Archives by Tag 'demography'
BSPS Conference – 13-15 September 2010 – Call for Papers
The 2010 BSPS Conference will be held at the University of Exeter from 13-15 September. Preliminary abstracts of papers – which may be in the form of declarations of intent- are invited. These abstracts are to be of a maximum of 250 words in length with a provisional title. The deadline for submission is 30th [...]
PopFest 2010: Call for Papers
The annual PopFest conference, a conference specifically open to postgraduates from all disciplines across the social
sciences studying any aspect of population, has announced a call for papers for its 2010 conference in St. Andrews.
Full details of the programme are still to be confirmed but will include: parallel sessions running over three days, poster presentations, keynote [...]
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in South Africa
The Demography and Population Studies Programme at theUniversity of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa, has announced a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship. The deadline is 16 November 2009.
The context of the post Doc is that the Fogarty International Centre, USA, are funding postdoctoral fellowships in the Wits Demography and Population Studies Programme [...]
Census: 2011 and beyond. Meeting 21 Oct 2009
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is hosting a meeting on the topic of the UK census. The meeting is taking place on Wednesday 21 October 2009 (1400-1700 hrs), at the RSS, 12 Errol St, London EC1Y 8LX.
For details see the flyer here.
PhD studentship in demography
The newly established ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton is pleased to announce a new PhD studentship in demography.
The studentship would suit a person with good computing skills and an interest in demographic measurement, who has, or expects to have, a postgraduate degree in demography, or a related social science or [...]
Workshop: Fertility declines in the past, present and future
Call for participants
‘Fertility declines in the past, present and future: what we don’t know and what we need to know’
A joint workshop of
the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,
the British Society for Population Studies
and
the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
Dates: 15-17th July 2009
Location: Cambridge Group for the History [...]
‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’ – Univ. of Oxford
Oxford Institute of Ageing Spring School
‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’
University of Oxford
19-23 April 2009
Deadline for registrations: 2 April 2009
Download the updated brochure here:
http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/system/files/SpringSchoolBrochure2009.pdf
This four day school will address concepts and tools in demography, bio-demography, bio-medical research and practice, economics, sociology, health and policy. Special emphasis will be placed on developing methodological skills, both from [...]
BSPS Prize 2009 – Best MSc Dissertation
BSPS Prize 2009
Entries are invited for the 2009 BSPS Prize.
This is awarded to the entry judged to be the best MSc. Dissertation on a demographic topic during the year 2008 (which would normally be at or around distinction level). Applicants should supply four copies of their dissertation, which do not need to be bound – [...]
MRS Conference – European Geodemographics
Market Research Society (MRS) Conference
European Geodemographics
One-day conference on Wednesday 1 April 2009
at the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).
Economic, cultural and political boundaries are blurring. As more organisations begin to operate globally, it is essential for them to consider how to accurately define their target markets and communicate
with people from a wide range of cultural and [...]
PhD studentships in Demography – Univ. of Southampton
Division of Social Statistics, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
Applications are invited for PhD studentships in demography and in social statistics in the Division of Social Statistics, University of Southampton. These are ESRC quota awards that may be on a 1+3 or +3 basis, i.e. funding for a 1-year MSc in Demography or in [...]