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Call for Papers: BSPS Annual Conference 2026

By PAA Web posted 3 days ago
BSPS Annual Conference 2026 8-10 September University of Kent, Canterbury CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE FRIDAY 17 APRIL 2026 (5pm UK time) SUBMIT HERE You are invited to submit proposals for presentations and posters for the British Society for Population Studies’ 53rd Conference, to take place at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Along with the many and varied sessions in the call, plenaries will come from Madeleine Sumption and Stuart McDonald, with Madeleine speaking on How much should immigration policymakers care about demography? and Stuart on Forecasting and communicating mortality trends in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. A further ...

Rutgers Launches Master of Public Health in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice

By PAA Web posted 4 days ago
In response to mounting public health consequences of reproductive policy rollbacks, the Rutgers School of Public Health has launched a 100% online Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Justice . Designed for working professionals and students seeking flexibility, the degree is offered in a mixed format that includes both synchronous courses, held at scheduled times via Zoom, and asynchronous courses that allow students to engage with lectures, assignments, and course materials on their own schedule. Offering the degree fully online reflects a commitment to access, connecting students across geographic and political ...

Summer Institute on Longitudinal Data Analysis

By PAA Web posted 11 days ago
The Methodology Center at Purdue is now accepting applications for our Summer Institute on Longitudinal Data Analysis. The Summer Institute will be held July 12–17, 2026, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. This intensive week-long program offers in-depth training on publicly available longitudinal data sources and advanced longitudinal data analysis techniques. Applicants should have a strong background in quantitative methods but a need for additional training in longitudinal data analysis. We welcome applications from graduate students, post-docs, faculty, industry researchers, nonprofit and public sector workers, and more. Scholarships are available ...

Call for Applications: Berkeley Workshop in Formal Demography

By PAA Web posted 11 days ago
Applications are now open for our 12th Annual Berkeley Workshop on Formal Demography , taking place on June 1-5, 2026. This year's special emphasis topic will be on the demography of population decline and aging, including formal demographic models for studying the impact of changes in fertility and the timing of population peaks. It will also include a session on the application of LLMs in demographic research in general and formal demography in particular. Travel and accommodations will be provided for accepted applicants. This workshop is made possible with funding from the NICHD (R25HD083136). Target population: The workshops are aimed both at ...

Seeking Editors for Population and Development Review

By PAA Web posted 01-20-2026
The Population Council invites applications for Editors of Population and Development Review . Individual applications as well as applications for Co-Editors will be considered. PDR seeks to advance knowledge of the relationships between population and social, economic, and environmental change, and provides a forum for discussion of related public policy issues. Articles span all geographies, include theoretical advances as well as empirical analyses and case studies, employ a broad range of disciplinary approaches, and address historical and present-day problems. The journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the Council. Two Editors will be appointed ...

Call for Abstracts: EAPS HMM WG Workshop 2026

By PAA Web posted 01-13-2026
EAPS Health, Morbidity and Mortality Working Group Call for papers – Hannover 2026 The next meeting of the EAPS Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group , will be held at the Hannover Medical School, Germany, on 16–18 September 2026. Please SAVE THE DATE! The topic of the 2026 workshop is “Health and morbidity in Europe: Reflecting on current trends”. The meeting will focus on how health and morbidity have evolved in Europe over recent decades, against the background of changing life expectancy and population ageing patterns. We invite contributions on trends in mortality and morbidity, health and disability, socio-economic and regional inequalities, ...

GPAC Turns Page on 2025 and Looks to 2026

By PAA Web posted 01-06-2026
By Will Dow, Chair, PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs Committee and Mary Jo Mitchell, Director, PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs To say that the PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs Committee (GPAC) was busy in 2025 is an understatement. The Trump Administration brought unprecedented changes to Washington, DC, upending government agencies, programs, surveys, and the federal workforce. In a matter of weeks, federal websites and data disappeared, NIH and NSF grants were terminated, federal advisory committees eliminated, and thousands of federal workers were either fired or chose to leave their positions. Further, the new Administration introduced ...

Virtual & Accessible 2026 Applied Demography Conference

By PAA Web posted 12-22-2025
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 12-18-2025
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 12-16-2025
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 12-11-2025
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 12-08-2025
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 12-08-2025
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 12-02-2025
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 ...