Post-Doctoral Associate 1940 Census Linking Project- University of Minnesota

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POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE 1940 CENSUS LINKING PROJECT, MINNESOTA POPULATION CENTER Requisition 307344 The Minnesota Population Center (MPC, www.pop.umn.edu) at the University of Minnesota is seeking a post-doctoral associate with expertise…

UC Berkeley Population Center, Postdoctoral Fellowship – Personal Network Change Over Time

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A two-year postdoctoral position in the Berkeley Population Center will be available beginning July 1, 2016 in the group headed by Professor Claude Fischer. The postdoctoral scholar will be responsible for conducting research on the composition…

Call for Papers on the Health of Women and Men for a Special Issue of Biodemography and Social Biology

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Call for Papers on the Health of Women and Men for a Special Issue of Biodemography and Social Biology Because it is clear that sex differences in health depend on social, behavioral and environmental context as well as biology, and because…

Call for Papers: The Environmental Dimensions of Fertility Decision-Making

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Call for Papers The Environmental Dimensions of Fertility Decision-Making Special Issue of Population and Environment Deadline:  May 30, 2016 For this special issue, we seek a range of empirical papers that examine the reciprocal…

Rob Mare featured in the New York Times

Robert Mare's research on assortative mating and inequality was cited this past weekend in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/upshot/rise-in-marriages-of-equals-and-in-division-by-class.html

Call for Visiting Scholar Applications for 2016–2017 Academic Year from U.S.-Based Poverty Scholars from Underrepresented Groups

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The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison invites applications from U.S.-based social science scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to visit IRP, interact with its faculty in residence,…

Call for Articles: Russell Sage Foundation

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CALL FOR ARTICLES RSF: THE RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IMMIGRATION AND IDENTITIES: RACE AND ETHNICITY IN A CHANGING UNITED STATES Edited by KAY DEAUX Graduate Center, CUNY and New York University KATHARINE…

CALLS FOR APPLICATION: Health Policy Research Scholars- John Hopkins University

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I’m excited to announce that Calls for Application open this week for Health Policy Research Scholars. This is a new leadership development opportunity for full-time doctoral students from underrepresented populations or historically disadvantaged…

Two Fellowships in the MZES Research Department at the University of Mannheim

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The MZES is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Mannheim dedicated to comparative European social research and the analysis of European integration processes. It is Germany’s largest university-based social science…

Robert Mare featured in NY Times

Professor Robert Mare highlights the fact that the sharp increase in assortative marriage mirrors income inequality in the United States. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/upshot/rise-in-marriages-of-equals-and-in-division-by-class.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0