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16th Supercentenarian Seminar

By PAA Web posted 5 days ago
The 16th Supercentenarian Seminar, organized by the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), will be held on April 9-10, 2026, at the Campus Condorcet (Aubervilliers). The seminar will address aspects such as the validation of extreme-age records, leading causes of death at advances ages, geographical patterns of exceptional longevity, and indicators for measuring mortality at extreme ages. Please submit your proposals to super100_seminar2026@listes.ined.fr at your earliest convenience, and no later than December 20, 2025. #announcements #call-for-papers-proposals

Cognitive Aging and Dementia in Policy Contexts: Life Course Perspectives

By PAA Web posted 5 days ago
The Lifespan, Policy, and Health Lab & the Center for Research on Inequality and Health invite submissions for the interdisciplinary conference Cognitive Aging and Dementia in Policy Contexts: Life Course Perspectives , to be held at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) on May 28-29, 2026. We welcome research from diverse disciplines and methodological approaches, including but not limited to: (1) Longitudinal and life course analyses of cognitive health; (2) Policy-focused research and natural experiments; (3) Demographic and epidemiological studies of inequality in cognitive aging; (4) Projects translating research into practice or policy; ...

ERC Workshop: A Unified Perspective on Formation and Dissolution Processes in Demography

By PAA Web posted 5 days ago
The Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop) will host ERC Workshop, 9-11 March 2026 A Unified Perspective on Formation and Dissolution Processes in Demography University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Call for Papers The ERC project Born Once – Die Once invites contributions to a workshop investigating regularities in birth and death patterns – broadly defined – that is, not just birth and death as in “fertility and mortality of people”, but also as in ”formation and dissolution of couples, families, and households”. We are seeking to develop a shared formal demographic framework and to discover shared empirical macro-level regularities. ...

Webinar Series of the Sequence Analysis Association

By PAA Web posted 5 days ago
Are you working on a research project involving sequence analysis (SA)? Then present your project in our new webinar series, which specifically targets research projects at their developmental stages ! Such a webinar gives you the opportunity to receive targeted feedback from the sequence analysis community with some of the most seasoned SA researchers and to address your questions about any aspects of SA. Given the focus on work-in-progress research, the status of the presented research can vary from well-developed research plans to the presentation of initial empirical results . Any projects of SA are welcome, e.g., empirical applications or methodological ...

U.S. Birth Rate Trends: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications for American Families

By PAA Web posted 10 days ago
Consider joining us on Wednesday, December 10, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 2075 Rayburn House Office Building for ice cream and engaging presentations about U.S. fertility trends and related policies. An expert panel of leading social scientists will discuss national and international birth rate trends and evidence on the effects of policy incentives, such as tax credits and paid family leave, in impacting an individual’s decision to start a family. The discussion is particularly timely given the Trump Administration’s interest in encouraging higher birth rates nationwide. Speakers: Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Dr. Melissa ...

Call for Submissions: Conference and Special Issue of The Milbank Quarterly

By PAA Web posted 12 days ago
Theme: “How Policy Contexts Impact Population Health in the United States” The Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS) and the Center for Policy Research (CPR) will host a conference on June 8 and 9, 2026 at Syracuse University to advance knowledge on the connections between policies and population health in a changing U.S. context. In conjunction with the CAPS-CPR conference, The Milbank Quarterly will publish a special issue in 2027. The conference and special issue seek empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions on the topic. Of particular interest are papers that link changes and variation in policy contexts to health outcomes, ...

British Society for Population Studies Conference

By PAA Web posted 12 days ago
BSPS Conference 8-10 September 2026 University of Kent, Canterbury The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference at a UK university each September, hosting researchers in population studies at all career stages working in academia, policy and other related fields. The BSPS 2026 call for sessions and strands is now open. Deadline January 16. More details & submit: https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/research/british-society-for-population-studies/annual-conference #announcements #call-for-papers-proposals

Call for Applications: 2026-2027 SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Program

By PAA Web posted 19 days ago
The U.S. SRCD Policy Fellowship Program is a unique and prestigious program. Postdoctoral experts in child development are immersed in policy for one to two years in a state agency or in Congress. They receive a highly competitive stipend and significant professional development support. Click on the button to learn why 100% of recent fellows say they would recommend the program to others. Applications are due on January 6, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. E.T. Learn How to Apply . #announcements #call-for-applications

Master’s in Demography (2026–2028 Cohort) and PhD in Population Studies (2026–2030 Cohort)

By PAA Web posted 27 days ago
Call for Applications: Master’s in Demography (2026–2028 Cohort) The Master's in Demography is a full-time, in-person academic program offered by the Centre for Demographic, Urban, and Environmental Studies (CEDUA) at El Colegio de México. It is a pioneering program in its field in Mexico and Latin America, focused on research-oriented training in demographic dynamics, including its causes and consequences. Since it belongs to the National Postgraduate System of the Mexican Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation (SECIHTI, for its name in Spanish), all students receive a stipend. Accepted students need to apply directly to SECIHTI ...

Fellowship for Research on Economic Well-Being and Early Care and Education Among Hispanic Children and Families

By PAA Web posted 10-23-2025
The Center’s fellowship program supports early career scholars studying topics related to economic well-being and early care and education (ECE) among Hispanic children and families in households with low incomes. The program provides these scholars with seed research funds, as well as valuable mentoring and professional development experiences. Call for Applications The application period for the next cohort is now open and will close November 21, 2025. The Center encourages eligible early career scholars to apply by reviewing and following the information below. Program Details Mentorship: Fellows will work virtually with a mentor who will support ...

Call for Articles: The New Asylum Seekers: Subnational Dynamics of Migration Governance in the United States

By PAA Web posted 10-22-2025
CALL FOR ARTICLES RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences The New Asylum Seekers: Subnational Dynamics of Migration Governance in the United States Edited by Angela S. García University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work and Sociology Rebecca Hamlin University of Massachusetts–Amherst, Legal Studies and Political Science Abigail Fisher Williamson Trinity College, Public Policy and Political Science Asylum-seeking is a long-standing legal pathway enshrined in international law through which migrants flee home-country persecution, arrive in another country, and pursue refugee status ...

Call for papers: 17th Conference of Young Demographers

By PAA Web posted 10-21-2025
The conference will take place on February 4–6, 2026, at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia. All participants will have the possibility to present and discuss their current research with colleagues from other countries and fields. Although the conference is focused mainly on PhD students of demography, all young (in mind) researchers from various fields of population studies are welcomed. Submissions Deadline: October 27, 2025 More information and Call for Papers can be found on our website: https://youngdemographers.github.io/conference.html #announcements #call-for-papers-proposals

Sanctuary for Health Justice Call for Applications

By PAA Web posted 10-20-2025
The Sanctuary for Health Justice just launched its call for applications. Funded by the RWJF Global Ideas for US Solutions team, this is a 3- or 6-month fellowship-like opportunity for US health equity researchers whose scholarship is under attack in this political climate. The program is in-person, in Brighton, England, at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Please share widely with your networks! Deadline is Nov 15, 2025. All the helpful links are here: Application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q978BYC Program page: https://www.ids.ac.uk/projects/sanctuary-for-health-justice/ LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7384896671584919552/ ...

Special Issue of Population Research and Policy Review

By PAA Web posted 10-07-2025
PAA members Karen Benjamin Guzzo (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Sarah R. Hayford (Ohio State University) and Leslie Root (University of Colorado Boulder) are guest editors on this special issue of Population Research and Policy Review on “ Contemporary Pronatalism in Demographic Context. ” This Special Issue will provide an opportunity for population scientists to contribute to the conversations about pronatalism throughout the world. Submission deadline March 1, 2026. Read more . #announcements #call-for-papers-proposals

Share Your Research Activities Negatively Affected by Shutdown

By PAA Web posted 10-07-2025
As the federal government shutdown enters its second week, I want to assure you that the PAA Office of Government Affairs, along with the PAA/APC Committee on Government and Public Affairs (GPAC), is monitoring developments and engaging with coalition partners in Washington, DC, including the Consortium of Social Science Associations, to address the problems this latest funding lapse has caused. We know from firsthand experience how disruptive this shutdown already has been. PAA, for example, had to cancel its long-planned October 8 th Capitol Hill briefing on U.S. Birth Rate Trends. If you are experiencing any adverse impacts (i.e. funding delays, canceled ...

House Appropriations Committee Advances Key Spending Bills

By PAA Web posted 09-23-2025
Rejects Administration’s Proposed Funding Cuts and Praises Population Research In September, with only weeks before the current fiscal year ends, the House Appropriations Committee passed two Fiscal Year 2026 spending bills that together fund most of the federal agencies that directly and indirectly support the population sciences. In some respects, the House versions of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) and Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS) Appropriations bills are similar to versions approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee (see August 4 PAA blog ). Most importantly, both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees firmly ...

Meet Our Newly Elected Leadership

By PAA Web posted 09-02-2025
Congratulations to the newly elected officers, board members, and committee members of PAA. We are grateful to all members who participated in the election by casting their votes, and we extend our appreciation to every candidate who put themselves forward in service to the association. All newly elected individuals will begin their terms on January 1, 2026, with the exception of the Nominations Committee, whose term begins immediately. In addition, the President-Elect and Vice President-Elect will serve as co-chairs of the PAA 2027 Annual Meeting. We look forward to the leadership and contributions of our newly elected colleagues as they ...

Add Survey Questions to RAND’s Youth and Parent Panels

By PAA Web posted 08-19-2025
RAND invites you to submit survey questions to one or both of our new probability-based survey panels: the American Youth Panel and the American Parent Panel. The cost is $3,000 for each simple question, with a minimum of 2 questions. The American Youth Panel includes a nationally representative sample of youth between the ages of 12-21. The American Parent Panel includes the parents of 12-17 year-olds. W e will field the omnibus surveys in October 2025. You can pose questions to only parents, or to both teenagers and parents. Following data collection, you will receive a data file with 1,000 completed ...

Statement in Response to Call for a New Census

By PAA Web posted 08-12-2025
On behalf of the organizations we represent, the Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC), we are responding to the President’s purported call for a new, mid-decade census that would, for the first time ever, exclude undocumented immigrants. Population scientists, including demographers, economists, sociologists, and epidemiologists, in the public, private, academic, and non-profit sectors rely on census data to inform their research, evaluation, and training activities. As a result, PAA and APC support an accurate, inclusive, and cost-effective decennial census. We recognize that the decennial census is ...

A Note From the New Editors of Demography

By PAA Web posted 08-07-2025
Our term as the new coeditors of Demography , the flagship journal of the Population Association of America (PAA), began on July 1, 2025. We are honored by the trust the PAA has placed in us and are delighted that Demography will once again be hosted at Duke University—following in the footsteps of Ken Land, who served as editor from 2008 to 2010, and Phil Morgan, who coedited the journal with UNC’s Barbara Entwisle from 1999 to 2001. The transfer of the Demography editorial office from the University of Washington to Duke University was smooth. We are deeply grateful to Sara Curran and her outstanding editorial assistants, María Vignau Loría and Aryaa ...