EVENTS
No Demography Brown Bag Seminars till the Fall. To view past brown bag presentations: http://www.vimeo.com/
Tuesday, May 7 12-1:30 PM. “Census Citizenship Question – A Panel Discussion” with Christine Mora, Victor Rubin (Policylink) and Dean Henry Brady. Goldman School of Public Policy, Room 105
Wednesday, May 8 | 12:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger on “The Gender Division of Labor: Cultural Influences on Cross-National Differences”: Friedlander Lecture. 116 Haviland Hall
SAVE THE DATE
Tuesday, May 14 | 4:00 – 6:00 pm. “Million Dollar Hoods: Mapping the Fiscal and Human Cost of Mass Incarceration in Los Angeles” with Kelly Lytle Hernández, UCLA. IRLE: 2521 Channing Way
May 16, 2019. 12:15 – 1:15 pm. “Population and Food Security in the Sahel: A consideration of integrated rural extension services.” Presenters: Alisha Graves and Claire Cutler. Moderator: Ndola Prata. Berkeley Way West 5401
EVENTS
No Demography Brown Bag Seminars till the Fall. To view past brown bag presentations: http://www.vimeo.com/
Tuesday, May 7 12-1:30 PM. “Census Citizenship Question – A Panel Discussion” with Christine Mora, Victor Rubin (Policylink) and Dean Henry Brady. Goldman School of Public Policy, Room 105
Wednesday, May 8 | 12:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger on “The Gender Division of Labor: Cultural Influences on Cross-National Differences”: Friedlander Lecture. 116 Haviland Hall
SAVE THE DATE
Tuesday, May 14 | 4:00 – 6:00 pm. “Million Dollar Hoods: Mapping the Fiscal and Human Cost of Mass Incarceration in Los Angeles” with Kelly Lytle Hernández, UCLA. IRLE: 2521 Channing Way
May 16, 2019. 12:15 – 1:15 pm. “Population and Food Security in the Sahel: A consideration of integrated rural extension services.” Presenters: Alisha Graves and Claire Cutler. Moderator: Ndola Prata. Berkeley Way West 5401
ANNOUNCEMENTS
From Steve Ruggle and IPUMS: I’m writing to you today about plans for the American Community Survey (ACS). Please join me in asking the Census Bureau to clarify their plans for ACS disclosure avoidance control and dissemination. We want to protect the usability of the important public use data that we all use in our work. Here’s the short version: please sign our open letter to the Census Bureau asking for transparency in changes to the ACS. For the long version, please keep reading and visit our webpage on this topic. The Census Bureau is planning an extensive revision of procedures for ensuring the confidentiality of public use data, based on a method known as “differential privacy.” The new disclosure avoidance system will rely on injecting noise into the data, and the new procedures may reduce or even eliminate the usability of public use data for many common research and policy applications. For more information, see our recent working paper and forthcoming article. The American Community Survey (ACS) is the single most important statistical source in the social sciences. They generate 9,000 articles a year, and a new paper appears about every hour. If these data become unusable, unreliable or available only through restricted-access environments because of the new confidentiality measures, that would have profound consequences across many areas of demographic, economic, and policy research. Acknowledging the importance of the ACS data, we are seeking clarification and engagement with the research community from the Census Bureau. Our open letter requests:
1. A public timeline for changes to the ACS summary files and microdata.
2. Engagement with the research community in advance of any changes.
3. Public versions of new noise-infused ACS summary files and microdata for 2005-2017 so that researchers can assess their usefulness by replicating existing studies.
If you support these requests, please sign our letter.
From OBSSR: Between now and midnight ET on July 31, 2019, we want everyone in the behavioral and social sciences research community to submit an accomplishment, add information to a submitted accomplishment, and/or vote on the ones that have had a substantial health impact and for which behavioral and social sciences research was critical to achieving. The website for submitting accomplishments ishttps://obssr.ideascale.com/. When you submit, do not limit yourself to NIH-supported research – we know that NIH funds important and impactful research, but research leading to health accomplishments is not limited to the research that the NIH funds. Do not limit yourself to only recent accomplishments – while our goal is partly to generate an updated list of accomplishments, the “oldies but goodies” are important contributions that show the sustained impact of our sciences. And do not limit yourself to accomplishments resulting only from your research – this is not a contest to determine whose research has been most impactful. After we have collected your submissions and votes, an expert panel will review the submissions and assist OBSSR in how best to select, organize, and make available online. We hope that this accomplishments resource will be useful when any of us need to make the case for the importance of the behavioral and social sciences to health. Join us in contributing to this important resource. Go There Now
FUNDING
Funding Opportunities in RSF Programs and Special Initiatives. RSF is accepting letters of inquiry until May 23, 2019, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time for these programs and special initiatives: Behavioral Economics; Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; Social, Political and Economic Inequality; the first round for Decision Making and Human Behavior in Context; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; and the final round for the Social, Economic, and Political Effects of the Affordable Care Act. View all funding deadlines and application guidelines. For more information on RSF’s grant making process, please visit our website to review our grant writing guidelines and view a 5-minute video on how to use our new grants management system.
NIH: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) (Closes: July 16, 2019); (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) (Closes: July 5, 2019)
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Secondary Analyses of Existing Datasets of Tobacco Use and Health (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) to solicit applications for research proposing the innovative analysis of existing (publicly available) nationally representative U.S. cross-sectional and longitudinal data, to investigate novel scientific ideas and/or to generate new models, systems, tools, methods, or technologies that have the potential for significant impact on biomedical or biobehavioral research in areas relevant to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). Other publicly available data sets would be considered depending on the analyses to be conducted; however, nationally representative analyses will receive priority. Applications not using nationally representative data sets will need to provide justification why the data set is unique, and why the research questions cannot be answered from a (publicly available) national representative data set. This FOA encourages the analyses of public use datasets that may inform tobacco regulatory actions in the United States (U.S.). This Notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive projects. The FOA is expected to be published in Fall 2019 with an expected application due date in Fall 2019.
Environmental Influences on Aging: Effects of Extreme Weather and Disaster Events on Aging Processes. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/
Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grants. The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recently published a discretionary research funding announcements titled “Child Care Policy Research Partnership Grants.”
WORKSHOPS
6th Edition of Barcelona Summer School in Survey Methodology 2019. Two-week intensive program covering topics on survey methodology and advanced statistical analysis of survey data. Students can choose from a range of 12 regular courses and 2 introductory courses on Stata and R. Registration deadline June 26.
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
RSF Visiting Journalists in Residence at the foundation. Applications accepted until May 1, 2019. Read more about opportunities for journalists at RSF.
RSF Accepting Visiting Scholar Applications for 2020-2021 Academic Year. The foundation’s visiting scholar program, established over thirty years ago, is a unique opportunity for social scientists to pursue research projects that investigate essential questions on social, economic, and political life in the U.S. while in residence at RSF. The program fosters the exchange of ideas in a vibrant interdisciplinary environment and promotes collaborations between researchers. Applications are reviewed by outside experts; final selections are made by RSF trustees. Applications for the 2020-2021 academic year will be accepted until June 27, 2018. View further information on the program, including eligibility requirements and application guidelines.
CALLS FOR PAPERS
Panel Study of Income Dynamics Annual User Conference 2019 Deadline for submissions: 3 June 2019 Conference dates: 12–13 September 2019 Application Portal The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), with support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Science Foundation, announces a call for papers for the 2019 PSID Annual User Conference. The conference welcomes submissions on any topic, from researchers in any field, that use data from PSID or its supplements—the Child Development Supplement, the Transition into Adulthood Supplement, the Disability and Use of Time Supplement, the Childhood Retrospective Circumstances Study, or the Wellbeing and Daily Life Supplement. The submission deadline is 3 June 2019. A total of 20 to 25 papers will be accepted for the conference, either for presentation or as posters. The conference will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 12–13 September 2019. Travel and lodging expenses will be available for one author per accepted paper. Meals will be provided to all conference participants. See the complete call for papers here. The application portal is available here. Visit psid.org for more information about the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
The 11th Health Survey Research Methods Conference will be happening in Williamsburg, Virginia next March. Visit the website at https://hsrmconference.com/ Attendance is limited to those who submit an abstract or are on the program. Registration, meals,and lodging are free. It’s a great opportunity for those in the early stages of their careers to mix with senior researchers from various disciplines at the forefront of survey methods research.
Rebep – Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes population related papers in Portuguese, Spanish, and English has a new editor and soon a new website look. Consider submitting your accept original articles, review articles, research notes, technical notes, book reviews, and points of view.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics Annual User Conference, 12-13 September, 2019. The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), with support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Science Foundation, announces a call for papers for the 2019 PSID Annual User Conference. The conference welcomes submissions on any topic, from researchers in any field, that use data from PSID or its supplements—the Child Development Supplement, the Transition into Adulthood Supplement, the Disability and Use of Time Supplement, the Childhood Retrospective Circumstances Study, or the Wellbeing and Daily Life Supplement. The submission deadline is 3 June 2019. A total of 20 to 25 papers will be accepted for the conference, either for presentation or as posters. The conference will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 12–13 September 2019. Travel and lodging expenses will be available for one author per accepted paper. Meals will be provided to all conference participants. See the complete call for papers here. The application portal is available here. Visit psid.org for more information about the Panel Study of IncomeDynamics.
Stress Biomarkers: June 17, 2019. The 2nd Stress Biomarker Workshop will be held on June 17 and 18 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The workshop should be of interest to grad students, postdocs, and faculty members interested in incorporating stress biomarkers into their research program. Details and registration information can be found online here: https://tinyurl.com/y4u55v33.
The European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) invites submissions to the European Population Conference 2020. Deadline is November 1, 2019. Submit here and learn details.
The VIII International Congress on Migration and Mental Health, October 11, 2019, sponsored by the Athena Network, offers outstanding opportunities for scholars, professionals, immigrant services providers, and students to learn, share research and best practices, and network with regional, national, and international colleagues. This year’s theme, “Gender, Place and Identity,” explores the intersectionality between complex mobilities in the modern era of transnationalism, the structures of power and oppression, and how these impact people’s lives and identifications. New Paltz, SUNY. Visit http://www.
A special issue on “Using Mobile Apps and Sensors in Surveys” in Social Science Computer Review (https://journals.sagepub.com/
● Methods of incorporating app and sensor measurement in surveys
● Issues of willingness to participate, consent, and compliance with surveys
● Combining EMA and ESM with sensor measurements in surveys
● Data quality of sensor measurements, combined modeling of quality of measures from self-reports and sensor measurements
● Substantive applications of smartphone sensor and app-based measurement
● Collection of time-location data in combination with surveys
● Collection of activity data in combination with surveys
● Diary-based studies with sensors and apps
● Comparing sensor and app-based measurements to traditional approaches (online, face to face, telephone, paper)
● Measurement errors and missing data in sensor and app-based measurement
● Measurement reactivity (conditioning)
● Experimental studies on the design and usability of apps and smartphone sensor-based studies
● Technological issues during data collection, analysis and curation and how to ameliorate/fix these
● Issues of privacy, data sharing and data security, ethical issues
● Emergent issues not covered by this list
The submission process is a two-step procedure: Submission of extended abstracts: Authors are invited to submit structured extended abstracts of a maximum 750 words. The abstracts should describe the topic, data and methods, results of the study, and take home messages. Authors should clearly indicate whether data have already been collected and include details on the sample size, data collection period, and size of the data. Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2019. The abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors and by June 15, 2019 the authors will be informed whether or not they are invited to submit a full paper.
Submissions of full articles: Selected authors will be invited to submit full research articles of no more than 7,400 words (main text). Submitted full paper manuscripts will be peer-reviewed in accordance with standard journal practice and will be published online soon after acceptance. Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2019. Please refer to https://faculty.chass.ncsu.
Timeline:
1 June 2019 Submission of extended abstracts
15 June 2019 Decision about invitations for full articles
1 October 2019 Deadline for submission of the full article
1 January 2020 Feedback from the reviewers and editors
20 February 2020 Revisions due
May-June 2020 Publication of the special issue (online first)
Extended abstracts of not more than 750 words should be submitted to Bella Struminskaya at b.struminskaya@uu.nl by June 1, 2019, preferably as a MS Word document. Please include the name, affiliation, and email address of each author and ensure that the abstract clearly states the topic that you will address, how you will address it, what data and/or methods you will use, results, and what the take home messages are likely to be. Queries about this special issue can be sent to Bella Struminskaya (b.struminskaya@uu.nl).
WEBINARS
How to Apply for Funding at RSF: Grant Writing Webinar on Friday, May 3. The foundation will host a webinar on Friday, May 3rd, at 2:00 p.m. ET, focused on how to write and submit a proposal for our programs. We encourage all new and previous applicants to participate. Click here to register for the Grant Writing Seminar on May 3.
LED Webinar: Where the Jobs (and Workers) Are: Measuring Labor Demand and Labor Supply. May 14, 2019, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EDT. Presenter: Andrew Hait, Economic Outreach and Marketing, GTMD, U.S. Census Bureau. Visit https://www.addevent.com/
GRADUATE STUDENTS
D-Lab is Hiring! D-Lab is looking to hire people with Stata experience to become instructors. We also seek ATLAS.ti (for Mac) and Dedoose instructors and/or consultants. Finally, if you are interested in teaching Machine Learning in R, let us know. Please fill out this brief application if interested!
D-LAB
D-Lab regularly offers workshops and training in courses, one-on-one consulting for faculty, grad students and undergraduates, and working groups of focuses topics. One-on-one consulting also available. For more information and registration, visit http://dlab.berkeley.edu. You can now add D-Lab workshops to your bcalendar directly from D-Lab workshop description. They will have pre-semester intensives, so be sure to check out the calendar.
RELATED LISTS
JOBS
All jobs and postdoctoral fellowships are posted as we receive them on the Demography Department Jobs Listserv, http://lists.demog.berkeley.
MIGRATION MAILING LIST
Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI.berkeley.edu) is a research center for the study of immigrants and immigration. BIMI has a mailing list (immigration_group@lists.
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MAILING LIST
Tue$day Top Tip$ for SPH Research is a listserv with research funding opportunities and other information pertinent to public health researchers who are not necessarily population researchers. To subscribe, write to Dr. Lauren Goldstein, lhg@berkeley.edu.