We are delighted to invite submissions for our second annual CenSoc Users Conference, to be held remotely on Friday, December 4, 2026, and with an option to join in person in Berkeley. The conference will bring together an interdisciplinary set of researchers using CenSoc data for empirical research.
The CenSoc datasets link the complete-count IPUMS 1940 U.S. Census to Social Security mortality records, cover deaths primarily among individuals aged 65 and older, and support new work on geographic, racial, and class-based disparities in old-age mortality; they are freely available at censoc.berkeley.edu. We welcome submissions from researchers using CenSoc or related census and mortality records at any stage, including “getting started” presentations, work in progress, or published work.
Submission requirements are: a title, a short abstract, and an optional extended abstract or full paper. The submission deadline is October 31, 2026. There are no participation fees, though in-person attendees cover their own travel. Apply using this Google Form. Questions may be sent to the conference organizer Casey Breen, casey.breen@austin.utexas.edu.
Join us for our next Brown Bag Seminar on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Pacific. Joshua Goldstein (Maxine J. Elliott Professor of Demography, UC Berkeley) and Niklas van der Wagt (Sociology and Demography PhD, UC Berkeley) will present, “Population Momentum of Replacement-level Migration.” 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). Full event details are here. See our YouTube channel. View past and upcoming talks.
******REMINDER: Macroeconomic Effects of Population Aging. Join us for our online workshop on the macroeconomic effects of population aging, to be held Friday, September 18, 2026, 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific. This workshop is hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research and co-organized by the NIA-supported Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA) and the NBER Center for Aging and Health Research. Agenda and livestream.
NHIS Seeking Comments on Redesign. Provide input on a proposed redesign of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), set for implementation in 2028. The redesign is intended to help NCHS continue producing high quality data that supports public health decision-making and research, while incorporating lower-cost data collection modes and making the survey easier for the people who participate. Key highlights of the proposal include a sequential mixed-mode data collection approach beginning with self-response (online or paper), with in-person follow-up for some households, and shorter, less complex adult and child questionnaires to reduce respondent burden. As data users and potential participants, your expertise and perspective can help shape the future of national health data collection. The deadline for comments is October 20, 2026. PAA and APC will be submitting organizational comments, but interested individuals should also share their thoughts. Learn more and access draft questionnaires on the NHIS 2028 Questionnaire Redesign page.
Why International Research Is Vital to the NIH’s Scientific Mission. A new article by Peter Kilmarx, who recently retired as Director of the Fogarty International Center at NIH, makes the case for ongoing international research at NIH in the current political and policy context. Read the article in Health Affairs Forefront.
Featured affiliate research of the week: ICE arrests, 2015–2026: Variation in targeting, method, and geography. (2026). Chloe East, Caitlin Patler, and Elizabeth Cox. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123(31).
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EVENTS
September 14 | 2-3:30pm | Sociology Colloquium | Lauren Clingan, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis. “Defining women’s incomes: Household disruptions and gendered resolutions.” 402 Social Sciences Building, and zoom.
September 16 | 12pm | Demography Brown Bag | Joshua Goldstein, Maxine J. Elliott Professor of Demography, UC Berkeley, and Niklas van der Wagt, Sociology and Demography PhD, UC Berkeley. “Population Momentum of Replacement-level Migration.” 310 Social Sciences Building, and zoom.
September 18 | 8am-2:30pm Pacific | NBER and Berkeley CEDA | Macroeconomic Effects of Population Aging. Online workshop hosted by the National Bureau of Economic Research and co-organized by the NIA-supported Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA) and the NBER Center for Aging and Health Research. Agenda and livestream.
FUNDING
EdDem Network: Call for Pilot Proposals. The Network on Early-Life Determinants, Biosocial Pathways, and Dementia (EdDem) invites applications for pilot research projects that advance understanding of how early-life determinants influence cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). Scientific focus areas are early-life determinants of cognitive aging and dementia, including educational, family, neighborhood, and environmental determinants; midlife social and behavioral pathways, including the social, economic, behavioral, and psychological pathways linking early-life determinants to ADRD; and the biological mechanisms through which early-life determinants influence ADRD. Pilot awards of up to $40,000 in total costs are available for projects addressing one or more of these areas, with up to two years of support depending on project scope and available funding. Applicants must be affiliated with a U.S. institution. EdDem pilot awards combine pilot funding with structured investigator development to strengthen future NIH funding competitiveness. Applications should be submitted as a single PDF to Jennifer Doiron, Project Coordinator, at ebddp_network@umd.edu. Applications are due October 13, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern. View the RFA.
NIH Highlighted Topics
Research on Chatbots and their Usage
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Behavioral and Cognitive Signals of Aging in Real-World Contexts
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CALLS
Call for Applications: 2026 Reproductive Demography Workshop. The University of Colorado Population Center will hold the 2026 Reproductive Demography Workshop November 11–13, 2026, in Boulder, Colorado and online, providing training on the demography of reproduction — conception, pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and birth. The program covers basic fertility demography, a critical survey of U.S. data sources on births and pregnancy resolutions, reproductive process models, and current debates in U.S. abortion enumeration. Amanda Stevenson and Leslie Root will lead the workshop, advised by Jane Menken. It is aimed at graduate students and early-career researchers with a quantitative background, and space is limited. Apply by Friday, September 18, 2026; decisions follow by September 25. Apply using this form. Questions to Tara K. Streng-Schroeter, streng.schroeter@colorado.edu.
Open Course: Topics in Digital and Computational Demography. The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research will offer its open course on Topics in Digital and Computational Demography, November 2–6, 2026, in Rostock, Germany and online. The course will be offered in a hybrid format: in person for students in the IMPRS-PHDS network who are already in Rostock, and online via Zoom for everyone else. This year’s topics include digital trace data for migration research; addressing bias in digital trace data; Bayesian approaches with applications for data deficient contexts; demographic microsimulation and kinship demography; and simulation in the social and population sciences. The course is coordinated by Carolina Coimbra Vieira, with instructors Boris Barron, Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal, Irena Chen, Carolina Coimbra Vieira, Jordan Klein, Ebru Sanlitürk, Benjamin-Samuel Schlueter, Mallika Snyder, Tom Theile, and Emilio Zagheni. The application deadline is Friday, September 25, 2026. More information and application instructions.
Request for Articles: Wealth and Family Economics. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences invites submissions for an upcoming issue on “Wealth and Family Economics: How Much Wealth Is Needed to Achieve Social and Economic Benchmarks?” Edited by Marybeth J. Mattingly and Jeffrey P. Thompson of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the issue will explore how much wealth families need to achieve stability, security, mobility, and prosperity, and how wealth shapes key social and economic outcomes. Researchers are invited to submit original work examining new measures, concepts, and approaches to understanding the wealth needed to reach different socioeconomic benchmarks. The deadline is Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Learn more.
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Notas de Población for the 70th Anniversary of CELADE (No. 124). The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) invites submissions of original, unpublished articles, in accordance with guidelines on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, addressing research findings, applied methodological procedures, theoretical developments and discussions, as well as public policy analyses concerning population-related issues, for inclusion in issue No. 124 of its journal, Notas de Población. In the context of the 70th anniversary in 2027 of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) — currently the Population Division of ECLAC and responsible for the journal — articles addressing the Centre’s trajectory and its impact on the region will be particularly welcome. For the first time in its history, the journal will operate a continuous submission and peer-review process, so authors should submit as early as possible; accepted articles will be compiled in issue No. 124, scheduled for publication in December 2027. Interested authors must submit their manuscript by email to CELADE-NotasDePoblacion@cepal.org, copying María Ester Novoa at mariaester.novoa@cepal.org. The instructions and editorial guidelines are available in the Notas de Población guidelines for contributors; these guidelines must be strictly followed for both the manuscript and any complementary files submitted.
Call for Papers: International Seminar on Inequalities along the Reproductive Trajectory. December 3–4, 2026, CCHS-CSIC, Calle Albasanz 26-28, Madrid. The seminar brings together researchers in demography, sociology, social epidemiology, and public health to examine how socioeconomic status, migrant background, and ethnicity stratify the journey to and through parenthood — from delayed transitions to adulthood and the resulting “fertility gap” through inequalities in obstetric, perinatal, and postnatal outcomes. Theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions using any method and national or cross-national data from any country are welcome, including work on medically assisted reproduction and cumulative disadvantage. There are no registration fees, though participants cover their own accommodation and meals. Coordinated by Marta Seiz, IEGD-CSIC. Abstracts of up to 500 words are due October 9, 2026. More information and submission.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
NIH Health Disparities Interest Group Workshop: Developing Interventions for Efficacy and Sustainability to Address Health Disparities. Wednesday, September 16, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Eastern. The NIH Health Disparities Interest Group (HDIG) will host this workshop as part of the NIH Research Festival. Register here · about HDIG.
Population Health Science: Generating and Communicating Evidence. Thursday, September 17, 2026, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Eastern, virtual. Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science and organized with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Population Health Improvement. The workshop explores how and by whom evidence for population health improvement is generated, how that evidence is translated and communicated to practitioners, communities, and policy makers, and the role of trust across the research enterprise and at its interface with end users. Registration is free but required. Event details · register.
Long-Term Care Seminar. Thursday, September 17, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Eastern, virtual. Hosted by Gateway to Global Aging Data and the Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer’s (CAPRA). The seminar examines long-term care preferences across institutional regimes in OECD countries. Event details · join via Zoom.
Fertility in Transition: Causes, Consequences, and Choices. Join the Population Council on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern, for a discussion of changing fertility trends and their implications for populations around the world. Held on the sidelines of UNGA 81, the event will bring together experts in demography, economics, sociology, and sexual and reproductive health to explore the causes and consequences of low and declining fertility across geographic and socioeconomic contexts. The panel will consider the growing interest in pronatalist policies and the importance of evidence-informed, rights-based responses that reflect people’s reproductive choices. Speakers Nyovani Madise, Shelley Clark, Lisa Haddad, and Josh Wilde will share perspectives on how fertility trends differ across contexts and what these changes mean for the future. Register here.