Join us this Wednesday, December 3rd, 12pm, for our end of the year ‘Population Sciences Lunch,’ co-hosted by BPC and CEDA, held in our seminar room, 310 Social Sciences. Come gather with your community of population researchers. You are all invited, and lunch will be provided. Just bring yourselves!
Featured affiliate research of the week: Structural racism and perinatal mental health – The role of racialized economic segregation. (2025). Mahader Tamene, Safyer McKenzie-Sampson, Jennifer Ahern, Patrick T. Bradshaw, Suzan L. Carmichael, and Mahasin S. Mujahid. Social Science & Medicine. Volume 381: 118296.
See further announcements and opportunities below.
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EVENTS
December 1 | 12:10-1:30pm | Goldman School of Public Policy | Jenna Nobles, Professor of Demography, UC Berkeley. “Labor Laws as Family Policy: The Effects of ‘Overwork’ on Lowest-Low Marriage and Fertility.” Room 105 (2607 Hearst).
December 1 | 4:10-5:30pm | Seminar 271, Development Seminar | Ethan Ligon, UC Berkeley “Credit and Welfare Across the Lean Season,” and Paul Gertler, UC Berkeley, “Government Guaranteed Small Business Loans Prevent Job Loss During Economic Crisis: Evidence from Chile During COVID.” 648 Evans Hall.
December 2 | 12:10-1pm | Public Health Research Series | Laura Balzer, Associate Professor in Residence of Biostatistics, UC Berkeley School of Public Health. “Machine Learning to Improve Community Health in East Africa.” More information here.
December 2 | 4-5:30pm | Social Science Matrix, the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI) Tech Cluster, the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS), and the UC Berkeley Department of Economics | Maximilian Kasy, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford, will present his book The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits). 820 Social Sciences Building. Event details.
December 4 | 4pm | Matrix Distinguished Lecture | “To Know a Place,” presented by journalist and author Alexis Madrigal. 820 Social Sciences Building. Event details.
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS
Pacific Conference For Development Economics (PacDev) 2026 – UC Davis.
The Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) is the West Coast’s largest annual conference on development. The event brings together researchers and practitioners to present and discuss work that enhances our understanding of economic development, advances theoretical and empirical methods, and improves development interventions and policy. PacDev welcomes paper submissions in all research topics in development economics. Priority will be given to full papers, but extended abstracts will also be considered. Submissions from junior researchers are encouraged, including submissions for a Junior Researcher poster session that is open to doctoral students in their third year or below, masters students and graduates, and advanced undergraduates. PacDev 2026 will be hosted by the University of California, Davis. Submit your paper here. Deadline for submissions: December 14, 2025.
Workshop: A Unified Perspective on Formation and Dissolution Processes in Demography. Odense, Denmark, 9-11 March 2026. The Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop) will host an ERC Workshop on “A Unified Perspective on Formation and Dissolution Processes in Demography,” 9-11 March 2026, at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense. We welcome contributions on macro trends in fertility, couple, family, and household formation/dissolution patterns.Please find the full call in this link. Deadline for submissions: December 19, 2025.
Family Diversity and Health: The Potential of Register-based Research in Germany and Europe. Berlin, Germany, 29-30 June 2026. Contemporary societies are characterized by growing diversity in family forms and living arrangements, alongside profound demographic shifts, such as aging populations. Understanding the relationship between family diversity and its impact on various health outcomes throughout the life course is crucial for comprehending and addressing social and health disparities. Empirical research at the intersection of health research and family sociology is currently experiencing rapid expansion, partly due to the growing availability of rich register data that enables this type of research. This workshop will explore how growing family diversity and demographic change influence health across the life course. Studies applying register data are particularly welcome, but the workshop is open to any data applications in the area of health & family. This event is jointly organized by Hertie School, the Charité and the Federal Institute for Population Research (Germany) and will take place on June 29-30, 2026, at the Hertie School in Berlin. See here for more information. Deadline for abstract submissions: January 31, 2026