Our former CEDA Manager Elie Draper has moved on to a new position at Berkeley. We are sad to see her leave CEDA, but happy for her promotion. She has left big shoes to fill but we have now successfully hired an excellent successor. We are pleased to introduce you to our new CEDA Manager, Ms. Eowyn Mader (cc’d), who started her position with us last week. Eowyn will be working half-time with CEDA, largely remotely, but will be in the Demography department some Wednesdays if you would like to meet with her to inquire about your aging-related research. She has nearly 10 years of administrative (and NIH grants) experience at UC Berkeley, so comes with a deep background of campus systems. Please join us in welcoming Eowyn.

Our Brownbag Seminar this week on Wednesday, October 29th at 12pm PST will be with David Lam, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan. Professor Lam will present “Global Labor Markets and the End of World Population Growth.” The event will take place in Room 310 in the Social Sciences Building and will also be available via zoom. Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198; Password: DEMOG_BB. See the full event details here. Our YouTube channel is here. Visit our Brown Bag event page for both past and upcoming talks here.

You are invited to attend the (Occasional) California Health Economics Conference on Friday, November 14th, which will be held in Berkeley (and co-sponsored by CEDA). There is also a pre-conference dinner at Comal on Thursday Nov 13th. Any faculty interested in attending the conference or dinner should RSVP using this link. 

See further announcements and opportunities below.

EVENTS

October 27 | 12:00-1:30pm | Goldman School of Public Policy Research Seminar | Hannes Schwandt will present “Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Life Expectancy 2001-2019.” Room 105, Goldman School of Public Policy. 

October 27 | 12:00-1:30pm | Matrix on Point: Conspiracy Theories | Panel will feature Michael M. Cohen, Associate Professor of American Studies and African American Studies at UC Berkeley, and Tim Tangherlini, Professor in the Department of Scandinavian and the School of Information at UC Berkeley. Lakshmi Sarah, journalist and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, will moderate. 820 Social Sciences Building. Register here.

October 27 | 2-3:30pm | Sociology Department Colloquium Series | Caylin Louis Moore, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, Stanford University. “Collateral Decision-Making: The Case of Pretrial Detention and The Criminal Courts”. Hybrid event: 402 Social Sciences Building (with a zoom link here).

October 28 | 10am-5pm | Center for Effective Global Action | Evidence to Action (E2A): Fighting Hunger in the New Foreign Aid Landscape | The event will showcase how evidence-based programs delivering agricultural services and social assistance are protecting food security and livelihoods for marginalized populations in low- and middle-income countries, even as traditional funding models shift.  This is an in person event at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. Here is the event agenda. Registration opens at 9:30 am PT. 

October 28 | 12:00-1:30pm | Institute for South Asia Studies | Nazneen I. Khan, independent researcher and the British Council Climate Connection Research Fellow at the Department of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. “Climate Change, Gender, and Reproductive Health of Women in Coastal Bangladesh.” Ayesha S. Mahmud, Associate Professor of Demography and Sharaban Tahura Zaman, a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley School of Law specializing in international environmental law, climate governance, and sustainable energy transitions, will serve as discussants. Event moderated by Elora Shehabuddin, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Global Studies and Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, UC Berkeley. 10 Stephens Hall.

October 28 | 12:10-1pm | Public Health Research Series | Adara Citron, Associate Director of California Health Benefits Review Program. “An overview of California Health Benefits Review Program, funding opportunities for faculty, and graduate student internships.” Virtual event. Pre-register for the zoom link here. More information here.

October 29 | 12-1:05pm |  UC Berkeley Demography Seminar Series | David Lam, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics and Research Professor in the Institute for Social Research Population Studies Center, University of Michigan. “Global Labor Markets and the End of World Population Growth.” The event will take place in Room 310 in the Social Sciences Building and will also be available via zoom. Meeting ID: 985 2901 0198; Password: DEMOG_BB. See the full event details here. 

October 29 | 2-3:30pm | Sociology Department Colloquium Series | Sasha Johfre, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and core faculty in the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of Washington. “Conceptualizing Age as a Social Construction.” Hybrid event: 402 Social Sciences Building (zoom link here).

October 29 | 4:10pm | UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures | Marta Moreno Vega, Scholar, LucumiPriestess, Founder, Creative Justice Initiative, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, Co-Founder Corredor Afro. “The Soul – Spirit is My Altar.” Alumni House, Toll Room. Register here. See full event details here.

CONFERENCE

The Lifespan, Policy, and Health Lab & the Center for Research on Inequality and Health at Vanderbilt University invite submissions for the interdisciplinary conference Cognitive Aging and Dementia in Policy Contexts: Life Course Perspectives, to be held at Vanderbilt University on May 28th and 29th, 2006. This event will bring together scholars from sociology, public health, medicine, economics, demography, and related disciplines to examine how structural and policy contexts shape cognitive aging across the life course.  Submission deadline: December 31, 2025. Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2026. Conference dates: May 28–29, 2026, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN). Submit your extended abstract or paper using this form. For questions, email: lifespan-lab@vanderbilt.edu.

WORKSHOP

Creating an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan with ICPSR. Prepping for an NIH grant? Join ICPSR’s virtual workshop to master the NIH Data Management & Sharing (DMS) Policy. Learn to draft a DMS Plan, de-identify data, and tap into ICPSR support for your research. October 30, 2025, 10am-12pm EST. Register here. 

FUNDING

Fellowship for Research on Economic Well-being and Early Care and Education Among Hispanic Children and Families. The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families issues a call for applications. The application period for the next cohort is now open and will close November 21, 2025. The Center anticipates funding four fellows in total: two fellows focused on economic well-being and two fellows focused on ECE. Each fellow will receive $7,000 in funds to support their research and professional development activities such as travel to research conferences. In addition, mentors will receive a $2,000 honorarium for their time. Read the full call and apply here.