The following are recent notices from the NIH that may be of relevance: Special PAA Government Affairs Webinar | Join PAA members and colleagues virtually on Tuesday, July 29 at 1:00pm ET for this informative webinar. Hear an update about legislative and administrative actions to date, especially regarding the FY 2026 appropriations process as relevant to federal data and […]

The Friends of NICHD, a coalition of over 100 professional organizations, scientific societies, and patient advocacy groups with a vested interest in promoting and sustaining the vital research activities of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), signed a statement expressing deep concern about the Institute’s Fiscal Year 2026 […]

What UC Berkeley researchers need to know about NIH’s Updated Public Access Policy. Read this blog post about the policy, which includes information about the mandatory manuscript submission to PubMed Central, how to navigate acknowledgement requirements, copyright and licensing, and the NIH data sharing requirements. Authors will continue to submit their “Author Accepted Manuscript,” pre-publication manuscripts to PubMed Central. This is the author’s […]

On June 9, 2025, hundreds of NIH scientists and staffers signed the “Bethesda Declaration” in protest of the politicization of science and science funding at the NIH. Read the Bethesda Declaration: A Call for NIH and HHS Leadership to Deliver on Promises of Academic Freedom and Scientific Excellence. In addition, here’s where to sign a public declaration of support for the […]

Join us this Friday, May 2nd, as the Berkeley Population Center hosts a new panel event, “Migration Today: New Evidence From Population Scientists.” A number of top population scholars from the northern California Bay Area will give talks on emerging research on the topic of migration. This in-person event will take place in 310 Social Sciences Building, from 11am-2pm. […]

Our next Brownbag Seminar of the semester is this Wednesday, April 23, 12pm, with Michael Walker, Research Economist at UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action. Dr. Walker will present: “Marital Returns to Female Human Capital:  Experimental Impacts on Bride Price and Polygamy.”  This is an in-person seminar, Room 310, Social Sciences Building. Zoom option: Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198  Password: DEMOG_BB  […]

Our next Brownbag Seminar will take place on Wednesday, April 16th, 12pm, with Magali Barbieri, joint researcher at the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris, France and in the Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Barbieri will present “Multi-morbidity and the US Disadvantage in Life Expectancy.” This is an in-person seminar, Room 310, Social Sciences […]

Join us today, April 7th, 12pm, for Matrix on Point: The New Gender Gap, with Joshua R. Goldstein, Professor of Demography; Xiaoling Shu, Professor of Sociology at UC Davis; and Rachel Bernhard, Associate Professor of Quantitative Political Science Research Methods at Nuffield College and the University of Oxford. Kiera Hudson, Assistant Professor in the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, will moderate. 820 […]

This Friday, April 4th, 10am, we’ll hold our annual Pre-PAA Mini-Conference, giving graduate students and post-docs the opportunity to practice and present their upcoming talks at the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (April 10-13). This Friday’s conference will be held in person in 310 Social Sciences, as well as via zoom. We start at 10am and lunch […]

Congratulations to David Harding, Chair of the Sociology Department, on receiving the Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity! This prestigious award is presented to UC Berkeley faculty members for outstanding contributions in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice through their research, teaching, and public and/or university service. Harding studies poverty and inequality, […]