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Virtual & Accessible 2026 Applied Demography Conference

By PAA Web posted 10 days ago
The 2026 PAA Applied Demography Conference offers a unique opportunity to bring together ideas, data, and people. This conference is to share work, strengthen professional networks, and showcase how population data are used to inform real-world decisions. This virtual conference will take place February 10–12, 2026 , and is designed to fit into busy schedules. Sessions will be held in the afternoons, allowing participants to engage deeply without taking up their entire day. See the schedule . The conference welcomes participation from anyone whose work intersects with population studies—across academia, government, non-profit organizations, and ...

Webinar: Immigration's Role in Workforce Sustainability

By PAA Web posted 14 days ago
On Friday, January 30, 2026, at 12 PM ET, we are hosting webinar in which an expert panel of scientists will provide a demographic overview of the U.S. immigrant population. In addition, they will discuss how immigrants contribute to the U.S. workforce and the solvency of social insurance programs, including Medicare and Social Security. Participants will also learn how some recent policy changes are impacting specific industries, including the technology and agricultural sectors. Panelists include: Matthew Hall, Cornell University Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, University of California-Merced Phillip Connor, Princeton University Chloe East, ...

2026 Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality Training Program

By PAA Web posted 16 days ago
Now Accepting Applications: 2026 Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality Training Program Applications are now open for the 2026 Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality (MIWI) Training Program. The MIWI Training Program is a state-of-the-art, interdisciplinary methods training program that prepares participating scholars to investigate the intersection of mental and physical health, with an emphasis on how this intersection relates to health disparities. The training encompasses conceptual frameworks, study designs, data collection needs, and analytic approaches necessary to conduct this innovative research. The program includes an ...

Congressional Briefing on U.S. Fertility Trends

By PAA Web posted 21 days ago
On December 10, 2025, the Population Association of America (PAA) and the Association of Population Centers (APC) hosted a congressional briefing, “ U.S. Birth Rate Trends: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications for U.S. Families. ” The in-person event drew interest from almost 100 registrants representing the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, National Institutes of Health, Government Accountability Office, National Academies of Science, Congressional Research Service, a range of scientific and health stakeholder organizations, and the media. The event was moderated by Dr. Jennifer Sciubba , President and CEO of the Population Reference Bureau, and ...

Wave VI Add Health Restricted-Use Data Files Are Now Available

By PAA Web posted 24 days ago
Brand new data files from Wave VI of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) are now available! Add Health is a nationally representative longitudinal study of over 20,000 U.S. adolescents who were in grades 7–12 during the 1994–95 school year. Add Health participants have now been followed across six waves of data collection to date, the most recent in 2022–25, when participants were between the ages of 39-51. The extensive Add Health data archive includes survey data on demographics, social and family contexts, socioeconomic factors, behaviors, psychosocial and cognitive factors, physical functioning, and health, along with ...

Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: 25th Anniversary

By PAA Web posted 24 days ago
CALL FOR ARTICLES RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study: 25 th Anniversary Editors: Lonnie Berger, University of Wisconsin; Kathryn Edin, Princeton University; Anna Haskins, University of Notre Dame; Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Rutgers University; Sarah Pachman, Princeton University In celebration of the landmark Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study's 25 th anniversary, we are soliciting proposals for an issue of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, situating the study in the larger literature, engaging with key questions using the most recent ...

2026 NIH mHealth Training Institute

By PAA Web posted 30 days ago
Applications are now open for the 2026 National Institutes of Health (NIH) mHealth Training Institute (mHTI), a premier program dedicated to developing the next generation of transdisciplinary researchers in mobile health (mHealth). Building on the success of past cohorts, the 2026 mHTI will offer a distinctive hybrid learning experience, combining a series of interactive online webinars with an intensive in-person institute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The program will be held on June 7–11, 2026 . Alumni frequently describe the mHTI as “transformative” and “a seminal experience in my professional development,” praising its ...

Conference “Kinship Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities”

By PAA Web posted 11-24-2025
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) June 8-9, 2026 SCOPE Family structures, broadly defined, have experienced radical changes around the globe. This conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines to consider how large-scale sociodemographic shifts reshape family systems within and beyond the household and how these changes contribute to, reproduce, or mitigate social and economic inequality. Whereas family research has long centered on partnerships and co-residential nuclear kin, studies of kinship emphasize the often-overlooked importance of extended and non-co-resident relatives such as grandparents, siblings, aunts, ...

16th Supercentenarian Seminar

By PAA Web posted 11-18-2025
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 11-18-2025
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 11-18-2025
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 11-18-2025
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 11-13-2025
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. RSVP NOW 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 ...

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

By PAA Web posted 11-11-2025
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 11-11-2025
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 11-04-2025
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 10-27-2025
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