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The NIH Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Health Impacts of COVID-19 initiative invites you to a Spring webinar event for two half-days on April 27-28, 2022. This virtual event will bring together more than 45 grantees to further connect researchers and foster collaboration opportunities. Presentations will cover COVID-19-related research topics including social networks, biological correlates, […]
Population dynamics under global climate change CIDR Spring Seminar Series Dr. Muttarak will present from her research on population dynamics in the presence of global climate change. Abstract: The human population is at the centre of research on global environmental change. On the one hand, population dynamics influence the environment and the global climate system […]
Full seminar descriptionPopulation Research Discovery Seminars Climate Migration Across Contexts, Gender, and the Life Course: An Examination in Contemporary Mexico Speaker: Fernando Riosmena, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder Livelihood disruptions related to climatic variability -in turn exacerbated by climate change over the current Century- have manifested in deteriorations of population health and wellbeing, […]
"The Consequences of Cutting Welfare Benefits for Refugees"
A 2021-2022 Chitwan Valley Family Study Webinar Series event. This webinar will feature students presenting new ideas for research using CVFS data. Faculty who have used CVFS data, both at Michigan and elsewhere, will give the students their reactions and concrete steps for how to get started. The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration […]
The Hauser Policy Impact Fund is pleased to announce its spring 2022 series on the role of the social and behavioral sciences in understanding and addressing climate change. The first webinar of the series will focus on how society and policy makers should assess risks associated with climate change. The webinar will use reports from […]
Full seminar description Population Research Discovery Seminars Siting Surveillance: Deportation Threat and Institutional Involvement among Latinos across U.S. Counties Speaker: Asad Asad, Department of Sociology, Stanford University Research on surveillance and system avoidance predicts that individuals worried about state punishment are likely to avoid institutions that keep formal records. Although surveillance exists inside defined institutional […]
"Motherhood Wage Penalties over the Life-Course in the United States: Results from Administrative Data"
Full seminar description Population Research Discovery Seminars Structural Racism and Health Stratification: A New Theory-Driven Empirical Approach Speaker: Tyson Brown, Department of Sociology, Duke University Structural Racism and Health Stratification: A New Theory-Driven Empirical Approac Tyson H. Brown is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University, where he is the inaugural Presidential Fellow (2021-2022) […]
CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR) Spring Seminar Series Prof. Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa of Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla will present a seminar: Lives in Containment: Human Rights Violations in Two Mexican Migration Detention Centers, 2020-2021 May 13, 2022, 2 PM - 3.30 PM via Zoom This event is open to public Please register here
APC member briefing with NIH program officers from the Population Dynamics Branch at NICHD, Division of Behavioral and Social Research at NIA, and the National Institutes of Minority Health and Health Disparities.
In-person and Virtual Workshop Structural racism refers to the public and private policies, institutional practices, norms and cultural representations that inherently procure unequal freedom, opportunity, value, resources, advantage, restrictions, constraints, or disadvantage to individuals and populations according to their race/ethnicity both across the life course and between generations. The workshop is designed to identify and […]
This is the first public meeting of the Panel on An Integrated System of U.S. Household Income, Wealth, and Consumption Data and Statistics to Inform Policy and Research. This meeting will be virtual and will feature presentations by Sir Angus Deaton, Emmanuel Saez, Raj Chetty, and staff of relevant statistical agencies. The agenda is available […]
Evidence shows that diverse, inclusive teams enhance creativity, innovation, and productivity in science. A group of renowned leaders will discuss the outcomes of scientific workforce diversity on creativity and innovation in science. Invited speakers will share their perspective on the benefits of scientific workforce diversity and highlight effective methods for measuring its impact, as well […]
“Abortion Access in a Post-Roe United States: The view from Texas”
A 2021-2022 Chitwan Valley Family Study Webinar Series event. Emma Banchoff, PhD Student - Sociology, University of Michigan. Drawing on multiple CVFS datasets, this research presentation explores the intergenerational link between mental disorders and family formation, with a focus on mothers’ depression and daughters’ fertility behavior. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation. […]
Full seminar description Population Research Discovery Seminars The impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander well-being Speaker: Michael Spencer, School of Social Work, University of Washington This lecture focuses on the impact and response of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities to COVID-19 in Washington state. We define who NHPI are, why […]
Full seminar description Population Research Discovery Seminars Stepping Out of Your Cultural Zone: Gentrification, Aging in Place, and the SHARP Study Speaker: Raina Croff, Neurology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University Black Americans are disproportionately vulnerable to gentrification and to cognitive decline, including Alzheimer?s disease, because of historical and ongoing systemic inequities. Dr. […]
Announcing keynote speakers: • Abigail Echo-Hawk (Seattle Indian Health Board and Urban Indian Health Institute) • K. “Vish” Viswanath (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) • Catherine Coleman Flowers (Environmental and Climate Justice Activist and 2020 MacArthur Fellow) The need for effective science communication and engagement has never been more important in the face […]
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