Summer-Fall 2013 Archives of the Berkeley Population Center Weekly News
Weekly News December 16, 2013
Hello everybody,
As we wind up this semester I am already thinking about next semester. One endeavor will be a
networking group to develop an R01 for the purpose of collecting a matched employer and employee
data set. There is no such data set in the United States, and I have already received positive feedback
from NICHD program officers. Other agencies may also be interested. The purpose of the data set is to
enable research on a variety of topics related to employment conditions, benefits, health and SES
mobility. The first of perhaps several networking groups will be held during the week of January
27. Please let me know if you are interested in this project.
We will be on the intermittent Winter News schedule during the break. Happy holidays!
-Leora
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EVENTS
Wednesday, December 18 | 12-1 p.m. “Incentivising safe sex: a randomized trial of conditional cash
transfers for HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention in rural Tanzania: Lunch and Learn” Will
Dow. | 177 Stanley Hall.
GRANTS
NIH Exploratory Grant, “Mobile Health: Technology and Outcomes in Low and Middle Income
Countries (R21)” seeks applications that encourage exploratory/developmental research applications
that propose to study the development or adaptation of innovative mobile health (mHealth) technology
specifically suited for low and middle income countries (LMICs) and the health-related outcomes
associated with implementation of the technology. Of highest interest are well-designed
multidisciplinary projects that focus on tools or interventions for chronic diseases or technology for
disease agnostic/cross-cutting applications. Applicants are required to propose partnerships between at
least one U.S. institution and one LMIC institution. The overall goal of the announcement is to
contribute to the evidence base for the use of mobile technology to improve clinical outcomes and
public health while building research capacity in LMICs and establishing research networks in this
area. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-028.html.
NIH Small Grant, “Juvenile Protective Factors and Their Effects on Aging (R03)” invites invite
pilot/feasibility (R03) projects on: 1) descriptive studies to identify putative juvenile protective factors,
2) experimental studies to test hypotheses about their effects on aging and 3) translational studies to
explore the potential risks and benefits of maintaining or modulating the level of juvenile protective
factors in adult life. Juvenile protective factors are physiological factors that maintain or enhance
certain functions across all or some stages of post-natal maturation, but which diminish or disappear
during transitions between developmental stages (e.g., infancy, adiposity rebound, adrenarche, puberty,
growth cessation). This FOA is uniquely focused on studies which involve comparisons between postnatal developmental stages or pre- vs. post-maturational changes to identify potential juvenile
protective factors and their effects on aging. Pilot studies in in vitro models, in laboratory animals or in
humans may be proposed. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR14-022.html.
NIH Research (R01) and Exploratory (R21) Grants on Reducing Health Disparities Among Minority and
Underserved Children” wishes to fund research that targets the reduction of health disparities among
children. Specific targeted areas of research include biobehavioral studies that incorporate multiple
factors that influence child health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cellular, organ systems),
lifestyle factors, environmental (e.g., physical and family environments) social (e.g., peers), economic,
institutional, and cultural and family influences; studies that target the specific health promotion needs
of children with a known health condition and/or disability; and studies that test and evaluate the
comparative effectiveness of health promotion interventions conducted in traditional and
nontraditional settings. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14033.html and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-034.html.
UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP
University of Michigan’s Summer Enrichment Program (UM SEP) in Health Management and Policy
offers summer internship opportunities for undergraduate students interested in health inequalities and
health care. Many hospitals, health centers, and other health organizations in the Detroit-Ann ArborFlint, Michigan area have agreed to provide paid ($3,250 for the summer) eight-week summer
internships in health management and policy to qualified undergraduate students interested in the
elimination of racial/ethnic health inequalities. The program has been running with great success for
nearly three decades. If you know any undergraduate students at your school or at other colleges and
universities who have a specific interest in the health field, management, policy, or any career which will
enable them to use their skills in a socially meaningful way, I urge you to inform them about UM SEP.
Accepted students will also receive housing, a food allowance and travel expenses to and from Ann
Arbor. Please note that the application deadline is January 31, 2014. The application is available on our
website at http://www.sph.umich.edu/sep. Contact Ashley Green, Program Coordinator at
(734)936-3296 , or Richard Lichtenstein (below) if you would like to discuss the UM Summer Enrichment
Program further or e-mail us at um_sep@umich.edu. To see a recent video about SEP, click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3maWGfFzrM. Richard Lichtenstein, PhD, MPH, S.J. Axelrod
Collegiate Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, Phone:
(734) 936-1316
TRAINING
SIPP Training. Two new training modules for SIPP will be held this summer. The first is a five-day
introduction to using SIPP, to be held at the University of Michigan, from June 23-27. The second is an
advanced topic, “Advanced workshop on the SIPP synthetic Beta (SSB)” The SIPP Synthetic Beta (SSB) is a
Census Bureau data product that integrates person-level micro-data from a household survey (SIPP
survey data) with W-2 earnings and OASDI benefits data. Census has synthesized the data to preserve
the underlying covariate relationships between variables while protecting respondent confidentiality.
Unlike the original, administrative data, the SSB is publicly available. See the attachments for more
information.
Peer-Reviews of Journal Manuscripts: The American Sociological Association conducted a study about
how people do peer reviews. The report includes full text from 25 reviewers. If you ever wonder what
is going on in reviewers’ minds, this document is a good
look: http://www.asanet.org/documents/asa/pdfs/Review_Times_in_Sociology.pdf. Grad students: it is
also worth your while to ask one of your professors if you can participate in a peer-review – you can
learn a lot about your own writing by reading the writing of others.
ON THE WEB
Social Explorer now has a mobile version: Access the map map and data tools with their free app, now
available at the Google Play Store
(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.maps.SocialExplorer for Android phones and
devices), and the App Store (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/social-explorerstudent/id731993525?mt=8) for iPad, with an iPhone compatible version coming soon).
ANESRAKE by Josh Pasek. A new software tool (a package in R) to do post-stratification weighting that is
easy to use, to the specifications in the ANES survey: http://joshpasek.com/software/anesrake/. The
website features other weighting tools, too.
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. There will be semester break workshops and
trainings (e.g., an intensive all day beginning course on STATA in January). For more information visit:
http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News December 9, 2013
Hello everybody,
They don’t call it ‘dead week’ for nothing: there are just a handful of events but there are several
announcements of interest, so read on.
Bundle up, it's cold outside!
-Leora
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EVENTS
TODAY! Monday, December 9, 4-5:30 PM. Seminar 271, Development: "Social Insurance and the
Marriage Market" with Petra Persson, Stanford University.| 648 Evans Hall. Download the paper:
http://www.stanford.edu/~perssonp/Persson_JMP.pdf.
Tuesday, December 10, 2-3:30 PM. Sociology Colloquium: Richard Arum, "College for what? Getting a
Job, Social Relationships and Civic Participation for a Recent Cohort of Emerging Adults, " 402 Barrows
Hall.
GRANTS
NIH Announces a new R01 program, Public Health Impact of the Changing Policy/Legal Environment for
Marijuana. “This initiative encourages research on the impact of changing marijuana policies and laws
on public health outcomes, including marijuana exposure among children, adolescents, and adults;
other licit and illicit drug use; education and professional achievement; social development; risky
behaviors (e.g., drugged driving); mental health; HIV, etc. NIDA is encouraging population-based
research on social, behavioral, and health outcomes of marijuana involvement to help inform the public
health impact of the changing marijuana environment.” [It just seems like someone at Berkeley should
do this.] View the announcement at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-14-020.html.
CALLS FOR PAPERS
The ASA Annual Meeting submission site is now open. The Population Section has five sessions this
year, but there are many more relevant to population research (e.g., Jenna Johnson-Hanks is organizing
a session on Fertility). The deadline for submission is January 8 at 3:00 PM EST. Please consider
submitting to one of these exciting sessions:
1) Demographic Consequences of Economic Crises (Organizer: Shannon Monnat)
2) Economic Inequality and Population Health (Organizer: Irma Elo)
3) Immigrant Integration (Organizer: Loretta E. Bass)
4) The Demography of Family Inequality (Organizer: Paula Fomby)
5) Section on Sociology of Population Roundtables (Organizer: Kelly Raley)
For more information, download the Call for Papers
(http://www.asanet.org/documents/meetings/pdfs/2014_call_for_papers.pdf) or visit the Annual
Meeting website: http://www.asanet.org/am2014/am2014.cfm.
FELLOWSHIPS
Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Postdoctoral Fellowships, Weatherhead Center for International
Affairs: for the study of issues in U.S.-Japan relations, Japan’s relations with other countries, and
domestic issues that bear on Japan’s international behavior. Awards are for the academic year and
provide up to $50,000 over 10 months. Deadline(s): 01/15/2014, Program URL:
http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/apply-become-postdoctoral-fellow.
DATA
The European Social Survey has now been established as a European Research Infrastructure
Consortium (ESS ERIC). The Decision has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union
(http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:320:0044:0062:EN:PDF). The
establishment of ESS ERIC provides a legal framework to sustain this cross-national social survey
infrastructure into the future. The founding Members are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK. The founding
Observers are Norway and Switzerland. A key task for the future will be increasing national membership
of ESS ERIC. Information about the ESS and free data download are available from
www.europeansocialsurvey.org.
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. There will be semester break workshops and
trainings (e.g., an intensive all day beginning course on STATA in January). For more information visit:
http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News December 2, 2013
Hello everybody,
We’re closing in on the end of the semester and one’s thoughts entertain ideas of winter breaks. One
constructive activity you can do during the break is think about grant applications. BPC supports several
such endeavors, ranging from BPC pilots, to NIH five-year grants, and many variants in between. The
basic process is this: think of a research area that you would like to get funding in order to collect data,
support international travel for field work, support grad students, get a post-doc, or analyze existing
data. Create a one-page summary with the basic question, justification, hypotheses, method/data, time
range and budget (or at least, items you want funded). Run it by me and we’ll see what possibilities
there may be.
Events and other announcements follow.
Leora
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EVENTS
Wednesday, December 4, 12-1:15 PM. Demography Brown Bag. Julianna Deardorff (School of Public
Health, UC Berkeley),” Sexual Values and Condom Negotiation Among Young Latinos in the Bay
Area.” Cookies and refreshments served. 2232 Piedmont Avenue.
December 4, 12 PM. Leslie Martin, University of Melbourne. “Searching for cleaner skies: the economic
impacts of improvements in air quality in China.” 201 Giannini.
Thursday, December 5, 4-6 “The political socialization of the Mexican-American family.” Marcela Garcia
Castañon, Center for Latino Policy Research. 2547 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Friday, December 6, 12-1PM. Labor Lunch: "Reconsidering the Consequences of Worker Displacements:
Survey versus Administrative Measurements" with Isaac Sorkin, University of Michigan. Joint work with
Aaron Flaaen and Matthew D. Shapiro | 648 Evans Hall
SPRING SEMINAR (1 unit)
Seminar on "Behavior Measurement and Change: Theory, Experiments, and Platforms". Xlab is
pleased to be a co-sponsor of an exciting new seminar,organized by Professors Shachar Kariv (Economics
and Haas), Raja Sengupta (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Joan Walker (Global and Metropolitan
Studies and CEE), and John Canny (Computer Science). The objective of this one-unit seminar course is
to bring together a group of like-minded graduate students and faculty to share research in the domains
of behavior measurement and change. The seminar currently meets Tuesday at 4:10-5:30. The
organizers plan to continue in the Spring. For details, see http://xmobile.berkeley.edu/seminar.
CONFERENCES
Destination Europe Conference, Dec 12-13, InterContinental San Francisco Hotel. Sponsored by the
European Commission, the conference will provide information on funding and career opportunities in
Europe for researchers from anywhere in the world, including the U.S., as well as offering insight into
European research initiatives. The conference is free but registration is required by December 1,
2013. Major European funding mechanisms (such as the European Research Council and the Marie
Curie Fellowship program) and individual European nations’ research programs will be discussed. In
addition to plenary sessions, which will present the major European funding opportunities for individual
researchers, there will be six thematic breakout sessions focusing on the following specific research
topics: (1) Health and Biosciences; (2) Geophysics and Ocean Science; (3) Social Sciences and
Humanities; (4) Information and Communication Technologies; (5) Physics and Materials and (6)
Environment and Climate Change. Who should attend: Researchers, of any nationality, who are
considering their next career move in Europe; international officers of universities / research
organizations; and anyone interested in learning about European research and innovation opportunities.
Call for papers -- ASA 2014 annual meeting: The online system for submissions to the American
Sociological Association for its 2014 annual meeting will open on Dec. 6, 2013. The deadline for
submissions for the meeting, themed "Hard Times: The Impact of Economic Inequality on Families and
Individuals," will be Jan. 8, 2014. For more information, please visit: http://www.asanet.org.
GRANTS
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.
FELLOWSHIPS
The Ms. Foundation for Women Fellowship: Submit applications for a year-long fellowship program
designed to develop leaders who are advancing solutions to the critical issues that women face.
Applicants must propose a project that addresses injustice against women. The foundation is particularly
interested in proactive approaches that demonstrate and inspire the potential for large-scale, structural
change in the areas of child care (access to affordable care and improved working conditions for care
providers), reproductive health, and child sexual abuse. Applicants should be an early- to mid-career
leader with a promising idea about how to shift the circumstances of a large number of women in the
United States, a deep understanding of the overall environment for their work, and a track record of
achieving impact. The fellow will receive financial compensation (up to $85,000, depending on level of
experience) and health benefits, in addition to mentorship and support from Ms. Foundation staff. The
fellowship is a full-time, one-year commitment, beginning in September 2014, at the Ms. Foundation
offices in New York. The recipient's work for the year should include the creation of a publically
accessible product such as a book or report, white paper, video, public hearing, presentation, the launch
of an initiative or nonprofit organization, or other creative work product. The fellowship may be used for
lobbying within pre-negotiated limits and upon compliance with a tracking system for lobbying
expenses. The fellow will be eligible to apply for a $50,000 continuation grant on completion of the
fellowship. Visit the Ms. Foundation Web site for complete program guidelines and application
procedures: http://forwomen.org/content/252/en/ms-foundation-invites-applications-for-year-longfellowship.
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.
Weekly News November 25, 2013
Hello everybody,
It’s a light card this week of events but there are some other interesting announcements so take a look.
Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving and Hanuka.
Events and other announcements follow.
Leora
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EVENTS
Monday, November 25, 2-3:30 PM. Sociology Colloquium: "Managerial Justice: Criminal Courts in the
Age of Mass Misdemeanors" Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Blumer Room - 402 Barrows Hall.
Tuesday, November 26 2-3:30 PM. "Expectations-Based Reference-Dependent Life-Cycle Consumption"
with Micaela Pagel, PhD candidate in economics. She discusses a new look at economic life-cycle
consumption models. Early in life, consumption is low due to precautionary savings. But as uncertainty
resolves over time, this motive becomes dominated by time-inconsistent overconsumption that
eventually leads to declining consumption toward the end of life. Pagel ill also discuss what this means
from a macro economic perspective. 597 Evans Hall.
WEBINAR
Tuesday, November 26 at 10:30AM (EDT) NVivo Brown Bag Webinar: Mixed Methods Research
Analyzing Survey Data with NVivo. For quantitative researchers trying to integrate qualitative data and
get more insight from open ended data. Complimentary NVivo Brown Bag Webinar explores some of
the features found in NVivo designed to assist you when working with mixed methods research.
Within and between group comparisons using the matrix coding query
Importing and exporting data from Excel
Working with open-ended and fixed response questions
Accessing the Kappa Coefficient through the coding comparison query
Cluster analysis of word and coding similarity
To register, go to this
website: http://links.qsrinternational.mkt5276.com/ctt?kn=4&ms=NDQ0MzAwNDcS1&r=NDMzNjg5ND
M4OTcS1&b=0&j=MjE0NTg0NjI1S0&mt=1&rt=0.
If you have any questions, please contact us at nvivoevents@qsrinternational.com or call
1850.
617-491-
Incarceration, Poverty, and the Family" webinar, live online Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 1:00-2:00
pm (Central Time). In this webinar, Michael Massoglia and Julie Poehlmann will examine research on
incarceration, poverty, and the family. Massoglia will focus on broader trends in poverty and
incarceration and their effects on families and neighborhoods. Poehlmann will then look more closely at
how incarceration affects families at the individual level and talk about strategies for practitioners and
policymakers to help children with incarcerated parents. For more information and a link to register
(scroll down) visit: http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/media/webinars.htm#dec17.
CONFERENCES
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), will hold its 1st Annual International
Conference on Demography and Population, 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 17 February 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. Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks after submission, which includes
information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements. If you want to participate
without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference
proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an
email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr), President, ATINER.
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent
academic association with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all
over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future
developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized about 250 international conferences
and other events. It has also published about 200 books. Academically, the Institute consists of five
research divisions and twenty-three research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual
conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. Academics and researchers are
more than welcome to become members and to contribute to ATINER's objectives. Members can
undertake a number of academic activities. You are more than welcome to propose new events and
research projects.
Call for proposals -- 2014 Groves Conference - Theme: "Fracking and Families".
The call for proposals for the 2014 Groves Conference, scheduled for June 27-30 in State College,
Pennsylvania, is posted. The online submission system will be available beginning in January, and the
submission deadline is Feb. 1. The 2014 conference theme is "Fracking and Families: Exploring the Costs
and Benefits of Natural Gas Extraction for Communities and Their Families." Organizers encourage
submissions from a wide range of disciplines and interdisciplinary and community collaborations
working to address real-world challenges and changes that accompany this form of energy production.
For more information, please visit: http://www.ncfr.org/news/call-proposals-2014-groves-conference.
COMPETITIONS
IPUMS Research Award: This is the sixth annual award competition for research using the IPUMS
microdata collection. Papers or publications submitted should utilize IPUMS-USA, IPUMS-CPS, IPUMSInternational or IHIS data to study social, economic, and/or demographic processes. Cash prizes will be
awarded for: (1) Best published work; or (2) Best work by a graduate student, published or unpublished
Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2014. To submit your work, go to:
http://ipums.us4.listmanage.com/track/click?u=775cbf39c77535e784cdfd6f9&id=49274cd457&e=22ff0f552a or https://w
ww.pop.umn.edu/data-user-resources/award. .
FELLOWSHIPS
Yale Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course Postdoctoral
Fellowship. The Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE) seeks applications for a
postdoctoral fellowship for one or two years, to start in Fall 2014. CIQLE is one of four research centers
in the Department of Sociology at Yale University. The center hosts a weekly seminar, thematic
conferences, and regular methods workshops. It also hosts senior and junior visiting scholars from the
US and overseas. The core Sociology faculty fellows of the Center are Richard Breen, Lloyd Grieger, Vida
Maralani, Andrew Papachristos, and Christopher Wildeman. Their research covers topics such as
inequality, intergenerational mobility, gender inequalities, education, health inequality, incarceration,
crime, and poverty and social welfare policy. CIQLE members undertake international and comparative
research as well as research focusing on the US. Applicants should be interested in quantitative
empirical research on social inequality and expect to use 50% of their time for research collaboration
with CIQLE faculty. Current stipends are approximately $39,264 per year plus benefits. Applicants should
have completed their Ph.D. by the beginning of the appointment but not earlier than 2010. Please send
a cover letter, curriculum vita, a 2 to 5 page description of your postdoctoral research plans, and a
writing sample electronically to elisabeth.kennedy@yale.edu, and arrange for two confidential letters of
reference to be sent to the same address. The deadline for applications is Dec. 31, 2013. For more
information, see http://www.yale.edu/ciqle/ or contact richard.breen@yale.edu.
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. F For more information visit:
http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News November 18, 2013
Hello everybody,
We do our research not just to talk to fellow researchers, but also to educate the public. Today at
noon there is a talk about climate change and human conflict, with co-panelist and Popcenter affiliate,
Ted Miguel. He has a recent Science article and an interview on NPR you can hear
here: http://www.loe.org/content/2013-08-02/climate-change-and-conflict.mp3.
Speaking of the public access to research findings, I have endeavored to publicize the NIH requirement
that peer-reviewed articles funded at least in part by NIH grants must be made available through
PubMed Central. In some cases it costs money to get copyright approval from the publisher. As it turns
out, the University, through its Open Access program, has funds to pay for the fees necessary to fulfill
the requirement of NIH (and other agencies and foundations). If you are not already covered by other
sources, the Berkeley Research Impact Initiative reimburses up to $3000 per article to faculty members,
post-docs, graduate students, and researchers who publish open access. I just learned of it, but you can
read more about it here: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/brii/.
Have a great week.
Events and other announcements follow.
Leora
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EVENTS
Wednesday, November 20, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. Eugene Hammel, Paul Chung and Carl
Mason (all from Demography, UC Berkeley). “Simulation, Anthropology, and Population Genetics.”
Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
TODAY!!! Monday, November 18, 12-1 p.m. “Quantifying the Influence of Climate Change on Human
Conflict.” Panel Discussion with: Solomon Hsiang, Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public
Policy; Marshall Burke, PhD Candidate, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley; Edward
Miguel, Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and Faculty Director of the Center
for Effective Global Action, UC Berkeley | Goldman School of Public Policy, 250 GSPP West.
TODAY!!! November 18 | 2-3:30 p.m. “Unemployment Insurance and Disability Insurance in the Great
Recession" Jesse Rothstein, UC Berkeley | 648 Evans Hall
TODAY!!! November 18, 2-3:30 PM. “Racial Inequality in Family Income: A Demographic Approach”
with Deirdre Bloom (PhD Candidate, Harvard University) in 402 Barrows.
Tuesday-Thursday, November 18 – 20, 2013 every day | 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Behavior, Energy and Climate
Change Conference. The Sacramento Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sacramento, CA. For information, go
to: http://beccconference.org/. Keynote Speaker: George Lakoff, Goldman Distinguished Professor Of
Cognitive Science and Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley
Thursday, November 21, 12-1:30 PM. “Labor, Energy and the Economy: The Impact of Climate Change
and Inequality.” Panel Discussion with: Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor; Daniel Kammen,
Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), Renewable & Appropriate Energy
Laboratory | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310 Banatao Auditorium
GRANTS
The UCSF CADC pilot award opportunity is specifically geared towards junior faculty. The grant is one
year and $25,000 in direct costs. Our center is broadly interested in cognitive health and related
healthcare in older Latinos. Beyond the pilot money, they offer many opportunities for
support/mentoring. Information on the pilot awards can be found on the
website http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/latinoaging/ (search Latino Aging UC Davis).
WEBINAR
The Economic and Social Consequences of Job Loss and Unemployment: November 20. Space is
limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/427354601. In this
webinar, Jennie E. Brand, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the California
Center for Population Research (CCPR) at UCLA, and Till von Wachter, Associate Professor of Economics
and Faculty Affiliate of CCPR at UCLA will discuss some of the short- and long-term consequences of job
loss and unemployment for families in the United States. Their discussion will be followed by 10-15
minutes of Q&A.
Approaching the True Cost of Living: The Location Affordability Portal: December 4, 2013
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST Transportation costs are the second-biggest budget item for most families.
Combine that with housing costs, and you have a major driver of decision-making for American
families. Earlier this year, HUD released the Location Affordability Portal to provide the public with
reliable, user-friendly data and resources on combined housing and transportation costs. The portal can
help consumers, policymakers, and developers make more informed decisions about where to live,
work, and invest. APDU (Assoc. of Public Data Users) board member Kathryn Pettit, along with Josh
Geyer from HUD, will demonstrate two portal tools, the Location Affordability Index and My
Transportation Cost Calculator. They will also discuss the resources and research available to better
crunch housing and transportation data. Register here: http://apdu.org/events/approaching-the-truecost-of-living-the-location-affordability-portal/.
CONFERENCES
Conference on Complex Systems, Health Disparities & Population Health: Building Bridges, February 2425, 2014, Natcher Conference Center, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD. Presented by the University of
Michigan Network on Inequality, Complexity and Health. Improving population health and eliminating
health disparities is a critical task, yet our efforts are stymied by the complexity of the task, involving as
it does causes of poor health that range from public policy to the nature of our neighborhoods to how
we behave to biology. On February 24-25, 2014, at the National Institutes of Health Natcher Conference
Center in Bethesda, Maryland, join scholars and practitioners from the United States and abroad to
learn about and see examples of how complex systems science can help guide our research and policy
efforts to eliminate health disparities and improve the health of our population. For additional
information: http://tinyurl.com/complexitydisparitiespophealth.
WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
Ohio State University, Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute, July 7-25, 2014: Faculty pursuing
tenure and career success in research intensive institutions, postdoctoral fellows and visiting assistant
professors transitioning to or seeking tenure track appointments, academics transitioning from teaching
to research institutions, and faculty carrying out research in teaching contexts will be interested in this
Summer Research Institute (SRI). Organized by Dr. Ruth D. Peterson and funded by the National Science
Foundation and units at Ohio State University, the SRI is designed to promote successful research
projects and careers among faculty from underrepresented groups working in areas of crime and
criminal justice. During the institute, each participant will complete an ongoing project (either a
research paper or grant proposal) in preparation for journal submission or agency funding review. In
addition, participants will gain information that will serve as a tool-kit tailored to successful navigation
of the academic setting. The Summer Research Institute will provide participants with: * Resources for
completing their research projects; * Senior faculty mentors in their areas of study; * Opportunities to
network with junior and senior scholars; * Workshops addressing topics related to publishing,
professionalization, and career planning; * Travel expenses to Ohio, housing and living expenses. The
institute will culminate in a research symposium where participants present their completed research
before an audience of national scholars. Completed applications must be sent by February 14, 2014. To
download the application form, please see our web site (http://cjrc.osu.edu/sri). Send all requested
application materials electronically to Amanda Kennedy, CJRC Program Manager, at
kennedy.312@sociology.osu.edu. Eligibility: All applicants must hold or be entering regular tenure-track
positions in U.S. institutions, and be able to demonstrate how their involvement would contribute to
broadening participation of underrepresented groups in crime and justice research. Graduate students
without tenure track appointments are not eligible for this program. Please direct all inquiries to
kennedy.312@sociology.osu.edu.
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 example, next week there will be an Info
Session on Berkeley Law, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Thu, November 21, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 1:00
PM (with lunch served). For more information visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
FELLOWSHIPS*
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, MD 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. *Also posted to the Demography Jobs Listserv
GRADUATE STUDENTS
COMPETITIONS
Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation: The Labor and Working Class History
Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its seventh annual Dissertation Prize. This prize has been
established with the cooperation with the University of Illinois Press. LAWCHA, founded in 1998,
encourages the study of working-class men and women, their lives, workplaces, communities,
organizations, cultures, political activities, and societal contexts. It aims to promote an international,
theoretically informed, comparative, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and diverse labor and working-
class history. Its journal is the prize-winning LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History of the
Americas. The prize is named in honor of the late Herbert G. Gutman. LAWCHA hopes that the spirit of
Gutman’s inquiry into the many facets of labor and working-class history will live on in this prize. The
winner will receive a cash prize of $500 from LAWCHA and a publishing contract with the University of
Illinois Press. The prize is contingent upon the author’s acceptance of the contract with the University of
Illinois Press. Eligible dissertations must be in English, concerned with U.S. labor and working-class
history broadly conceived, and must have been defended in the academic year 2012-13 (September 1,
2012-August 31, 2013). The winner will be announced at our national conference. Email
LAWCHA@Duke.edu the title of your dissertation, the date of your defense, the name of your advisor,
and a PDF copy of the dissertation; and mail (3) three hard copies of the dissertation and a letter of
endorsement from the dissertation advisor stating the date of the defense by January 3rd, 2014 to:
LAWCHA, 226 Carr Building (East Campus), Duke University, Box 90719 or for more information, visit:
http://lawcha.org/wordpress/grants-prizes/
GSR OPPORTUNITY
GSR Position, 50%: Study on Career Trajectories of Past African Recipients of International
Scholarship ("PARIS" Study) Spring 2014. Description: The Graduate Division, in partnership with the
MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP) seeks a graduate student to join the "PARIS" Study at
UC Berkeley, in collaboration with six other US/Canadian universities. The GSR will work as part of a
team to conduct primary research on the career and leadership trajectories of UC Berkeley alumni of
Sub-Saharan African origin, both within the African continent and in the diaspora.
Primary responsibilities will be to administer surveys via email or Skype; analyze and compile findings;
design and conduct in-depth narrative interviews, and assist in the preparation of several discussion
papers. The position may extend to the 2014/15 academic year. Required Qualifications: 1. Graduate
student in a social science field with experience in applying quantitative and qualitative research
methods.
2. Expertise in data management, survey design and analysis. 3. Excellent communication and writing
skills. 4. Some knowledge of Sub-Saharan African socio-economic development. Preferred Qualifications
1. Social science field experience in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2. Interest in international education and
capacity-building. To Apply: Please email cover-letter and current CV to Dr. Robin Marsh
(robinmarsh@berkeley.edu) and copy Professor Rosemary Joyce (rajoyce@berkeley.edu) ASAP and no
later than Wednesday, November 20th, 2013.
Weekly News November 12, 2013
Hello everybody,
At the Demography Brown Bag this week David Harding will be the speaker. David is a new faculty
member in Sociology, having come to us by way of Michigan, where he was Associate Professor and
member of their Population Studies and Survey Research Center. In his talk he will be addressing issues
in educational attainment (see below), but other in other recent work he explores the effect of
incarceration in prison compared to probation or jail on overall and cause-specific mortality. This works
builds logically on his previous and ongoing work on incarceration, prisoner reentry, and methods for
causal inference. Check out his sociology website here: http://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/david-jharding and attend to the talk to meet him and hear what he has to say.
Have a great week.
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, November 13, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. David Harding (Sociology), “For-profit
Colleges, Community Colleges, and Associates Degree Receipt.” Demography seminar room. 2232
Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Tuesday, November 12, 12:40 - 2:00 p.m. Health Services Research Colloquium presents:
Dorie Apollonio, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco. "Stories vs. (and)
Evidence Used in Legislative Testimony" 714C University Hall. Write to hspa_phd@berkeley.edu to
obtain a copy of the paper.
Wednesday, November 13 5:30-7:15 p.m. 'Hidden Hunger’ and the Agriculture-Food-Health
Nexus. With Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, United Nations. Sponsor:
Goldman School of Public Policy. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium
Wednesday, November 13, 4:30-6 p.m. "Where is the Land of Opportunity? The Geography of
Intergenerational Mobility in the United States" With Raj Chetty, Harvard. | 648 Evans Hall | Note
change in date and time.
Thursday, November 14 2-3:30 PM. Labor: "Effects of Large-scale Youth Employment Subsidies:
Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design" Speaker: Tomas Rau Binder, Universidad Catolica de
Chile. 648 Evans Hall.
Thursday, November 14, 4-5:30 PM “Race and Social Movements: What Reproductive Justice Teaches
Us: Center for Race and Gender” With Zakiya Luna (Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice) and
Sujatha Jesudason, CoreAlign | 691 Barrows Hall.
Friday, November 15 | 12-1 p.m. Labor Lunch: "Bargaining and the Gender Wage Gap: A Direct
Assessment" David Card, University of California, Berkeley | 648 Evans Hall.
Friday November 15 | 2 p.m. “Transatlantic Mass Migration as a Travel Business, 1900-1914: Issues
Then, Implications Now” Drew Keeling, Independent Historian, Zurich, Switzerland | 201 Moses Hall.
GRANTS
Pilot Grant opportunity - Latino Aging Research Resource Center (UC Davis RCMAR). specifically
geared towards junior faculty. The grant is one year and $25,000 in direct costs. The center is broadly
interested in cognitive health and related healthcare in older Latinos. Beyond the pilot money, RCMAR
offers opportunities for support/mentoring. Information on the pilot awards can be found on the
website http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/latinoaging/ (search Latino Aging UC Davis).
William T. Grant Foundation Studies on the Uses of Research in Policy and Practice Affecting Youth to
fund high-quality empirical research with the goal of improving the lives of youth between the ages of 8
and 25 in the United States. To help accomplish this goal, the foundation is requesting Letters of Inquiry
for its Request for Proposals on Understanding the Acquisition, Interpretation, and Use of Research
Evidence in Policy and Practice.
Support will be provided for empirical theory-building studies related to what affects policy makers' and
practitioners' acquisition, interpretation, and use of research evidence. The foundation is interested in
policy and practice directly relevant to youth in the U.S. Areas of focus can include education, juvenile
justice, child welfare, health, family support, employment, mental health, and youth programs. The
foundation will support research projects with awards ranging from $100,000 to $600,000 for direct and
indirect costs over two to three years. Deadline is January 8, 2014. Program website:
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/use-of-research-evidence.
The William T. Grant Foundation's Distinguished Fellows Program is designed to increase the supply of,
demand for, and use of high-quality research in the service of improved youth outcomes. To accomplish
this goal, the program gives influential mid-career researchers the opportunity to immerse themselves
in practice or policy settings, and conversely gives prominent practitioners and policy makers the
opportunity to work in research settings. The program encourages mid-career researchers to submit
proposals that are designed to deepen their understanding of policy processes and practice settings.
Similarly, the program invites policy makers and practitioners to propose projects that will enhance their
capacity to recognize and use high-quality research. Deadline is January 8, 2014. Program website:
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/fellowships/william_t__grant_distin
guished_fellows.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Cohort Studies Working Group: The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) will hold a meeting
of the Cohort Studies Working Group on Friday, April 4, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. There will be both an
invited and a contributed program, thanks to NIA funding. They are interested in a broad variety of
papers, including papers on early indicators of later disease, death, and work levels; and economic
change across generations and over the life cycle. For more information about the Cohort Studies
Working Group, please visit our website: http://www.nber.org/workinggroups/cs/cs.html. The lodging
and travel expenses of paper presenters and of selected participants will be covered. Unfortunately
student papers cannot be accepted - in the case of co-authored papers, we expect a faculty member to
present. If you are interested in presenting a paper please email an abstract to Dora Costa by Dec 3,
2013 (costa@econ.ucla.edu).
WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
SIPP Workshop, three-day workshop February 28 - March 2, 2014, in Durham NC: The workshop will
introduce participants to the use of micro-data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) and provide the necessary foundations for participants to conduct their own SIPP-based research
project. The SIPP collects longitudinal subannual data on respondents' income, labor force activity,
household composition, health, migration, and eligibility for and participation in programs (e.g.TANF,
WIC, Medicare, Medicaid, and numerous others). As such, it provides unique opportunities to examine
the social and economic well-being of U.S. residents, and changes in residents experiences over time. It
is sponsored by The Triangle Census Research Network (TCRN) and the Duke Initiative in Survey
Methodology at the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University, in collaboration with the
Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, with funding for the workshop provided via
grant No. SES 1131897 from the National Science Foundation and the US Bureau of the Census to the
TCRN. H. Luke Shaefer, Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan and National
Poverty Center (NPC) Research Affiliate, will lead the workshop in collaboration with researchers at
Duke University, the U.S. Census Bureau and other nationally recognized SIPP scholars. The Triangle
Census Research Network will pay travel, lodging, and meal costs for a limited number of participants.
Applications to participate will be accepted from faculty, postdoctoral fellows, advanced doctoral
students, federal, state and local-level policy and research analysts, researchers at non-profit
organizations, and others who would benefit from this workshop. Proposals received by 5 PM Eastern
Time on Monday, November 18, 2013 will get full consideration. More information about the workshop
and the application process can be found at this link: http://tinyurl.com/DukeSIPPworkshop. Please
direct questions to Alexandra Cooper, cooper@duke.edu .
WEBINAR
Bringing the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey into the 21st Century, November 14, 1 PM EST. In
2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began the Gemini Project to re-imagine and re-design it
Consumer Expenditure surveys. In July 2013, BLS released a new design proposal based on input from
outside experts and ongoing research. This webinar will present the details of this new proposal and
outline the roadmap for testing, evaluation, development, and implementation of the redesign. Good
for survey methodologists, data producers, and data users. Presenters: Laura Paszkiewicz, Bureau of
Labor Statistics; Adam Safir, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Price: APDU Members: Free; C2ER
Members: Free;LMI Institute Members: Free; Non-Members: $50. Program Website:
http://apdu.org/events/bringing-the-bls-consumer-expenditure-survey-into-the-21st-century/.
CONFERENCE
ADDIS ABABA CONFERENCE – PLEASE FORWARD TO LOCAL COLLEAGUES, Thursday, November 14,
4:20-5:40 PM. The 2013 International Conference on Family Planning for a panel discussion chaired by
Professor Malcolm Potts: “Averting a Humanitarian Catastrophe in the Sahel: Rapid Population Growth
in a Changing Climate.”
Place: Large Conference Hall, African Union Conference Center, Addis Ababa
Who Should Attend? Advocates, researchers and practitioners interested in family planning, girls’
education, food security and sustainable development.
Panelists:
1. Eliya Zulu, African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP),Nairobi, Kenya. “Population,
environment and development linkages and policy implications in the Sahel.”
2. Amanuel Gessessew, Mekelle University, Ethiopia “Giving women what they want: the case of family
planning in Tigray”
3. Jean François Kobiané, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
“Girl Education in the Sahel: progress and challenges.”
4. Monique Clesca, UNFPA, Niamey, Niger. “Reaching adolescent girls in Niger, a key to lower
demographic growth.” Contact the organizer, Alisha Graves (agraves.oasis@gmail.com) with any
questions.
DATA AVAILABILITY
ESS Round 6: The first edition of the European Social Survey Round 6 data and metadata
have now been published (http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/data/) . The countries included in the
first release are: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Kosovo, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. In addition to the ESS core data
there is now data for the repeat rotating module on 'Personal and social wellbeing' and a new module
on 'Europeans' understandings and evaluations of democracy'.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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 example, next week there will be an Info
Session on Berkeley Law, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Thu, November 21, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 1:00
PM (with lunch served). For more information visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News November 4, 2013
Hello everybody,
As co-editor of the PAA Affairs, the quarterly newsletter of the Population Association of America, I
would love it if someone would volunteer to submit a short piece (say 500-1000 words) about an area of
population-based research they might be doing or have done. I have some ideas but epigenetics, CCTs,
or fetal health are possible areas to cover. An article that summarizes some of the key issues would be
ideal. You could even have one of your postdocs or grad students write a first draft. It’s due December
15.
Have a great week.
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, November 6, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. Ted Miguel (Economics), who will present
recent research. Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Thursday, November 7, 4-6 PM. Will Dow (School of Public Health), “Why is Costa Rican Life Expectancy
so High?”. Held this fall in the Lippman Room, 8th floor Barrows Hall. Take the elevators up on the east
side of Barrows. RSVP to Monique@demog.berkeley.edu TODAY for dinner at the Faculty Club, and let
her know your dietary preference. If you are on the BacPop mailing list (ask Monique to subscribe you)
you will receive the paper in advance.
Monday, November 4 | 12-1:30 p.m . Public Policy Research Seminar: "The Broadband Digital Divide
and the Benefits of Mobile Broadband for Minorities" with Jim Prieger, Pepperdine. GSPP, room 105
(Corner of Hearst and LeRoy, across from Cory).
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Thursday, November 7 2-3:30 PM. Labor: "Effects of Large-scale Youth Employment Subsidies:
Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design" Speaker: Tomas Rau Binder, Universidad Catolica de
Chile. 648 Evans Hall.
Friday, November 8 | 12-1 p.m. Labor Lunch: "Peer and Reallocation Effects based on a Peer Quality
Score: Evidence from Random Peer Groups in Higher Education" Petra Maria Thiemann, University of St.
Gallen | 648 Evans Hall
CONFERENCES
The Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference 2013, November 18-20, Sacramento CA at
the Sacramento Hyatt. BECC brings together a range of academics, practitioners, and policy-makers from
a variety of fields engaged in energy and climate efforts in order to provide the latest and most relevant
behavioral research, best practices, and methodologies. The organizers value abstracts from all relevant
disciplines concerned with human behavior, society, and culture, especially work from applied
anthropology, social psychology, behavioral economics, organizational behavior, political science,
communications, and the cognitive sciences. This event is focused on understanding behavior and
decision-making with respect to energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, and
sustainability. Annually, 700 participants come together to share new research, discuss innovative policy
and program strategies, build networks, and find potential partners for collaboration. For more
information, visit: http://beccconference.org/.
NIH GRANTS
Analysis of Genome-Wide Gene-Environment (G x E) Interactions (R21), PAR-13-382. This FOA seeks to
provide support for research projects that involve secondary data analyses of existing genome-wide
data from genome-wide association studies or other large genomic datasets for the purpose of
identifying gene-environment interactions. The ultimate objective of this funding opportunity is the
discovery of complex interplays of genes and environmental factors in human populations which may
disclose novel genetic susceptibilities to environmental exposures or a greater understanding of the role
of environmental exposures in the development, progression, and severity of complex human
diseases. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-382.html.
FELLOWSHIPS
Chemical Heritage Society Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships. Generous pre- and postdoctoral
fellowships are available for research on the history of chemistry, broadly construed. Fellowships are
available for periods of 1 to 4 months (short-term fellows) or 9 months (long-term fellows) and are
spent in residence at CHF in Philadelphia. Travel grants are available for shorter research projects.
Fellows’ research projects cover a wide variety of subjects and time periods, owing to CHF’s desire to
broadly construe its mission to support research in the history and social studies of the chemical and
molecular sciences, technologies, medicine, and industries. For more information, visit:
http://www.chemheritage.org/research/beckman-center/beckman-center-fellowships/index.aspx.
RWJ Health Policy Fellows program seeks to build and maintain a strong and diverse leadership and
workforce in health and health care to help develop specific fields, such as health policy. It is an
outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social
scientists with an interest in health and health care policy. Fellows participate in the policy process at
the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care and health policy.
The fellowship requires, at a minimum, a 12-month residential experience in Washington, D.C., with
additional support for health policy leadership development activities. The program will select up to six
fellows. Deadline(s): 11/13/2013. For more information visit:
http://anr.rwjf.org/viewCfp.do?cfpId=1137&cfpOverviewId=.
WEBINAR
New York Chapter – American Association for Public Opinion Research “Geostatistics” On Tuesday,
November 12, 2013 at 1:00 PM EST, With Timothy Michalowski, Director, Geographic Information
Systems, Abt SRBI. This new webinar will build upon the previous "GIS for Survey Research" webinar
presented in March 2013. The webinar will focus on the use of "Geostatistics" defined generally as
"study of phenomena that vary in space and/or time” (Deutsch, 2002). “Geostatistics can be regarded
as a collection of numerical techniques that deal with the characterization of spatial attributes,
employing primarily random models in a manner similar to the way in which time series analysis
characterizes temporal data.”(Olea,1999). To Register & pay:
http://www.nyaapor.org/Event12Nov2013.html or email, info@nyaapor.org or call (212) 684-0542
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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. This week Leora Lawton will be giving a workshop
on Survey Research, Tuesday, 12-2 PM. Pair this with Tom Piazza’s, Thursday November 7, workshop on
Sampling, For more information visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Complimentary AAPOR Student Membership. The American Association of Public Opinion Research is
the leading organization for all aspects of survey research and other forms of data collection about the
opinions, behaviors and characteristics of people. They are offering a free one-year membership for
students. In 2014 the annual conference will be in Anaheim (and they dramatically reduce the
registration fee for students). As a survey research professional, AAPOR is one of my favorite
associations. http://www.aapor.org/For_Students/5273.htm#.UnXKilPm7To.
Weekly News October 28, 2013
Hello everybody,
First, below there’s an announcement for R03 small grants from NIA. Second, there’s more news from
NIH as they recover from the shudown:

Communications: OER has developed a public website that consolidates the
information on the resumption of extramural activities after the shutdown.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/2013_shutdown.htm

The Rock Talk http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/category/blog/ > blog post provides
background on the changes to NIH’s approach to the review meetings. Blog:
http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2013/10/22/change-plans-revised-schedule/,
http://1.usa.gov/1bU3LMb.

Updated Guide Notice: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14007.html, http://1.usa.gov/1ic7OVJ.
Also if needed:
Updated Timeline for Late Resubmission (-A1) Applications to PA-11-197 "NIH Pathway to
Independence Award (Parent K99/R00), http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14006.html, http://1.usa.gov/1aEF43J
Above links include details on:
(a) Rescheduling Review Meetings for January Council: NIH has made a corporate decision to try to
reschedule all missed review meetings to keep applications in the January Council round;
(b) Applications that Need to Be Reassigned to May Council: It is likely that some applications will still
need to be reassigned to May Council, but we hope those will be few;
(c) Application Due Dates: As per the Guide notice that was published on Friday, October grant
application due dates have all shifted to November. This means that the due date for any RFA, PAR, or
PA with a non-standard application due date is now November 1.
(d) Systems Availability: All eRA systems are currently available, and
(e) Progress Reports: RPPRs due during the shutdown are now due on November 4 (this information will
be included in today’s Guide notice).
Events and announcements follow.
Have a great week.
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, October 30, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. Ethan Ligon (ARE), “Measuring Neediness
in Uganda Using the Variable Elasticity of Substitution Demand System.” Demography seminar room.
2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Monday, October 28 | 4-5:30 p.m. "School Choice under Incomplete Information: the Roles of Risk
Aversion and Peer Networks" Andrew Dustan, UC Berkeley. Evans Hall, room 648.
Tuesday, October 29, 12:40- 2 PM. "Health Effects of Safety Net Programs". Hilary Hoynes, PhD. 714 C
University Hall. Request an advance copy of the paper from hspa_phd@berkeley.edu. (Ghadda
Haddad).
| October 28 | 12-1 p.m. | “The Politics of Pensions” with Sarah Anzia, GSPP. 2013 Fall Seminar Series:
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
Wednesday, October 30, 4-6 PM. Labor Seminar: "A Contribution to the Empirics of Reservation
Wages" with Alan Krueger, Princeton University.
Friday, November 1, 12-1 PM "Age and Gender-Based Screening in Employee Recruitment:
New Evidence from China and Mexico" with Peter Kuhn, UC Santa Barbara. Evans Hall, room 648
FUNDING
NIA R03 Secondary Analyses of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging (R03). The purpose of this FOA
is to solicit R03 applications for up to two years for secondary analysis of data on aging in the areas of
psychology, social epidemiology, economics, sociology, and
demography. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-14-008.html.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Call for Papers and Applications: Perspectives on Time Use in the U.S. Conference and Workshop, June
23-27, 2014. Time is arguably the most valuable resource available to the human population. It is,
therefore, important to understand why individuals allocate their time in the way they do and the
consequences of those time use decisions. This conference, to be held June 23-24 at the University of
Maryland Inn and Conference Center, will give members of the growing U.S. time use research
community the opportunity to interact with one another and share ideas. Researchers are invited to
submit abstracts for papers that address any question related to the collection or analysis of time use
data. Although submissions on any time use topic are appropriate, papers that make use of data from
the ATUS or American Heritage Time Use Data are especially encouraged. The deadline for submission
of paper abstracts is January 15, 2014. Authors chosen to present papers will be notified by February 14,
2014. Immediately following the conference there will be a three-day training workshop for researchers
new to the ATUS data entitled "ATUS Workshop 2014," on June 25-26-27. The deadline for submission
of applications to the Workshop is March 1, 2014 and workshop applicants will be notified by March
15. These two events are designed to provide a comprehensive view of the state of research in the field
and provide junior scholars or those just entering the time use arena with essential
tools. Detailed information is contained in the call for papers and call for applications documents,
which you can access using the link below. http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/research/sponsoredevents/timeuse-2014 For more information, contact Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland,
hofferth@umd.edu.
The 3rd Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Social Integration, to be held at the
Ruppin Academic Center, Israel, May 19-20, 2014, will focus on the current situation of migration in
the world. Over the past quarter century, the volume of international migrants has more than
doubled, and the number is likely to increase in the decades ahead. The downfall of the Berlin wall 25
years ago marks a significant change in migration trends in the world, which became since more
global and open. Economic migrants, asylum seekers and refugees are on the move and researchers
from various disciplines try to assess migration and integration processes in the macro and micro
levels. The presence of migrants poses significant social and economic challenges to the host countries.
In the current conference we will address and discuss issues relevant to assessing the current situation
of migration around the world. The Institute for Immigration and Social Integration at Ruppin Academic
Center in cooperation with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), invites proposals for papers on a
broad range of themes related to the current situation of migration in the world. Submission
procedure: Abstracts should be no more than 250 words long, for a paper of 20 minutes duration, and
include the paper title, author name, institutional association, and abstract. Abstracts should be sent to
the organizers to the following e-mail address: Ruppin-conference@ruppin.ac.il by November 30,
2013. The abstracts will be evaluated by an international academic committee chaired by Prof.
Moshe Semyonov. Answers will be sent back by December 30, 2013. Upon acceptance of the paper, we
will require a brief biographical note (approximately 60 words). For more information, please
contact: Dr. Karin Amit The Institute for Immigration & Social Integration Ruppin Academic
Center karina@ruppin.ac.il ++972-9-8983851
European Population Conference 2014. The deadline for submissions is 15 November 2013. Note that
abstracts/papers can ONLY be submitted to the Conference website: http://epc2014.princeton.edu.
Don’t miss the opportunity to join us in Budapest in June 2014! For information also visit
http://www.epc2014.hu.
FELLOWSHIPS
NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship: The
fellowship program brings visiting scholars in health services research-related
disciplines to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in Hyattsville,
Md. for a period of 13 months to conduct studies of interest to policymakers
and the health services research community. Fellows have access to NCHS data
resources for use in their proposed studies, and also work on collaborative
projects with NCHS staff. The
application deadline is January 6, 2014.
For more information,
visit: http://www.academyhealth.org/Training/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1435&navItemNumber=2332
.
AcademyHealth Senior Scholars Program: The AcademyHealth Senior Scholars Program includes longand short-term opportunities for senior leaders in the field of health services research to work ‘in
residence’ at AcademyHealth’s, Washington, D.C. offices. Scholars experience first-hand on the role that
health services research can play in informing national policy issues and gain access to policymakers,
thought-leaders and AcademyHealth staff. This fellowship has no salary and so is suited for a sabbatical.
For more information, visit:
http://www.academyhealth.org/Training/content.cfm?ItemNumber=9092&navItemNumber=9120.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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. This week features a workshop on. For more
information visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News October 21, 2013
Hello everybody,
Let me start off with congratulations to Jennifer Ahern for being the recipient of the 2013 NIH New
Innovator Award, for her NICHD-funded project, “A Rigorous System To Determine The Health Impacts
Of Policies And Programs.”
NIH has issued information about the rescheduling of grant submissions, review panels and other
activities as a result of the shutdown-caused delays. The full text can be found here:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-14-003.html, and covers these topics:
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eRA Systems Availability
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Rescheduling October Application Due Dates
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Processing of Applications Submitted During the Shutdown
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Replacing an Application that was Submitted for an October Due Date
Rescheduling Peer Review Meetings
Opportunity to “Refresh” Applications that are Reassigned to May 2014 Council
Early Stage Investigator Eligibility
K99/R00 Eligibility
Payment Management System
Award Actions
Financial Operations under a Continuing Resolution
This week the Demography Brown Bag features Josh Goldstein, Popcenter’s new Director. Consider
joining us if you haven’t had the opportunity to meet him.
Events and announcements follow.
Have a great week.
Leora
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EVENTS
Wednesday, October 23, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. Joshua Goldstein (Demography, UC
Berkeley), “New Opportunities in the Demographic Analysis of First Names.” Demography seminar
room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Monday, October 21 | 12-1 p.m. “Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the
Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants: 2013 Fall Seminar Series: Institute for
Reseach on Labor and Employment.” Fall Seminar Series: Institute for Research on Labor and
Employment with Nicole Maestas, RAND. | Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, Large
Conference Room, 2521 Channing Way.
Monday, October 21, 12-1:30 p.m.: “Social environment influences on adolescent reproductive health:
Epidemiologic evidence from San Francisco's Mission District and intervention directions.” With
Alexandra Minnis, RTI. | 3105 Tolman Hall.
Wednesday, October 23, 4-5:30 PM. “Neurocratic Futures in the Disability Economy: Pregnancy,
Addiction, and Mental Illness in the Welfare State.” Kelly Knight, Assistant Professor, Department of
Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine | Anna Head Alumnae Hall,
Alumnae Hall, 2537 Haste Street.
FUNDING
NIH announces a new R01 entitled “Modeling Social Behavior” for developing and testing innovative
theories and computational, mathematical, or engineering approaches to deepen our understanding of
complex social behavior. This research will examine phenomena at multiple scales to address the
emergence of collective behaviors that arise from individual elements or parts of a system working
together. Emergence can also describe the functioning of a system within the context of its
environment. Often properties we associate with a system itself are in actuality properties of the
relationships and interactions between a system and its environment. This FOA will support research
that explores the often complex and dynamic relationships among the parts of a system and between
the system and its environment in order to understand the system as a whole. To accomplish the goals
of this initiative, we encourage applications that build transdisciplinary teams of scientists spanning a
broad range of expertise. Minimally this team should include investigators with expertise in the
behavioral or social sciences as well as in computational and systems modeling (computer science,
mathematics, engineering, or other systems sciences). Applications should demonstrate bridge-building
between disciplines, scales and levels. For more information, visit
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-374.html.
WEBINAR:
“Twitter and Public Opinion Research: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How”
Sponsored by AAPOR (the American Association for Public Opinion Research)
Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 3 PM EDT, With: Joe Murphy, RTI and Carol Haney, Toluna.
Twitter is a social microblogging platform that has rapidly increased in popularity over the last five
years. Users log on and enter messages ("Tweets") of 140 characters or less, essentially broadcasting
them to the world. While much of the information posted on Twitter is difficult to discern meaning
from, the sheer magnitude of users and Tweets has provided a wealth of information to researchers on
important social topics. For example, on the day of the 2012 U.S. election, Twitter hit a peak of 327,452
tweets per minute and an overall of 31 million tweets just discussing the election. Some researchers
have approached the "mining" of this Twitter data using a variety of qualitative and quantitative
methods. Others, noting the lack of solid information about exactly who Tweets and who does not, see
Twitter as a non-representative source of information and have decided to ignore the stream of data
altogether.
Learning Objectives: What Twitter is and who uses it; How Twitter may be a useful resource for public
opinion research; The trade-offs involved in using social media data for public opinion research How to
read the Twitter pipe; Current text analytic techniques and limitations. To Register & Pay:
http://www.nyaapor.org/Event24Oct2013.html or email, info@nyaapor.org or Call (212) 684-0542.
CONFERENCE
PAPOR (Pacific Association for Public Opinion Research, the local chapter of AAPOR) Annual
Conference in San Francisco, December 12-13, 2013. Register by November 28 to receive the early bird
rate of $195, to be held at the Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel, located in the heart of San Francisco
near Union Square. It will offer two short courses: 1) Achieving Synergy Across Survey Modes; Mail
Contact with Web Response from Address-Based Samples, Instructor - Don A. Dillman; 2) Maximizing
the Accuracy of Online Surveys: Comparisons of Methods and Recommendations of Optimal Procedures,
Instructor - Jon A. Krosnick. To learn more, visit www.papor.org and to register, go
to http://www.cvent.com/d/g4q7q4/1Q.
FELLOWSHIPS
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships, National Research Council: In 2014, the Ford Fellowship
program will award approximately 60 predoctoral fellowships. The predoctoral fellowships provide
three years of support for individuals engaged in graduate study leading to a Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) or Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) degree. The award is for 3 years, $20,000 each year, open to citizens
and permanent residents of the US. Deadline is November 20, 2013.
For more information, visit: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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. This week features a workshop on Navigating
PubMed Central. given by Dr. Leora Lawton, on Monday, 12-2 PM. For more information visit:
http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
FROM THE WEB
Fortunately the shutdown has ended so we can access federal statistics and data again, but one
outcome that is positive was finding out about other data sources besides the Census. Pew Research
issued a notice and they are useful in and of themselves, so check them out:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/10/08/how-to-get-census-data-during-the-governmentshutdown/.
Weekly News October 14, 2013
Hello everybody,
I found another data site that is not affected by the shut down: http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov.
A heads up: Next week, on Monday October 21 at noon in D-Lab (356 Barrows), I’ll be giving a talk
about how to meet the NIH requirement of making your NIH-funded peer-reviewed articles available in
PubMed Central. This requirement is applicable to the PIs as well as anyone else even partially funded,
including graduate students on T32s. Therefore this talk is not just for graduate students.
Events and announcements follow.
Have a great week.
Leora
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EVENTS
Wednesday, October 16, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. Reid Hamel (Department of Hunger and
Livelihoods, Save the Children USA), “Food Security in a Warming World.” Demography seminar room.
2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
TODAY: Monday, October 14 | 12-1 p.m. The Emergence of a Finance Culture in American Households,
1993-2007: 2013 Fall Seminar Series: Institute for Research on Labor and Employment” with Speaker:
Neil Fligstein, Professor UC Berkeley Sociology. | Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, Large
Conference Room, 2521 Channing Way.
Tuesday October 15 | 4-5:30 p.m. “15% and Growing: The Political and Civic Engagement of Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders in California” A forum with Karthick Ramakrishnan, Associate Professor
of Political Science, UC Riverside; Taeku Lee, Professor of Political Science and Law, UC Berkeley.
Moderator: Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Professor of Education and Chair, Center for Latino Policy Research, UC
Berkeley. Seaborg Room, The Faculty Club.
Tuesday, October 15 | 12-2 p.m. “Underserved and Overdosed?: Muslims and the Pulse Polio Initiative
in rural north India” with Patricia Jeffery, Professor, Sociology & Centre for South Asian Studies, School
of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. | Stephens Hall, 10 (CSAS Conference Room).
Tuesday, October 15, 12:40-2 PM. Paul Pierson, PhD, John Gross Endowed Chair, Professor of Political
Science, "Polarization and Health Care Policy-making". HSR Colloquium, 714C University Hall.
Wednesday, October 16, 12-1 PM. October 16. Megan Stevenson, “Peer Effects in Youth Incarceration.
“ ARE Seminar, 201 Giannini Hall.
October 17 | 2-3:30 p.m. Labor: "Remittances and the Wage Impact of Immigration" with Will Olney,
Williams College. | 648 Evans Hall.
Thursday, October 17, 2013, 12-1 PM. “The Failure of Institutions and the Rise of a Culture of
Meritocracy: A Study of Unemployed Autoworkers in the US and Canada.” Victor Chen, Institute for
Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), 223 Moses Hall. RSVP by October 14 by calling Rita Ross at
510-642-0531, or by emailing Rita Ross at rjross@berkeley.edu.
FUNDING
No NIH announcements due to government shutdown.
FELLOWSHIPS
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Nuffield College intends to appoint Three-Year Postdoctoral Prize Research
Fellowships (PPRF) in the social sciences., with effect from 1 September 2014, two Postdoctoral Prize
Research Fellows (PPRFs) in Sociology. Applications are invited from graduates wishing to undertake
research in any area of Sociology. The main interests of the College are in Economics, Politics and
Sociology, but these are broadly construed to include, for example, social science approaches to history,
social and medical statistics, international relations, social psychology, public policy, and social policy.
The College offers separate Fellowship competitions for applicants researching in Economics and in
Politics. Applicants who wish to undertake interdisciplinary research in social science may apply to one
or more of the three Fellowship competitions. Applicants who wish to undertake research in Economic
History, or interdisciplinary research in Sociology which includes Economics and/or Politics are welcome
to apply for the PPRFs in Sociology. The Sociology Group particularly encourages applications from
candidates who work or plan to work in the field of one or more of the College's Sociology Fellows..
Post-doctoral salary starts at £23,548 p.a. Research budget £2,561 p.a.; Free single College
accommodation or £5,393 p.a. housing allowance; Free lunch and dinner in College. Child support funds
available. To be eligible, candidates should hold a bachelors and/or masters degree and should by 1
September 2014 have completed, or be close to completing, a doctorate. Candidates must not have
spent more than a total of eight years in postgraduate study, teaching or research in the social sciences
by the date of taking up the Fellowship, and should not have previously held a research fellowship
similar to that advertised. The Fellowships are to be taken up on 1 September 2014. The appointment
will be for 3 years. Further particulars and the application form are available on the College web page:
http://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk or from the Administrative Officer, Nuffield College, Oxford
OX1 1NF.Email: pprf@nuffield.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for applications is Monday 4 November 2013.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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. This week features a workshop on Weighting,
given by Dr. Tom Piazza, on Thursday, 12-2 PM. For more information visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Weekly News October 7, 2013
Hello everybody,
NAS has just released the presentations from a symposium on “Sustainability Science: Can Earth’s and
Society’s Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?” where the debate is between (a) a discussion of
bringing into balance the “three pillars” of sustainability—economic, social, and environmental, with (b)
the natural science paradigm that holds that there are limits to consumption of ecosystem services by
one species, which if crossed, lead to a collapse of system function. This workshop, within a systems
framework, explicitly emphasized the integration of the social sciences and the natural sciences that will
be required to achieve sustainability for a larger human population. It will examine key issues of
population size, distribution, growth, aging, and differential consumption, as well as land and water use
and climate change and their effects on availability of resources to achieve improved well-being for a
larger number of people. To see the Agenda and links to download abstracts and PPTs, visit:
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BECS/DBASSE_084154.
Another report of potential interest was just released by IOM, the National Research Council about
“What's Ailing America? Shorter Lives Poorer, Health” which you can download from
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/CPOP/US_Health_in_International_Perspective/, and find
out why we rank low on so many demographic measures of public health.
Have a great week.
Leora
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EVENTS
Wednesday, October 11, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. Tim Riffe (Demography, UC Berkeley),
“Renewal and Stability in Populations Structured by Remaining Years of Life.” Demography seminar
room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Tuesday, October 8, 12:30 – 1:30 pm. "Nice Work If You Can Get it: Local Economic Spillovers from
Agricultural Shocks in Developing Countries" Jonathan Colmer, LSE. 648 Evans Hall.
Wednesday October 9 | 4-5:30 p.m. "The Unequal Effects of Weather and Climate Change: Evidence
from Mortality in India" with Michael Greenstone, MIT | 648 Evans Hall.
Wednesday, October 9, 4-5:30 PM. Net Time Negotiations within the Family” with Laura Robinson,
Santa Clara University. 2537 Haste Street. Anna Head Alumnae Hall.
Thursday, October 10 2-3:30 PM. "Do Young People Overreact to ``Local'' Information? Evidence from
College Major Choice" Xiaoyu Xia, University of California, Berkeley. 648 Evans Hall.
Thursday-Friday, October 10-11 | 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Decision-Making and Emotion Regulation in LifeSpan Transitions. Sponsored by Behavioral Change Research Network (BCRN) and an NIA
grant: Speakers: Keith Chen, University of California, Los Angeles; James Choi, Yale University; Monica
Fabiani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Adriana Galvan, University of California, Los Angeles;
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, University of Minnesota; Valerie Reyna, Cornell University; Jalie Tucker,
University of Alabama at Birmingham. Alumni House, Toll Room. For more information, visit:
http://bcrn.berkeley.edu/2013-conference/
Friday, October 11 | 12-1 p.m. Labor Lunch: "The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, Mobility, and
Adjustment to the Great Recession"" With Danny Yagan, Harvard and Visiting Professor, UCB | 648
Evans Hall.
NIH GRANTS
None due to government shut down.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2014 meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association will be held from March 27-30, 2014 in
Portland, Oregon. The theme of this year's meeting is “(Un)Changing Institutions: Work, Family, and
Gender in the New Economy.” For information on the program and submissions see the opening page of
the PSA website (www.pacificsoc.org). If you would like to submit a paper proposal to the meeting, go to
the "Meeting" link on the drop down menu, and click on the "Submit Paper Proposal Link." For
instructions on using the system, click on "Navigating the New Electronic Submission System." The
deadline for submissions is October 15, 2013.
IUSSP International Cyberseminar, January 9-10, 2014 on Family demography: Advancing knowledge
about intergenerational relationships and exchanges in low and middle-income countries. New
Deadline for abstract submission: 31 October 2013, organized by the IUSSP Panel on Family Demography
in Developing Countries, in collaboration with the University of Southampton. The goal of the IUSSP
Panel on Family Demography in Developing Countries is to promote exchange between professionals
and students interested in demographic and health issues related to intergenerational relationships and
exchanges in low-and middle-income countries. For more information and a link to online submissions,
visit: http://www.iussp.org/en/node/6774.
FELLOWSHIPS
International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to
graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in PhD programs in
the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Eighty fellowships are
awarded annually. Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship
average of $20,000. The fellowship includes participation in an SSRC-funded interdisciplinary workshop
upon the completion of IDRF-funded research. Program URL: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/idrf/.
Open for applications, next deadline is November 5th 2013.
AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program announces the continuation of AHRQ
Health Services Research Dissertation Grant Program that provides support to individuals who are
conducting research undertaken as part of an accredited academic program to qualify for a research
doctorate degree. This FOA utilizes the dissertation research grant mechanism (R36). Deadline(s):
11/01/2013 E-mail: Brenda.Harding@ahrq.hhs.gov;
Program URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-12-256.html.
Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being Invite Applications …seeking innovations
in child abuse and neglect prevention. These fellowships are designed to identify and develop a new
generation of leaders interested in and capable of creating practice and policy initiatives that will
enhance child development and improve the nation's ability to prevent all forms of child maltreatment.
Applications are due by December 15, 2013. Fellows are guided by an academic mentor whom they
select; fellows also identify a policy or practice mentor to assist them in better understanding how to
frame their research questions with an eye toward maximizing policy and practice relevance. Fellows
can be based at any academic institution in the U.S. and must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents in
the U.S. to be eligible. Up to 15 fellowships are awarded annually. Because the promotion of child wellbeing and the prevention of child maltreatment require knowledge and collaboration from diverse
fields, the program is multidisciplinary in scope and approach. Fellows are selected from a range of
academic disciplines, including, but not limited to, social work, child development, public health,
medicine, public policy, education, economics, psychology, and epidemiology. The fellowship will begin
in the summer of 2014. Each fellow receives an annual stipend of $25,000 for up to two years. For more
information and/or to apply see: http://www.chapinhall.org/fellowships/doris-duke-fellowships.
TRAINING
ATLAS.ti Workshop on Oct 26-27, 2013. This workshop course will provide both a conceptual
background and practical experience in computer assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDA) using
ATLAS.ti. The workshop begins by examining the core elements common to all CAQDA, regardless of
methodological orientation, discipline/profession, or platform. After instruction in the fundamental
aspects of CAQDA, the course turns to the logic of the ATLAS.ti program, and how it functions as a tool
for CAQDA. The workshop consists of both instruction and hands-on exercises in ATLAS.ti. By the end of
the course, participants will have all the conceptual and practical tools necessary to employ ATLAS.ti in
their current or future projects involving qualitative data. Additional information available at:
http://socialresearch.berkeley.edu/pages/atlas_ti_workshop_overview.html
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Center for the Right-Wing Studies Graduate and Undergraduate Mini-grant Program – 2013-2014 to
assist with the development of student research projects on issues related to right-wing movements in
the U.S. and other regions of the world.. Download an from here: http://crws.berkeley.edu/minigrants. Applications are due by 4pm on Friday, November 8, 2013.
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.
Weekly News September 30, 2013
Hello everybody,
There are many opportunities for funding in this week's newsletter. For our graduate students, I'd like
to point out the annual competition for the PAPOR graduate paper award. Cal students have been very
successful in submitting award-winning analyses of survey data or other forms of research about how
people think and why they do what they do.
Please also take a look at the NIH grant series on violence. I’ll be directing this announcement to specific
people, but take a look and see if it fits for your work.
Events and announcements follow.
Have a great week.
Leora
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EVENTS
Wednesday, October 4, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. Amal Harrati (Demography, UC Berkeley),
Genetic Correlates of Risk Aversion. Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and
refreshments served.
Thursday, October 3, 4-6 PM. Meredith Reiches (U. of Massachussets, Boston), Adolescent Energy:
Ramadan in the Gambia as a Natural Experiment. Held this fall in the Lippman Room, 8th floor Barrows
Hall. Take the elevators up on the east side of Barrows. RSVP to Monique@demog.berkeley.edu TODAY
for dinner at the Faculty Club, and let her know your dietary preference.
Monday, September 30 | 12-1 p.m. “Investing in the Poorest Girls in the Poorest Communities: How
research can inform program design and what program evaluation can teach us about adolescent girls.”
With Satvika Chalasani, United Nations Population Fund; Daniel Perlman, UC Berkeley Bixby Center for
Population, Health & Sustainability. | 714C University Hall
Monday September 30 | 12-1:15 p.m. |Drug Violence in Mexico, with Beatriz Magaloni, associate
professor of Political Science and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
at Stanford University. 202 Barrows Hall.
Tuesday, October 1st, 12:40 - 2:00 pm. “Food for Thought? Breastfeeding and Child Development” with
Marcos Vera-Hernández, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Economics Department, University College London. 714C
University Hall.
Wednesday October 2 | 4-5:30 p.m. "The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth" with Chad
Jones, Stanford University| 648 Evans Hall. Host: Christina Romer. Download the paper:
http://www.stanford.edu/~chadj/HHJK.pdf.
Wednesday October 2 | 3:40-5 p.m. “Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate” with Michael Wehner,
Staff Scientist, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 575 McCone
Hall
Thursday, October 3 2-3:30 PM. "The Countercyclical Value of Military Employment." Mark Borgschulte,
University of California, Berkeley. 648 Evans Hall.
Friday, October 4 | 12-1 p.m. Labor Lunch: "Political Parties and Labor Market. Outcomes and Policies.
Evidence from U.S. States." With Louis-Philippe Beland, University of Montreal. | 648 Evans Hall
NIH GRANTS
NIH just announced a series of grant opportunities to study violence, particularly gun violence. They
come in R01, R03 and R21 flavors. This announcement seeks research that “includes basic neuroscience
and basic behavioral research, clinical and translational studies, intervention development at the
individual, family and community level, efficacy trials of interventions based on evidence from basic and
translational studies, and research to identify the best ways to disseminate and implement efficacious
and evidence-based interventions in real-world settings. While this FOA covers all of the areas
mentioned above, particular consideration will be given to applications that propose studies of the
intersection that focus on the various types of violence (homicide, suicide, youth and gang-related,
intimate partner) and firearms.” For the R01 (which has links to the other two), visit
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-363.html.
FUNDING
2013-2014 Cycle of PIMSA, the Research Program on Migration and Health. Research Awards: up to
$40,000 USD; Dissertation Awards/ $5,000 USD. PIMSA is now accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs) for
Research Awards and Dissertation grants related to migration and health topics. Please view the full
proposal for application details and timelines. PIMSA promotes collaborative and bi-national research
by funding research projects that will contribute to the knowledge base of migration and health-related
issues facing workers of Mexican-origin and their families in the United States and Mexico. Required
Letter of intent: November 8, 2013 5:00 PST. Apply online:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Common/LogOn.aspx?eqs=ULUxrLEqb2zLsmYlEkP_-A2.
Development Impact Lab Awards: Proposals should be submitted by the group/lab's Principal
Investigator (and fit into their lab or group's research agenda). Please feel free to share this
opportunity, as it is open to all departments at UCB. See dil.berkeley.edu for additional grants.
1. DIL Explore: easy 500-word application for travel to explore early-stage ideas (grad student and
postdoc travel is welcomed!). This 500-word application is for $5,000 to develop early-stage ideas and
partnerships, including through international travel to developing countries. Apply here:
http://dil.berkeley.edu/technology-portfolio/competitions-incentives/fall-2013-explore/
2. DIL RFA: up to $75k pilot grants and $200k project grants for technologies related to international
development. http://dil.berkeley.edu/technology-portfolio/competitions-incentives/fall-2013-rfa/
CALL FOR PAPERS
2013 Annual Conference of the Pacific Association for Public Opinion Research (PAPOR). December 1213, 2013, at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel, San Francisco, CA. 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 e-mail address. All
abstracts must be received no later than 5pm PDT on October 4, 2013. Please submit abstracts as
electronic attachments via email to 2013 Conference Chair, Sonja Petek at confchair@papor.org.
35th Annual Conference: Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, February 19-22, 2014 –
Albuquerque, NM, Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center. Proposal submission deadline: November
1, 2013. Proposals for individual papers and panels are now being accepted for the Consumer Culture
and Advertising area. Presentations on historical or contemporary subjects are welcome. Topics might
include, but are not limited to:
-Demographics: advertising for and consumption among specific groups: age, class, race, ethnicity, etc.
-Sites of consumption, consuming activities, consumption on display
-Consumer mentality and behavior: methods, motivations behind consumption; consumption and
identity; psychological aspects (addiction, hoarding, etc.)
-Effects of consumer culture: physical waste, ecological distress, economic issues, etc.
Proposals that relate to this year’s conference theme, “Popular and American Culture Studies:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” are especially encouraged. Papers presented at the conference may
be submitted for potential publication in the SWPACA’s new peer-reviewed, quarterly journal, Dialogue:
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy. See http://journaldialogue.org for more
information. For more information, visit: http://www.southwestpca.org
FELLOWSHIPS
Applications Wanted for NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship: The NCHS Health Policy
Fellowship brings two visiting scholars to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for a 13-month
period to work collaboratively with NCHS staff on a wide range of projects. Fellows will conduct new and
innovative analyses as well as participate in developmental and health policy activities related to the
design and content of future NCHS surveys. Applicants may be at any stage in their career, from doctoral
students (students must have completed course work and be at the dissertation phase of their program)
to senior investigators, and must demonstrate training and/or experience in health services research
and its methodology, especially quantitative data analysis, reflecting disciplines such as public health,
public administration, health care administration, sociology, health economics, health statistics,
anthropology, and behavioral sciences, or the health professions (e.g., medicine, nursing, dentistry,
pharmacology, etc.). Proposals should demonstrate knowledge of the NCHS data systems selected for
study and their appropriateness for the proposed investigation. All applicants are strongly encouraged
to complete the online Statement of Interest form prior to applying. Once the form has been submitted,
AcademyHealth and NCHS staff will follow up to provide both guidance on the proposal and assistance
on the application process. More information about the Health Policy Fellowship is available at
www.academyhealth.org/nchs.
Grant Notley Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship. One award is available to perform significant research
at the University of Alberta, in politics, history, economy or society of Western Canada, or related
fields. Awards are valued at $46,000 per year, and include a one-time travel/research grant of $4,000.
Deadline: 11/18/2013. Program
URL: http://www.postdoc.ualberta.ca/en/FundingandFellowships/UniversityofAlbertaPostdoctoralFello
wships.aspx.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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.
PAPOR – the Pacific Chapter of the AAPOR - solicits candidates for the Student Paper Competition:
Undergraduate and graduate student participation is highly encouraged. Email your paper by midnight
(PDT) on October 15 to PAPOR Student Paper Chair, Benjamin Messer 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 spot on the
annual conference program. For more information, contact studentpaper@papor.org. For more
information visit: http://papor.org/studentaward.html. Students from sociology, political science,
demography, economics, public policy and public health are likely possibilities. Students from Cal have
won in the recent past, so go for it.
Weekly News September 24, 2013
Hello everybody,
I’ve been super busy putting some grant proposals together for today’s deadline so I don’t have much to
say other than to remind you that the PAA deadline is Friday.
Events and announcements follow.
Have a great week.
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, September 25, 12-1 PM: Demography Brown Bag. David Levine (Haas School of Business,
UC Berkeley), Present Bias, Liquidity Constraints, Salience, and Transaction Costs in Health Behaviors:
What I Learned by Selling Water Filters. Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and
refreshments served.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2:00 – 3:30 pm “Seminar 237, Macro: "Transfer Payments and the
Macroeconomy: The Effects of Social Security Benefit Changes, 1952-1991" Featured Speakers: Christina
D. Romer, UC Berkeley; David Romer, UC Berkeley. 597 Evans Hall.
Thursday, September 26, 2-3:30 PM. Labor: "Who Drinks Vodka in Russia", with Evgeny Yakovlev,
Acumen LLC and NES. Evans Hall, room 648
Friday September 27th from 12:00 - 1:30 PM . Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop (IIW). If you
have any interest in immigration, consider joining this workshop. It is a unique forum for shaping
academic products related to immigration that provides the opportunity to present and respond to
works in progress. 420 Barrows Hall. Light snacks and refreshments will be served, and you will meet
many immigration scholars and students on campus!
FUNDING
The William T. Grant Foundation's Distinguished Fellows Program is designed to increase the supply of,
demand for, and use of high-quality research in the service of improved youth outcomes. To accomplish
this goal, the program gives influential mid-career researchers the opportunity to immerse themselves
in practice or policy settings, and gives influential practitioners and policy makers the opportunity to
work in research settings. The program encourages mid-career researchers to submit proposals that are
designed to deepen their understanding of policy processes and practice settings. The program also
invites policy makers and practitioners to propose projects that will enhance their capacities to
recognize and use high-quality research. The program generally selects between one and four fellows
annually. Each fellow will receive up to $175,000 (including direct and indirect costs) for the total
duration of the fellowship. Fellowships may range from six months to two years. The foundation also
may provide a small grant of up to $25,000 to the fellowship site to defray the costs associated with
hosting a fellow. Letters of Inquiry must be received no later than January 8, 2014. Upon review,
selected applicants will be invited to submit full applications. For more information,
visit: http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/fellowships/william_t__grant_distingui
shed_fellows,
CALL FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
International Sociological Association, XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, “Facing an Unequal
World: Challenges for Global Sociology” Yokohama, Japan, 13-19 July 2014. Research Committee on
Social Transformations & Sociology of Development, (RC09). Specifically: The New Demography of
Development - Development, a complex and contested concept, often refers to notions of progress and
improvement that are conditioned by class, culture, geography, history, relations of power, and
demography. Population composition and change are central to development processes. This session
will explore the role of demography in a changing, and increasingly global, context of development. We
welcome papers that investigate new, multiple and variegated interactions between development,
population change, mortality, fertility, and migration. Papers using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed
methods are welcome, and papers employing a comparative, or multi-sited, framework are especially
encouraged. Abstract submission deadline is September 30, 2013.
FELLOWSHIPS
The Population Association of America is pleased to be a partner organization in the prestigious
Science and Technology Fellowship Program of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS). This fellowship provides an exciting opportunity for researchers to come to
Washington, DC and use population science, outside of the academic setting, to inform public policy and
work for one year in a federal agency. PAA is now accepting fellowship applications for the 2014-2015
term. The deadline to apply is December 15, 2013. This fellowship is open to doctoral scientists from any
discipline relevant to population research. Both early and mid- career professionals are encouraged to
apply. For additional information, or to apply for a fellowship, please see our website: PAA Fellowship,
http://www.populationassociation.org/government-affairs/paa-fellowship/. Please email any questions
to Juliane Baron at paaapc@popassoc.org.
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships: This year the program will award approximately 24
postdoctoral fellowships. The postdoctoral fellowships provide one year of support for individuals
engaged in postdoctoral study after the attainment of the Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree. Postdoctoral
fellowships will be awarded in a national competition administered by the National Research Council
(NRC) of the National Academies on behalf of the Ford Foundation. The awards will be made to
individuals who, in the judgment of the review panels, have demonstrated superior academic
achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show
promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a
resource for enriching the education of all students. For more information, visit
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047960.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: The Scholars-in-Residence Program is designed to
encourage research and writing on the history, literature, and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the
African diaspora; to promote and facilitate interaction among the participants including fellows funded
by other sources; and to facilitate the dissemination of the researchers' findings through lectures,
publications, and the ongoing Schomburg Center Colloquium and Seminar Series. OBJECTIVES: Projects
in the social sciences, science and technology, psychology, education, and religion are eligible if they
utilize a humanistic approach and contribute to humanistic knowledge. Candidates for advanced
degrees must have received the degree by November 1 of this year. Only US citizens, permanent
residents and foreign nationals who have been resident in the United States for the three years
immediately preceding the application deadline may apply.
Fellowships are awarded for continuous periods of six months at the Schomburg Center with maximum
stipends of $30,000. Fellows must devote full time to their research projects. For more information, visit
http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/64/node/138
School of Social Science Fellowships program invites as Members around twenty visiting scholars who
constitute a genuinely interdisciplinary and international group.Deadline(s): 11/01/2013 Web
Site:
http://www.sss.ias.edu/applications Program
URL: http://www.sss.ias.edu/files/pdfs/announcement2014-15.pdf
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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. This week features (a) a series of workshops at 1
PM on IRB and Human Subjects; (b) Using SDA (the online Survey Documentation and Analysis system
for easy online data analysis or downloading of data for more complex analyses). For more information
visit: http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
The MDRC project is looking for qualitative interviewers/grad students with interviewing experience
interested in conducting interviews with SF low-income populations. Contact Tara McKay, PhD, Scholar
in Health Policy Research; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, E: tmckay@berkeley.edu, P: 510-643-1888
http://scholars.berkeley.edu/tmckay.
Weekly News September 16, 2013
Hello everybody,
The Population Association of America (PAA) released the fall 2013 edition of its quarterly newsletter,
PAA Affairs. There is an article by the former editor of Demography, Stewart Tolnay, who provides a
description of the field of demography as it exists today. Without intending to do so, he describes the
Berkeley Population Center. You can read it here: http://www.populationassociation.org/wpcontent/uploads/PAA-Fall.pdf (p.6).
Speaking of the PAA, submissions for the annual meeting, May 1-3 in Boston are due September 27. An
extended abstract is all that’s required at this stage. Visit http://paa2014.princeton.edu for more
details.
Have a great week
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, September 18, 12-1 PM: John Wilmoth (Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United
Nations), Trends in International Migration and the Current Discussion of Migration Issues at the United
Nations. Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Monday, September 16 | 2-3:30 p.m. Public Finance: “The Light Bulb Paradox: Using Behavioral
Economics for Policy Evaluation" with Hunt Allcott - Visiting UC Berkeley, NYU, 648 Evans Hall.
Tuesday, September 17th, 12:40 - 2:00 pm “Title: What Makes Countries Happy? The Role of Health,
Wealth and Social Capital” Richard Scheffler, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and
Public Policy, Director, Petris Center & Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research
(GCHEPR). Request the paper from hspa_phd@berkeley.edu. 714C University Hall
Wednesday, September 19 | 12-1 p.m. Climate Change and Health IdeaLab Meeting. Join the (new)
Climate Change and Health IdeaLab for our first meeting of the semester. This group provides a forum
for campus members (students, postdocs, faculty, staff) interested in the intersections of climate change
and public health to find collaborators, explore complex interdisciplinary issues, share new research and
learn together. Join us for an informal mixer as we discuss our plans for the year, set up reading groups,
and begin projects in these areas. | B100 Blum Hall.
FUNDING
NIH Conference Grant, to support high quality scientific conferences that are relevant to the NIH's
mission and to the public health. A conference is defined as a symposium, seminar, workshop, or any
other organized and formal meeting, whether conducted face-to-face or via the internet, where
individuals assemble (or meet virtually) to exchange information and views or explore or clarify a
defined subject, problem, or area of knowledge, whether or not a published report results from such
meeting. The NIH recognizes the value to members of the research community and all other interested
parties in supporting such forums. For more information, visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pafiles/PA-13-347.html. [Note: we have some successful R13’s to model your application on. These
conferences can help kick-start a network for subsequent research funding.]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Round 12 of its Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, an
accelerated grant program that encourages bold approaches aimed at improving the lives of the world's
poorest people, is accepting applications. Anyone — students, scientists, entrepreneurs — with a
transformative idea is invited to apply. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded twice a year. Successful
projects are eligible to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million. Topics for Grand Challenges
Explorations Round 12 are 1) inciting healthy behaviors; 2) new enabling tools and models supporting
development of interventions for enteric dysfunction; 3) innovations in feedback and accountability
systems for agricultural development; 4) One Health — bringing together human and animal health for
new solutions; and 5) developing the next-generation condom. For information, visit:
http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Pew Charitable Trusts – Advancing Policy Solutions. Requesting a Letter of Intent (LOI)support in the
area of advancing policy solutions within the fields of public health and human services policy, family
financial security issues, and science and technology. For more information, visit:
http://www.pewtrusts.org/program_investments_procedure.aspx,
AWARD NOMINATION
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is pleased to accept nominations for the 2014 Alan T.
Waterman Award. Each year, the Foundation bestows the Waterman Award in recognition of the
talent, creativity, and influence of a singular young researcher. Established in 1975 to commemorate the
Foundation's first Director, the Waterman Award is NSF's highest honor for promising, early-career,
researchers. Nominees are accepted fro m all sources, from any field of science and engineering that
NSF supports. The award recipient will receive a medal and an invitation to the formal awards ceremony
in Washington, DC. In addition, the recipient will receive a grant of $1,000,000 over a five-year period
for scientific research or advanced study in any field of science or engineering supported by the National
Science Foundation, at any institution of the recipient's choice. We are especially interested in
nominations for women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria: Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. They must be
35 years of age or younger, or not more than 7 years beyond receipt of their Ph.D. degree, by December
31 of the year in which they are nominated. Candidates should have demonstrated exceptional
individual achievements in scientific or engineering research of sufficient quality, originality, innovation,
and significant impact on the field to place them at the forefront of their peers.
Complete nomination packages, consisting of nominations and four letters of reference, are due by
October 25, 2013. The nominations and letters must be received through the FastLane system. To
submit a nomination, please visit https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/honawards/.
Please contact the Program Manager for the Alan T. Waterman Award at waterman@nsf.gov or
703-292-8040 if you have any questions. You may also visit
http://www.nsf.gov/od/waterman/waterman.jsp for more information. A PDF version of the call for
nominations is available at
http://www.nsf.gov/od/waterman/nsf_watermanaward_2014callfornominations_130730.pdf.
FELLOWSHIPS
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research 2013 Call for Applications.
Deadline: October 08, 2013, 3:00 p.m. ET, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health
Policy Research program develops and supports a new generation of creative health policy thinkers and
researchers within the disciplines of economics, political science and sociology. Each year the program
selects up to nine highly qualified individuals for two-year fellowships at one of three nationally
prominent universities with the expectation that they will make important research contributions to
future U.S. health policy. Up to nine fellowships will be awarded in this grant cycle. Scholars will receive
stipends of $89,000 each year of the two-year fellowship. For more information, visit:
http://www.rwjf.org/en/grants/calls-for-proposals/2013/rwjf-scholars-in-health-policy-research.html.
Stanford University – External Faculty Fellowship. - Stanford Humanities Center (but historical or
philosophical social science applications are welcomed, too.) External fellowships are intended primarily
for individuals currently teaching in or affiliated with an academic institution, but independent scholars
may apply. Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate,
and full professor) and a goal of the selection process is to create a diverse community of scholars.
Applicants who are members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. "The
humanities include, but are not limited to, the following fields: history, philosophy, languages, literature,
linguistics, archeology, jurisprudence, history and criticism of the arts, ethics, comparative religion, and
those aspects of the social sciences employing historical or philosophical approaches. This last category
includes social and cultural anthropology, sociology, political theory, international relations, and other
subjects concerned with questions of value." Deadline(s): 10/01/2013. For more information, visit:
http://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/non-stanford-faculty
CALL FOR PAPERS
The journal “Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers” invites
submissions for a special issue on “Men’s Family Involvement Across Industrial Nations.” The goal is to
understand similarities and differences between recent family trends in father involvement across
industrialized societies and to provide a national context for father involvement in families. Studies of
single or multiple countries are invited; however, providing either a cultural or policy context for father
involvement with his family and children is essential. The focus of this special issue will be the time men
spend with their families either across historical time, across family members, across space, or
compared with alternative activities. It is strongly recommended that potential contributors consider
using data from the American Time Use Survey (http://www.bls.gov/tus/; https://www.atusdata.org/),
the American Heritage Time Use Study (http://www.timeuse.org/ahtus/), or one of the countries
archived in the Multinational Time Use Study (http://www.timeuse.org/mtus/). General Submission
Guidelines: Articles should be no longer than 30 pages (including tables, notes, and references) and
should be formatted according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
The corresponding guest editor for this issue is Sandra Hofferth, University of Maryland. She welcomes
e-mailed inquiries regarding potential topics. To facilitate the review process, manuscripts should be
submitted electronically to hofferth@umd.edu. In addition, an electronic copy should be submitted via
the Fathering website (https://falkcollegeofsporthumandynamics.submittable.com/submit) under
special issues.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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. This week: more workshops on R, STATA, and
other valuable topics. http://dlab.berkeley.edu.
Senior Fellow, National Research Center for Women & Families: Terrific opportunity for someone who
has just completed a PhD or MD, is working on a doctoral dissertation, or is on sabbatical. We are
seeking an experienced professional with excellent writing, expertise in quantitative research, and
grant-writing experience who can interpret and “translate” research findings into compelling and
persuasive information for the public, policy makers, and potential funders. A graduate degree in
epidemiology/public health, medicine, or closely related field is required. A doctorate or ABD is
preferred and strong quantitative skills are a must. The ideal candidate will be attentive to details, wellorganized, dedicated to health issues, have excellent oral and written communication skills, have grantwriting experience, and work well individually and as part of a team. This is a part-time or full-time 6month position (at least 24 hours/week), eligible for renewal or promotion after 6 months. The starting
salary is a stipend of $35,000/year for MPH or ABD and $45,000/year for candidate with a doctorate or
medical degree for full-time work, plus benefits. The exact salary depends on time commitment. You will
work in a beautiful windowed office a few blocks from the White House.
The National Research Center for Women & Families is a small nonprofit think tank focused on quality of
health care and public health. We work on a wide range of health issues, with particular focus on cancer,
environmental health issues, and FDA and HHS policies. We will fill this position asap, so do not apply if
you are not available soon. To learn more about us, check out www.center4research.org and
www.stopcancerfund.org. No calls please. Please send your resume and cover letter to
info@center4research.org.
Summer Internship: Leo Baeck Institute announces the Fred Grubel Fellowship -Research on Refugees
in New York. A paid summer internship program for a graduate student who will participate in work on a
specific research topic (jointly determined by the candidate and the LBI) related to LBI collections, which
can include archives, library, photo collection, and art collection. The research project should pertain to
the lives of refugees of the 1930s and 1940s in New York. Deadline(s): 11/14/2013; Contact: Dr. Frank
Mecklenburg, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011, fmecklenburg@lbi.cjh.org. For more
information, visit: http://www.lbi.org/about/fellowships/ and
http://www.lbi.org/about/fellowships/fred-grubel-fellowship/.
Weekly News September 9, 2013
Hello everybody,
I’ve become rather enamored with the new calendaring system, Bconnected (email, not so much). The
Popcenter website has had a calendar of events for years but now you can see or hide the events on
your own calendar very easily with a click of a button. On your bcalendar, in the lower left corner it says
“Other Calendars”. Search for the email ‘popcenter@demog.berkeley.edu’ The calendar will pop up.
Click on the colored box next to the name of Popcenter to hide the calendar. Click on the event to see
the event details.
Events and announcements follow.
Have a great week,
Leora
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, September 11, 12-1 PM: Paul Gertler (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley) Labor Market
Returns to Childhood Stimulation: A 20-year Follow up to an Experimental Intervention in
Jamaica. Demography seminar room. 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Wednesday, September 11 | 1-2 p.m. |Neyman Seminar: The Relative Size of Big Data: Perspectives
from an Interdisciplinary Statistician. Bin Yu, UC Berkeley. 1011 Evans Hall.
Thursday, September 12, 2-3:30 PM. Labor: "Race and Marriage in the Labor Market: A Discrimination
Correspondence Study in a Developing Country." Speaker: Eva O. Arceo-Gomez, CIDE-División de
Economía. 648 Evans Hall.
Friday, September 13, 12-1 p.m, Labor Lunch: "Labor Market Opportunities and Crime: Evidence from
Parolees." Speaker: Kevin Schnepel, The University of Sydney 648 Evans Hall.
Friday, September 13, 12-1:30 PM. ARE Departmental Seminar. Guest speaker: Martin Sturmer,
University of Bonn-Institute for International Economic Policy. 201 Giannini Hall.
CALL FOR PAPERS
2014 International Health Data Linkage Conference: 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. What are the new and exciting data sources? What fields are furthest ahead in
capitalizing on data to produce evidence for public policy? What evidence are they producing? What can
we learn from use of big data in the private sector? Where will we be 10 years from now? Come join us
and help chart that future. For more information, please visit here: http://f2fe.us7.listmanage2.com/track/click?u=d2c0165bf19f4e88c0f2baa5b&id=9b7461ff6f&e=b8741a956b. Submit your
abstract online via an Abstract Submission Form after September 9.
International Sociological Association - XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, “Facing an Unequal
World: Challenges for Global Sociology” Yokohama, Japan, 13-19 July 2014. The New Demography of
Development: Development, a complex and contested concept, often refers to notions of progress and
improvement that are conditioned by class, culture, geography, history, relations of power, and
demography. Population composition and change are central to development processes. This session
will explore the role of demography in a changing, and increasingly global, context of development. We
welcome papers that investigate new, multiple and variegated interactions between development,
population change, mortality, fertility, and migration. Papers using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed
methods are welcome, and papers employing a comparative, or multi-sited, framework are especially
encouraged. Abstract submission deadline is September 30, 2013. Abstracts must be submitted online
here. For more information please contact Brendan Mullan (mullan@msu.edu) or Matthew Sanderson
(mattrs@ksu.edu).
FUNDING
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate
has issued a Dear Colleague letter alerting scientists in these disciplines to an opportunity "to broaden
their core expertise through residence at a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
facility." According to Acting Assistant Director for SBE, Joanne Tornow, "this Fellowship provides a
unique opportunity for interdisciplinary research collaboration between SBE scientists and NOAA
scientists and decision makers." It is part of NSF's Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability
(SEES) activities that support interdisciplinary research and education that will help achieve a
sustainable future" in the face of gradual and abrupt global change." NOAA has indicated it would
welcome SBE scientists to be based in any of their program offices, centers and laboratories through the
NSF Program on Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability Fellows (SEES Fellows:
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504673).NSF is soliciting proposals that require
applicants to develop a plan for a research partnership. NSF and NOAA believe that NOAA program
offices, centers, and laboratories, which are based throughout the country, provide an opportunity for
such partnerships between SBE scientists and NOAA staff. Although there is no set-aside, as proposals
to reside at NOAA facilities must compete with all the other proposals, the willingness of NOAA
administrators to work with SBE scientists should enable these scholars to develop strong proposals.
This opportunity is open to early-career scholars. Awards provide salary support, research expenses and
travel support for a maximum of 3 years. Proposals are due November 21, 2013. Potentially interested
applicants are urged to first review the NSF solicitation on Science, Engineering and Education for
Sustainability Fellows (SEES Fellows: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504673). For
more information contact Leah Bunce Karrer, Deputy Chief Economist (leah.karrer@noaa.gov) at NOAA,
in order to identify potential opportunities at NOAA. Scholars should submit their proposals to the SEES
Fellows competition at the NSF. Questions about this Dear Colleague Letter or other NSF-specific issues
can be addressed to Dr. Robert O'Connor (roconnor@nsf.gov).
DATA
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released the Linked Mortality Files (LMF) for 2013,
which connect several NCHS surveys with the National Death Index (NDI). The LMF provides the
opportunity to conduct research designed to investigate the association of a wide variety of health
factors with mortality. More information is available here.
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Data Users. Data from the 2011 in-person wave are now available for
download from the WLS website. http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/. Users who worked with the
preliminary 2011 data should update their file to the official release version 13.01. In addition to the
new wave of data, we have updated mortality status and have made some minor corrections to prior
waves of data. Please see change release #37 for details.
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/data/updates/change_notice/chnt_037.htm
EDUCATION
New Graduate Seminar starts September 17: An exciting new interdisciplinary graduate seminar is
being organized, to which we call your attention: “Behavior, Measurement and Change.” The objective
of this one-unit seminar course is to bring together a group of like-minded graduate students and faculty
to share research in the domain of behavior change monitoring and modification. The attached flyer
provides information on the seminar organizers, goals, time and location. The first meeting will be on
Tuesday, September 17th, at 4:00 pm in the Lipman Room (8th floor of Barrows Hall; use ONLY the
elevator at the EAST end of Barrows to reach the Lipman Room).
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Survey of Research: TODAY!! Monday September 9 | 12:10-1 p.m. Seminar E295, Survey of Research:
Demography. With Professor Ron Lee (Demography). | Evans Hall, 597 Evans. Open for first year
economics students only.
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. This week:

Workshop: Introduction to R, Mon, September 9, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00
PM. Instructor: Clara Cohen.

Didactic Seminar: Open & reproducible research. Jonathan Tedds (Leicester, UK) is
speaking this Th 9/12, 4 pm in 356 Barrows. What does it take to review and publish a research
dataset?
http://dlab.berkeley.edu
Weekly News September 2, 2013
Hello everybody,
In this beautiful fall weather, give yourself an excuse to get outside, maybe take a stroll by Strawberry
Creek, and arrive to a different building to hear a talk outside of your discipline. Every week there are,
of course, so many potentially interesting and relevant lectures and so little time. So just do a little – go
to one each semester that gets you just a tad out of your comfort zone. The listing of seminars below
presents scholarship from a variety of sources.
Have a great week
Leora
PS: I’ll be on vacation Thursday and Friday for the Jewish New Year. Shana Tovah!
****
EVENTS
Wednesday, September 4, 12-1 PM: Jennifer Johnson-Hanks (Sociology and Demography, UC Berkeley),
Allegiance and Alliance: Low Fertility in the Long Shadow of World War II. Demography seminar room.
2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
Thursday, September 5, 4-6 PM. Daniel Schneider (Sociology, UCB) and Kristin Turney (Sociology, UC
Irvine), Incarceration and Household Wealth. Held this fall in the Lippman Room, 8th floor Barrows Hall.
Take the elevators up on the east side of Barrows. RSVP to Monique@demog.berkeley.edu TODAY for
dinner at the Faculty Club, and let her know your dietary preference.
TODAY Tuesday, September 3rd, 12:40 - 2:00 p.m. Health Services Research Colloquium Series presents:
Ken Jacbos, Chair, Center for Labor Research and Education/IRLE, with Dave Graham-Squire,
Research Associate, Center for Labor Research and Education. Title is not yet set but come
anyhow. 714C University Hall
TODAY Tuesday, September 3 | 4-5 p.m. | “Epigenetic regulation of aging,” with Anne Brunet, Stanford
University. 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
Thursday, September 5, 2-3:30 p.m. Seminar 251, Labor: "Coworker Networks in the Labor
Market." Speaker: Albrecht Glitz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. 648 Evans Hall
Friday, September 6, 12-1 p.m, Labor Lunch: "Co-workers, Networks, and Job Search Outcomes"
Speaker: Perihan Saygin, University of Mannheim. 648 Evans Hall.
Next Monday, September 9: Sociology Colloquium 2-3:30 PM (reception follows). Manuel Castells,
author of many books including his latest book, Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the
Internet Age (2012) which seeks to understand the Arab Uprisings, Indignadas, and the Occupy
Movement. In his talk he will extend this framework to include recent events in Brazil and Turkey as
well as his reflections on what lies beyond.
CONFERENCES
Multiple Citizen and Migration – an International Seminar, 28-29 October 2013 - CIESAS, Guadalajara,
Mexico. This international seminar gathers experts in the field of multiple citizenship and
migration, especially Latin Americans in the World. It aims to establish a debate about the innovative
practices generated by this collective of multiple citizens, and their implications for public policy.
www.multizens.org
FUNDING
J. Anthony Lucas Work-in-Progress Award: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
provides an annual award of $30,000 to aid in the completion of a significant work of nonfiction on a
topic of American political or social concern. Deadline: 11/16/2013. For more information visit:
http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/190-the-lukas-prize-project-how-to-enter/191
GRADUATE STUDENTS
K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award: A travel award to attend the AACU annual meeting, it
recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who
demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others;
and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning. Recipients are honored at the
AAC&U's Annual Meeting. For more information visit:
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/AM14/CrossAward.cfm
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: November 1, 2013. For more
information, visit http://www.fahsbeckfund.org/grant_programs.html.
DLab:
(1) There are many forms of workshops and training at D-lab, including peer-led working groups. One
such group meets this week: * Townsend Center Digital Humanities Working Group:
http://dlab.berkeley.edu/training/digital-humanities-working-group. W 9/4 1pm
(2) Looking for a methods class for this semester? Graduate school is the time to learn as many methods
as possible. Check out Dlab’s listing:
<http://dlab.berkeley.edu/course-list>. Dlab interprets methods broadly - qualitative, quantitative, and
beyond.
Check Dlab regularly http://dlab.berkeley.edu for constant developments and offerings.
Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop (IIW). A new and unique forum/workshop for shaping
academic products related to immigration that provides the opportunity to present and respond to
works in progress. You may also join virtually by signing up for our listserv dedicated to immigrationrelated events and academic opportunities. The first IIW meeting will take place on Friday September
27th from 12:00 - 1:30 PM in 420 Barrows Hall. Light snacks and refreshments will be served, and you
will meet many immigration scholars and students on campus! Graduate students are encouraged to
subscribe to the workshop as a one-unit class (Sociology 292) using CCN 82314 (see below for
requirements). To find out more details about the workshop, please read a description below and/or
come to the first meeting.
-Background: In September 2003, Professor Irene Bloemraad (Sociology) established the IIW with
funding from the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE). Now co-headed by Professor
Bloemraad and Professor Cybelle Fox, the workshop welcomes research on migration, immigrants and
their children, in the US and around the world, from diverse disciplinary and methodological
approaches. The workshop also hosts a website with helpful migration resources.
-Where: 420 Barrows Hall
When: Every other Friday from 12:00-1:30pm. The exact dates are 9/27, 10/11, 11/8, 11/22, and 12/6
for Fall 2013.
-Units and requirements: You can come without officially enrolling, but you are encouraged to register
for this 1 unit P/NP class through the sociology department. Sign up for Sociology 292 using CCN 82314.
In order to pass, you are required to either: (1) come to most sessions, OR (2) present a work in
progress, OR (3) act as a discussant for one of the papers.
-For every workshop, we will discuss two papers no more than 25 pages in length (they can range from
research proposals to articles sent for publication). One respondent will be charge of providing detailed
comments for each paper, and all workshop members can provide additional feedback. Papers are sent
out the Monday before the workshop meets to allow all participants ample time to read through the
work in progress.
Let Esther Cho know if you would like to present on this first day 9/27 or at any one of our subsequent
meetings 10/11, 11/8, 11/22, and 12/6.
To join the immigration listserv, please e-mail Esther Cho atesther.cho@berkeley.edu.
Weekly News August 26, 2013
Hello everybody,
I want to remind faculty that grad students and recent PhDs on the job market are encouraged to sign
up for the Demography Department jobs list, which has many listings for a broad swath of social science
positions. There’s a link to subscribing for this list on the lower left corner of the Popcenter website
(http://popcenter.berkeley.edu)
Graduate students are also encouraged to subscribe to the Popcenter News list: I just ask that they use
their Berkeley.edu addresses.
Small correction on last week’s BacPop listings: Will Dow’s talk is on November 7, not Nov 5.
Summertime’s come and gone, my oh my.
Have a great week,
Leora
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EVENTS
Thursday, August 29, 4 PM. 370 Dwinnelle Hall. “Enrique’s Journey.” Sonia Nazario. Mexican and
Central American migrants, once predominately men, are now mostly women and children. Nazario will
discuss the three months she spent atop freight trains traveling through Mexico to chronicle the story of
one young migrant, Enrique, and how her experiences changed her views on immigration.
Sonia Nazario is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Enrique’s Journey and has been named among the
most influential Latinos in the U.S.
International Seminar On Multiple Citizenship And Migration - 28-29, October 2013, CIESAS Research
Center, Guadalajara, Mexico. This international seminar gathers experts in the field of multiple
citizenship and migration, especially Latin Americans in the World. It aims to establish a debate about
the innovative practices generated by this collective of multiple citizens, and their implications for public
policy. *Speakers: Antonio Izquierdo, University of La Coruña, Spain; David Cook-Martin, Grinnell
College, Iowa, United States; Leticia Calderón Chelius, Instituto Mora, Mexico; Ernesto Rodríguez
Chávez, ITAM , Mexico; Salvador Berumen Sandoval, Ministry of Interior, Mexico; Pablo Mateos, CIESAS
/ University College London, Mexico / UK; Agustín Escobar, CIESAS, Mexico; Jorge Durand, University of
Guadalajara -CIDE, Mexico; Yossi Harpaz, Princeton University, United States.
For more information, visit: www.multizens.org
FUNDING
William T. Grant Foundation - Studies on Use of Research Evidence in Policy, Practice Affecting
Youth. WTGF seeks to fund high-quality empirical research with the goal of improving the lives of youth
between 8 and 25 years of age in the United States. To help accomplish this goal, the foundation is
accepting Letters of Inquiry for its Request for Proposals on Understanding the Acquisition,
Interpretation, and Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice. To be eligible for consideration,
applicants must be employed at a nonprofit institution, either in the U.S. or abroad. The foundation will
support research projects with awards ranging from $100,000 to $600,000 for direct and indirect costs
over two to three years. For more information, visit:
http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/funding_opportunities/research_grants/use-of-research-evidence
William R. Waters Research Grant in Social Economics. Awards of up to $5,000 are issued to graduate
students or recent PhDs. The purpose of the William R. Waters Research Grant Program is to inspire
economists to organize their research in social economics and social economy along the lines suggested
by William Waters in his 1988 presidential address to the Association for Social Economics. Possible
topics include, but are not limited to: the role of social values in economic life, economic policy and
social wellbeing, social capital, social norms, social networks, human capabilities, workplace policies
and social justice, corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investment, microfinance,
ethics and economics, poverty, inequality, and policies related to health, education, and welfare. For
more information, visit:
http://www.socialeconomics.org/division.php?page=awards_and_grants&side=william_waters_grant
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Webinar: “Using Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Data to Analyze Sub-State Economies Through
Recession and Recovery” on August 28, 2013, 1:30-2:30 PM Eastern. For more information about this
and other training events, visit http://lmiontheweb.org/events/webinars/.
If you are interested in using labor data, then you might consider signing up for the LMI Weekly
News. The Labor Market Information organization offers training and other information in using labor
data.
DLab: The next event is the Working Group: Network Analysis, Wed, August 28, 2013 - 1:00 PM to 2:30
PM. Instructor: Carl Nadler.