EVENTS
Wednesday, October 10. 12-1:15 PM. Sarah Reynolds (UC Berkeley, School of Public Health) will present “Household Composition and Child Outcomes in Peru: A Longitudinal Study” 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
To view past brown bag presentations: http://www.vimeo.com/
For the fall 2018 brown bag schedule: https://events.berkeley.edu/
Wednesday, October 10 | 12-1 p.m. “Household Composition and Child Outcomes in Peru: A Longitudinal Study” with Sarah Reynolds, School of Public Health, 2232 Piedmont, Seminar Room
Monday, October 8, 2-3:30 PM. “That Ain’t Right. Toxic Entanglements, Urban Austerity and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit” with Michael Mascarenhas, ESPM.
Tuesday, October 9, 4-5:10 PM. “Letters of recommendation in Berkeley undergraduate admissions: Program evaluation and natural language processing” with Jesse Rothstein. Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science. 190 Doe Library.
October 10 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. Bixby Center event: “An Analysis: The Implementation of Youth Centers In Musanze, Rwanda” with Kalee Singh Kalee. 440 University Hall
EVENTS
Wednesday, October 10. 12-1:15 PM. Sarah Reynolds (UC Berkeley, School of Public Health) will present “Household Composition and Child Outcomes in Peru: A Longitudinal Study” 2232 Piedmont Ave. Cookies and refreshments served.
To view past brown bag presentations: http://www.vimeo.com/
For the fall 2018 brown bag schedule: https://events.berkeley.edu/
Wednesday, October 10 | 12-1 p.m. “Household Composition and Child Outcomes in Peru: A Longitudinal Study” with Sarah Reynolds, School of Public Health, 2232 Piedmont, Seminar Room
Monday, October 8, 2-3:30 PM. “That Ain’t Right. Toxic Entanglements, Urban Austerity and Environmental Racism in Flint and Detroit” with Michael Mascarenhas, ESPM.
Tuesday, October 9, 4-5:10 PM. “Letters of recommendation in Berkeley undergraduate admissions: Program evaluation and natural language processing” with Jesse Rothstein. Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science. 190 Doe Library.
October 10 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm. Bixby Center event: “An Analysis: The Implementation of Youth Centers In Musanze, Rwanda” with Kalee Singh Kalee. 440 University Hall
Wednesday October 10 | 12:10-1:15 p.m “Sleepless and alone: How does sleep loss affect our social life?” Eti Ben Simon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Human Sleep Science | 1104 Berkeley Way West
October 10 @ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. “The Distributional Effects of Minimum Wages: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data” With John Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau. IRLE. REGISTER.
Friday, October 12 | 12-1 p.m. “The Effects of Parental and Sibling Incarceration: Evidence from Ohio”: with Samuel Norris (U Chicago) and Jeffrey Weaver (USC), Matt Pecenco, Berkeley ARE. 648 Evans Hall
Wednesday October 11 | 12-1:30 p.m. “Finding Health Statistics and Data: A Hands-on workshop at the D-Lab” Michael Sholinbeck, Public Health Librarian, Marian Koshland Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health Library. Barrows Hall, 356: D-Lab Convening Room. Registration required
Thursday, October 11 | 2-3:30 p.m. “Disability Insurance: Gender Differences and Incentive Costs.” Luigi Pistaferri, Stanford | 648 Evans Hall
Friday October 12, 12-1 PM. “Deterring Illegal Entry: Migrant Sanctions and Recidivism in Border Apprehensions” Gordon Hanson – UC San Diego. 248 Giannini Hall.
October 12 | 1-2 p.m. “Why the Common Good Disappeared and How We Get It Back” Robert Reich. Hertz Concert Hall.
Friday October 12, 12-1 PM. “Deterring Illegal Entry: Migrant Sanctions and Recidivism in Border Apprehensions” Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego. 248 Giannini Hall
OFF CAMPUS
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | 2:00PM-3:00PM Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences. “Building the “Discovery Instruments” for Precision Medicine and Population Health Research Edmon Begoli, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)” Event Information and Registration,
SAVE THE DATE
Wednesday, October 17 I 12:00-1:30pm. “Mobility, Expulsion and Claims to Home: Migrant Organizing in an Era of Deportation and Dispossession” Monisha Das Gupta, Professor of Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
CONFERENCES
BITSS Annual Meeting Invitation & Call for Papers. On December 10, The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) will hold its 7th Annual Meeting at UC Berkeley. The meeting will feature preliminary results from the BITSS State of the Social Science (3S) Study, updates from the Registered Reports pilot at the Journal of Development Economics, and presentations of selected research from a call for papers open until October 12. Submit your abstracts here.
CALL FOR ARTICLES
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Issue on: “The Social, Political, and Economic Effects of the Affordable Care Act”
Please click here for a full description of the topics covered in this call for papers. Anticipated Timeline: Prospective contributors should submit a CV and an abstract (up to two pages in length, single or double spaced) of their study along with up to two pages of supporting material (e.g.tables, figures, pictures, etc.) no later than 5 PM EST on 12/7/18 to: https://rsf.fluxx.io.
AWARDS
Call for Nominations: 2019 Alan T. Waterman Award National Science Foundation NSF is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Alan T. Waterman Award. Nominations may be submitted via FastLane until October 22, 2018. Please review the eligibilty and nomination requirements prior to submissions. Eligibility Requirements: Scientists 40 years of age or younger, or up to 10 years post Ph.D., may now be nominated for the Alan T. Waterman Award. For more information, click on this link.
FUNDING
Request for Proposals: Competition to Conduct Analysis of HUD’s Randomized Evaluation Data. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (Deadline: 11/2/2018). HUD announces a competition for access to data from two of the most important randomized social experiments ever conducted, the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing (MTO) demonstration and the Family Options Study (FOS). HUD has partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau to make the experimental data more available to qualified researchers and more readily matched with other administrative data. By making these data more accessible to qualified researchers, HUD expects to continue the process of evidence building using MTO experimental data to assess the impact of neighborhoods on the lives of low-income families with children and using Family Options experimental data to assess housing and services interventions for families with children experiencing homelessness. This request for proposal marks the start of what we hope will be a long-term relationship with the U.S. Census Bureau to make data from HUD-sponsored randomized social experiments available to researchers for ongoing evidence-building efforts.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Seeking Comments: Key Factors to Enable Older Adults to Age in Place. AARP Foundation works to end senior poverty by helping vulnerable older adults build economic opportunity and social connectedness. As AARP’s charitable affiliate, we serve AARP members and nonmembers alike. Bolstered by vigorous legal advocacy, we spark bold, innovative solutions that foster resilience, strengthen communities and restore hope. We have ambitious objectives for increasing the number of people we serve and achieving specific outcomes by 2020, including a minimum of 55% of older adults (that the Foundation serves) who report an increase in their ability to age in place. To achieve this objective, we are seeking comments and perspectives on the current field of aging in place measurement, including emerging areas, gaps in research, and key factors that may influence an individual’s ability to remain in their home. Information gathered from this request will to help inform the direction of a tool that will measure aging in place likelihood among AARP Foundation program participants. Visit our website to download the full Request for Information and submit your comments. Please note these important dates: Now thru December 28, 2018: Submission of comments accepted on a rolling basis. December 28, 2018: Deadline for submission of comments by 11:59 p.m. ET. 2019 TBD: Request for Proposals announced and application available.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (Deadline: 10/24/2018). Fellowship Details: Stipend: $30,000, plus funds for research costs of up to $3,000 and for university fees of up to $5,000; Tenure: one year beginning summer 2019; Completed applications must be submitted through the ACLS online fellowship administration system (ofa.acls.org) no later than 9 pm Eastern Daylight Time, October 24, 2018.
SeniorAdvice Caregiver Scholarship (Deadline: 1/15/2019). $2000 for tuition/books to eligible student who has been a caregiver for a relative or friend.
WEBINAR
New National Earnings Data for Graduates by Institution and Major, October 17, 2018 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER), welcomes Andrew Foote as he presents, “New National Earnings Data for Graduates by Institution and Major.” The Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) project tabulates earnings by institution, degree level and degree field. PSEO does this by linking university transcript data to the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer Household Dynamics (LEHD) records. Data from PSEO offer an important assessment tool to plan postsecondary education and address a major gap in education statistics by providing a much clearer picture of what happens when a graduate gets a job out of state. Presenter: Andrew Foote, Senior Economist, LEHD, U.S. Census Bureau. Free. Register here.
NICHD Strategic Planning webinar, Wednesday, 31 October 2018, from 2-3:30 p.m. Advanced registration is required. Meeting information can be found here: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/
DATA
The General Social Survey (GSS) is announcing its module competition for proposals to add items to the 2020 GSS. Details can be found athttp://gss.norc.org/Documents/
D-LAB
D-Lab offers training in Data Science this fall for students as well as pedagogical training for instructors. Visit the D-lab website for more information. 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.
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.