 months. Applications are encouraged
from a variety of disciplines such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology,
statistics, and psychometrics.For more information visit: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduatescholarships/jack-kent-cooke-dissertation-fellowship-award/.
DATA
GSS Proposals for Questions for use in the 2016 surveys: See the attached flyer. Funding is not
required, they will accept the best proposals. Deadline is March 15, 2014.
Omnibus Survey Opportunity: Competitive Edge Research will be fielding its annual omnibus survey. It
is an RDD telephone survey conducted with landline and cell phone-only households. Sample size is
1,000. All final questions are due by 5pm (PST) Thursday the 23rd of January. Fielding will begin Sunday,
January 26th and conclude Tuesday, February 4th. Appropriately weighted datasets for the adult US
population will be delivered by close of business the following day. Cost is $1,000 for the 1st question,
$900 for the 2nd and $700 per question after that. Space is limited and engagements are taken on a
first-come first-served basis. Datasets include age, time zone, state, urban/suburban/rural, income, and
gender, although others can be added at the above costs. They have been conducting this annual
survey since 2003. For more information, contact John Nienstedt, Sr. President, john@cerc.net.
Benchmarking Community College Success: As education costs continue to rise and the skills gap
persists, the focus is on community colleges as key players to educate the workforce and enable
individuals to gain valuable training to access better jobs. The Workforce Training Benchmark Project is
a national initiative to collect over 50 standardized benchmarks from community college regarding noncredit workforce education. Visit: http://workforceproject.org/ for more information.
DLAB
I just want to remind everyone that Dlab training is open to all, not just students. For example, if you
are thinking of an NSF grant but aren’t familiar with the process, then consider attending the Dlab
Planning session 1/24 for the NSF solicitation: Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive
Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. NSF deadline is 3/3. Planning session for PIs
on F 1/24 3pm sponsored by D-Lab and the Social Science Matrix. For other Dlab offerings, see
http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News January 14, 2014
Hello everybody,
The semester is off to a rolling start and this edition of Weekly News has many announcements and
events, so please be sure to take a look below. Also, let your graduate students know of this list,
too. They can email me and be subscribed with their UC Berkeley email.
Of particular note is the first BacPop (Bay Area Colloquia on Population) with Ron Lee (Demographic
Lessons from the National Transfer Accounts) has been rescheduled from Feb 6 to Feb 13, Thursday, 4-6
PM, still in the new Dlab space (356 Barrows) and still followed by dinner afterwards at the Faculty Club.
RSVP to Monique Verrier (Monique@demog.berkeley.edu) and let her know also if you would like to be
added to the listserv for BacPops (or Brown Bags, too).
Have a great week,
Leora
EVENTS
January 29, Wednesday, 12- 1:15 PM, Demography Brown Bag. Reed Walker (Department of Economics,
UC Berkeley), “The Early Life Environment and Long-Run Human Capital: Evidence from
Administrative Earnings Records in the United States.” Demography Seminar room, 2232 Piedmont
Avenue. Cookies and refreshments served.
TODAY!! Monday, 12-1:30 PM. “Cook, Eat, Man, Woman: The theory and practice of transforming
intra-household gender dynamics to end malnutrition.“ With Raj Patel, Visiting Scholar | Stephens Hall,
Geballe Room. See the event flyer: http://africa.berkeley.edu/flyers/14Jan27-LEC-RajPatel.pdf.
TODAY!!! Monday, 2-3:30 PM. Sociology Department Colloquim: “Navigating Difference within
Sociological Fields.” Race, Class, and Gender have historically been studied as subfields within sociology.
However, these social constructs have implications across all sociological fields. In this panel discussion,
Cristina Mora, Jenna Johnson-Hanks, and Neil Fligstein share their own experiences addressing race,
class, and gender in their subfields of organizations, family, and economic sociology. This panel will be
moderated by Raka Ray. 402 Barrows Hall.
TODAY!! Monday, January 27 | 12-1 p.m. “ Climate Change and Health IdeaLab: Spring Semester Kickoff
Meeting” | B100 Blum Hall
Tuesday, January 28, 12:30-1:30 PM. Development Lunch: African Mines, Gender and Local
Employment. With Anja Tolonen. | 648 Evans Hall
Tuesday, January 28th, 12:40 - 2:00 p.m. "Physician Practices and the Evolution of Accountable Care
Organizations: Do You Believe in Unicorns?" Stephen Shortell. University Hall, Room 714C.
Tuesday, January 28 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. Job Market Seminar: "The Persistent Effect of Temporary
Affirmative Action" Conrad Miller, MIT Economics | 648 Evans Hall
Wednesday, January 29, 5-6:30 PM. Book Event: When Mandates Work: Raising Labor Standards at the
Local Level. Speakers: Michael Reich, Professor of Economics and IRLE; Ken Jacobs, CLRE, Berkeley;
Miranda Dietz, CLRE. | 2521 Channing Way (Inst. for Res. on Labor & Employment), Large Conference
Room
Friday, January 31, 12-1 PM. Labor Lunch: "The effects of the labor market environment on the costs to
fill a vacancy: establishment-level evidence on search, adaptation and disruption costs" with Samuel
Muehlemann, University of Bern. | 648 Evans Hall
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) is launching its initial set of programs for 2013/14. More
information about the BIDS initial general call for participation -- the BIDS Data Science Fellows Program,
the Data Science Senior Fellows, and the Data Science Curriculum Innovation Award -- are available
at http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/datascience/berkeley-institute-data-science-faq. The application
deadline for the various initial BIDS programs is February 14, 2014.
Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop (IIW) is a unique forum for shaping academic products related
to immigration that provides the opportunity to present and respond to works in progress. You may join
at a meeting or virtually by signing up for our listserv dedicated to immigration-related events and
academic opportunities. Our first meeting will be next Friday, January 31 from 12-1:30pm in Barrows
420. Light snacks and refreshments will be served, and you will meet many immigration scholars and
students on campus! If you'd like to present at this meeting, please email me. This semester, we will
be meeting on the following Fridays, 12-1:30pm in Barrows 420: Jan 31, Feb 14, Feb 28, Mar 14, Apr 4,
Apr 18, May 2. Please let me know if you'd like to present and/or be a discussant at any one of these
meetings. (Slots fill up quickly!) Also, Friday, February 7 is the Inaugural Stanford-Berkeley
Immigration Conference! The workshop will meet at Stanford for the whole day. Please come to the
Jan 31 meeting to get more details and sign up for rides. Graduate students are encouraged to
subscribe to the workshop as a one-unit class (Sociology 292) using CCN 82530 (see below for
requirements). To find out more details about the workshop, please read a description below and/or
come to the first meeting. Please circulate this email widely! If you have any questions or would like to
join the immigration listserv, please e-mail me at esther.cho@berkeley.edu.
FUNDING
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently issued an open call seeking applications for a new
investigator program as part of its Data-Driven Discovery (DDD) Initiative. It is anticipated that the DDD
initiative’s investigator program will make about 15 awards at ~ $1,500,000 each, at $200K-$300K/year
for five years. Pre-applications are due by February 24, 2014. More information about this program can
be found at http://www.moore.org/programs/science/data-driven-discovery/ddd-investigators.
XLAB Grants are Available. Xlab is expanding its policy of making small grants available to faculty and
graduate student researchers. Xlab grants cover the costs of paying subjects who participate in Xlab
experiments. Berkeley investigators from all fields –especially those new to experimental work--are
encouraged to apply for these grants. See the Xlab website at
http://xlab.berkeley.edu/researchers/grantsforresearchers.shtml If you have a question about Xlab
grants, contact Executive Director Bob Barde barde@berkeley.edu.
CONFERENCES
REVES - the International Network on Health Expectancy "Healthy longevity - Where you live or how
you live?” May 28-30, Edinburgh, Scotland. Call for papers. A preconference workshop will be held 27
May, afternoon. “Methods and Software for Calculating Health Expectancy” Abstract submission is open
here: http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=4406. Deadline for abstract submission is 3rd February
2014. Authors will be notified by 3rd March 2014. Visit our conference webpage to find out more:
http://tinyurl.com/REVES2014.
2014 International Health Data Linkage Conference, April 28-30, 2014 (with pre-conference
workshops). This conference is intended to highlight what is happening in the world of linked
population-based data as it applies to public policy regarding the health of populations. For additional
information and ongoing updates please visit http://www.ihdlnconference2014.org/.
5th Annual Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences (IGSS) Conference which will be held in
Boulder, Colorado on October 9-10, 2014. The two day conference will include a 4 hour advanced
statistical genetics workshop. Researchers from any of the biological or social sciences are encouraged
to participate. To be considered for this conference, please submit a complete paper, a working draft, or
an extended abstract (including data description, methods, and preliminary results) as a .pdf file to the
following link: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3faqjbW3gD0jrnv by June 1st, 2014.
Information about the conference can be found here:
http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/CUPC/conferences/IGSS_2014/.
Call for Papers: VI Congress of Latin American Population Association, 2014. The V Latin American
Population Association Congress will be held in Lima, Peru, 12-15 August 2014. The central topic of the
congress will be “Population dynamics and sustainable development with equity.” Deadline for short
abstract submission (300 words): ): 24 January 2014, and extended abstracts: 15 March 2014. Abstracts
can only be submitted at the Conference website www.alapop.org. Submissions in Spanish, Portuguese
and English are welcome. Authors will be informed about acceptance of their paper on 16 May 2014.
TRAINING
New Summer Residential Scholarship Institute at Brown University, June 7-21, 2014. THEME:
Population and Development: New Approaches to Enduring Global Problems. Application
Deadline: January 31, 2014. To learn more or apply for BIARI 2014, please visit
http://secure.brown.edu/biari. Participants will receive tailored feedback on their research ideas and
will meet and interact with more than 20 of the world's leaders in population and development studies
over the course of the 2-week institute. In addition to providing cutting-edge and personalized training,
this institute aims to help foster collaborations between the Global North and Global South, as well as
among scholars from different developing regions across the world. Please feel free to
contact biari@brown.edu with any questions.
DLab: Check in to the website on a weekly basis to view opportunities for training or acquiring other
important knowledge to manage a career using data. For more information visit:
http://dlab.berkeley.edu. For example, there is a pilot reading group to explore high-level methods
issues in the social sciences, for example, discussing problems with identification, and the merits and
pitfalls of Bayesian approaches to hypothesis testing. Drop-ins are welcome. In the next couple of
weeks there will be workshops on Human Subjects and IRB requirements. (I will be repeating my
workshop on non-academic careers for social scientists on Feb 11.)
GRADUATE STUDENTS
SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowships. The Dissertation Proposal Development
Fellowship (DPDF) Student Fellowship Competition is organized to help graduate students in the
humanities and social sciences formulate effective research proposals through exploratory research and
exchanges with other scholars within interdisciplinary areas of study. Each year, the program offers
dissertation proposal development workshops led by pairs of tenured senior faculty who define
emerging or reinvigorated interdisciplinary research fields. These research field directors lead groups of
12 graduate students through two multiday workshops during the fellowship cycle. The spring workshop
helps students focus their research questions and prepare them for summer exploratory research that
will inform the design of dissertation proposals. The fall workshop helps students apply their summer
research experiences to writing dissertation research proposals for their departments or funding
agencies. Students may apply for up to $5,000 to cover summer research costs. Travel,
accommodations, and meals for both workshops are covered by the DPDF Program.- apply by February
3, 2014. http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/competitions/dpdf-fellowship/5E3C73A9-934C-E311-A360001CC477EC84/.
Winter News - January 8, 2014
Hello everybody,
A quick reminder: The deadline for submitting a paper to the American Sociological Association (ASA)
meeting (in SF this summer) is today at noon PST.
Cal is still on hiatus but there are various announcements to send forth, so please enjoy this edition of
Winter News - and the rest of your break.
-Leora
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GRANTS
Youth Social Settings - The William T. Grant Foundation is accepting applications from organizations
looking to understand how youth settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can
be improved. Grants of up to $600,000 will be awarded for research projects that address theory,
policy, and/or practice affecting the settings of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States.
Social settings are defined as the social environments in which youth experience daily life. This includes
environments with clear boundaries such as classrooms, schools, and youth-serving organizations, as
well as those with less prescribed boundaries such as neighborhoods or other settings in which youth
interact with peers, family members, and other adults. The next due date for letters of inquiry is
January 8 but the one after that is May 6. For more information, visit:
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/social-settings.
WEBINAR:
The Global Challenge of Managing Migration. WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, 1–1:45 p.m. (EST) (GMT5). Space is limited. In this webinar, Philip Martin, professor at the University of California, Davis, chair of
the UC Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and editor of Migration News and Rural
Migration News, will discuss global trends in migration, exploring causes and regional patterns. Martin
describes the effects of international migration on sending and receiving countries, the struggle to
improve migration management, and what we can anticipate for the future. To register, go to:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/663180320. For more information about Prof Martin’s talk,
look at the recent PRB report: http://www.prb.org/Publications/Reports/2013/global-migration.aspx
CONFERENCES
Conference on Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges, February
24-25, 2014. Natcher Conference Center, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD. Presented by the University of
Michigan Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health. Deadline to submit a poster (through the
registration form): January 15, 2014. Deadline to register: February 14, 2014. Free registration is
available at: https://www.regonline.com/complexitydisparitiespophealth. For additional information,
please visit: http://tinyurl.com/complexitydisparitiespophealt
American Community Survey Data Users Conference, May 29-30, 2014, Holiday Inn Capitol,
Washington D.C. This is a reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract for the upcoming ACS Data
Users Conference is January 15. We invite abstracts from data users working on a wide range of topics
(submissions on other applications of ACS data are also welcome). The American Community Survey
(ACS) Data Users Conference will bring together ACS data users and staff from the U.S. Census Bureau to
improve understanding of the value and utility of ACS data and to promote information sharing among
data users about key ACS data issues and applications. The conference will include a mix of invited and
contributed presentations by ACS data users and an invited Plenary session by Census Bureau staff. To
submit an abstract, visit www.acsdatausers.org. The $200 conference registration fee will be waived
for persons presenting at the meeting.
7th AfrEA (African Evaluation Association) International Conference – OXFAM Evaluation Proposal.
The AfrEA conference will gather 600-700 global participants and African policymakers on March 3-7,
2014 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. This year’s conference theme is Evaluation for Development in Africa: from
Analysis to Impact. Oxfam has been asked by the Rockefeller Foundation Evaluation department to
coordinate a conference strand on “Evaluation Market Solutions to Development and Innovative
Finance”. Proposals should reflect one of the following themes: •The broader landscape of evaluation
in market solutions to development and innovative finance •Financial instruments and solutions •Valuechains and livelihoods •Future directions. A strong proposal will reflect the following qualities:
•Thought leadership. Focus on addressing unique developments •Rigor. Demonstrate research and
evaluation rigor and clarity •Learning methodology. Engage the audience through creative presentation
design How to Submit a Session Proposal We welcome submissions from a variety of perspectives and
experiences from more than one type of organization (e.g., evaluators, representatives from the private
sector, donors, or investors). Each session will be assigned 90 minutes on Wednesday, March 5th,
Thursday, March 6th or Friday, March 7th. The strand coordinating committee will review all
applications, selecting those that best meet the strand’s objectives. To submit a session proposal
complete this form. You must click on File, select Save As and Download the document in order to fill
out the RFP All proposals must be submitted by 5:00 pm EDT on Friday, January 10, 2014, via email to
Clelia Anna Mannino at cmannino@oxfamamerica.org for the proposal to be considered. Please use the
subject line AfrEA Market-Based Solutions RFP. Scholarship A limited number of scholarships will be
available to support the attendance of participants who otherwise would not have the funds to attend
the conference. Women, particularly African evaluators, are strongly encouraged to apply. If you would
like to apply for a scholarship, please contact Belicca Ferrer at bferrer@oxfamamerica.org. Please be
sure to include AfrEA Scholarship in the subject line.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
The Social Science Research Institute at Duke University has extended the window for submitting
applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in survey research methods and continues to invite
applications for this position. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis; those received by 1/17/14
are guaranteed full review. The Associate will have four primary responsibilities: (1) collaborate on
research leading to publication; (2) advise social and behavioral scientists on campus on issues of survey
design, implementation, and analysis; (3) teach workshops and develop resources on survey research
tools and methods, including the Qualtrics online survey software that Duke provides to its user
communities; (4) support and assist with the operation and administration of the Duke Initiative on
Survey Methodology (DISM); and The Associate will be supervised by Dr. Sunshine Hillygus, associate
professor in the Department of Political Science and director of DISM. The ideal candidate will have a
strong background in survey methods, experience in conducting survey research, and familiarity with
survey and statistical software and will hold a Ph.D in a social or behavioral science discipline. The
Associate will be expected to participate in research leading to publication. Responsibility, initiative,
good judgment, and the ability to work well on a team are required. The appointment will be for a
contract beginning July 1, 2014 and running until June 30, 2013. This position is full-time, is eligible for
benefits, and offers a salary in the range of $50,000-$57,000, depending on level of experience and
training in survey methods. The post-doc may be renewable for a second year, pending funding. Further
information about Duke University's post-doctoral positions, the post-doctoral experience, and the
policies that guide such positions' administration is available online via this URL:
http://postdoc.duke.edu. There is some flexibility concerning start date. Applicants should use the
form available at this link: http://tinyurl.com/DukeSurveyPostdoc to submit their CV, a brief statement
of their background and interests, and contact information for at least three references. Please direct
questions to: Alexandra Cooper, Associate Director, Education and Training Core of the Social Sciences
Research Institute, Duke University, (919)681-3902, cooper@.duke.edu
Visiting Fellowship Program. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. As the largest residential fellowship
program in the U.S. for research on Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations, each year the program brings
together scholars from the social sciences, history, and related fields. Priority will be given to proposals
that are relevant to public policy. Proposals from Mexican scholars are particularly encouraged. Visiting
Fellows are expected to be PhD candidates who are ABD and have completed a substantial portion of
their dissertations. University of California graduate students are particularly encouraged to apply to the
program. Deadline(s): 01/15/2014. For more information, visit:
http://usmex.ucsd.edu/scholars/application-process.html.
Postdoctoral Fellowship: MacMillan Center - Residential Research Fellowships Program on Order,
Conflict, and Violence. Yale University. SYNOPSIS: The interdisciplinary Program on Order, Conflict, and
Violence at the MacMillan Center invites applications for residential research fellowships from scholars
who address fundamental questions of order, conflict, and violence. The Program is offering two post or
pre- doctoral fellowships in 2014-15. Deadline(s): 02/01/2014. Contact: Stathis N. Kalyvas,
Director. Address: Department of Political Science, Yale University, P.O. Box 208301, New Haven, CT
06520-8301.
E-mail:stathis.kalyvas@yale.edu. For more information, visit:
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/ocvprogram/fellowships.html
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/ocvprogram/fellowships.html
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/ocvprogram/fellowships.html
http://www.yale.edu/macmillan/ocvprogram/fellowships.html
University of South Florida, Postdoctoral Fellowship - Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014-15. Global
Change in a Dynamic World. Potential themes include (but are not limited to) sustainability; sustainable
development; hazard and disaster management; climate change; population changes; technology and
information issues; communication and language development; cultural diasporas; ethnicity, gender,
and aging issues; cultural heritage and histories; citizenship; identity; health, economic, education, and
environmental disparities; political economy; ethics; human rights; animal rights; peace and conflict
studies; injury and violence; security and surveillance issues. Specific research and geographical areas
are open, and applicants may consider both past and contemporary perspectives. The deadline is
February 14. For more information, download http://history.usf.edu/data/201415%20Provosts%20Postdoc%20Announcement%20-%20History.pdf. University of South Florida
Postdoctoral Scholars
Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014-15
Global Change in a Dynamic World
University of South Florida Postdoctoral Scholars
Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014-15
Global Change in a Dynamic World
University of South Florida Postdoctoral Scholars
Social Sciences and Humanities, 2014-15
Global Change in a Dynamic World
Postdoctoral Fellowships: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities- Social and
behavioral science, population science, or systems science. The Division of Intramural Research at the
NIMHD has openings for two (2) postdoctoral positions in Bethesda, Maryland. One of our research
goals is to conduct research on social, behavioral and population factors related to minority health and
health disparities, and to intervene on these factors to reduce such disparities. Position
Description: PhD in Social & Behavioral Science, Population Science, or System Science from an
accredited college or university. Previous postdoctoral experience preferred (< 5 years), but not
necessary. Experience with statistical analysis software (e.g., SAS, Stata, R or Mplus) and with geocoding
software (e.g., ArcGIS) is required. Qualitative research experience is also preferred. Applicants should
also be interested in social, behavioral, and/or population factors related to minority health and health
disparities. Applicants will work with investigators in the Division of Intramural Research, and conducting
research compatible with the investigators' and NIMHD's research objective. Applicants will conduct
data analysis, and prepare presentations and publications under the supervision of the investigators.
Salary will be set commensurate with experience and accomplishments. To Apply: Applicants should
send curriculum vitae, a brief description of research interests, and three letters of references to: Dr.
Kelvin Choi at kelvin.choi@nih.gov.
ON THE WEB:
The public use file for the 2012 NORC Presidential Election Study is now available under the Downloads
heading at: http://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/2012-norc-presidential-election-study.aspx.
The 2012 NORC Election Study was designed to measure public opinion about important issues the
country faces – economic recovery, health care costs, and extreme partisanship. Conducted in the
fourth year of a slow and unsteady economic recovery, this survey intends to determine, among other
things, whether or not voters hold the incumbent responsible for the condition of the economy; if it
matters that the recession began during a previous administration; and does the electorate account for
whether the opposition cooperated with the president or confronted him?
The survey consists of two rounds of data collection. Part I of the 2012 NORC Presidential Election
Survey was conducted in the weeks prior to the 2012 presidential election and was a nationally
representative household survey with 2,136 adults. Part II was conducted in the weeks just after the
2012 presidential election with 1,125 respondents re-contacted from Part I. The survey was conducted
by NORC at the University of Chicago in partnership with the following experts: Mark Hansen, Ph.D.,
University of Chicago; Andrea Campbell, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stephen
Ansolabehere, Ph.D., Harvard University; and Benjamin Page, Ph.D., Northwestern University. Additional
information about the study, associated reports, and the Data User’s Guide and Codebook are available
again at: http://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/2012-norc-presidential-election-study.aspx.
The 2012 NORC Election Study public use data files are now available online at
http://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/2012-norc-presidential-election-study.aspx. It was
designed to measure public opinion about important issues the country faces – economic recovery,
health care costs, and extreme partisanship. Conducted in the fourth year of a slow and unsteady
economic recovery, this survey intends to determine, among other things, whether or not voters hold
the incumbent responsible for the condition of the economy; if it matters that the recession began
during a previous administration; and does the electorate account for whether the opposition
cooperated with the president or confronted him? The survey consists of two rounds of data collection.
The first round went into the field before the November 2012 presidential election. The second round
examines post-election attitudes and perceptions. The objective survey attempts to provide information
that will help inform our national discussion around how to bridge the partisan divide and solve our
most pressing problems.
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Short-term data entry project: The LARC research group at the UCSF Bixby Center for Global
Reproductive Health is seeking assistance with a short-term data entry project. Individuals will be
trained to use a specialized data entry program and will complete HIPAA and CHR training requirements
as appropriate. Work must be performed at the Bixby Center’s Laurel Heights office (3333 California St,
SF). We estimate that this project will take between 4 to 8 weeks. Compensation is $15/hour. The ideal
candidate has prior data entry experience, is detail-oriented, and has an interest in women’s health. We
are looking for someone who can start right away, and work 20-30 hours per week until the project is
completed. Exact hours and scheduling are flexible. Please contact Susannah Gibbs
at GibbsS@obgyn.ucsf.edu for more information.