Center for Demography of Health and Aging

The Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of fourteen P30 demography centers on aging sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. Major research themes include: midlife development and aging, economics of population aging, inequalities in health and aging, and international comparative studies of health and aging. For additional and updated information on CDHA, browse the links in the title bar (at the top of the page) or send email to cdha@ssc.wisc.edu.

Inequality across Multiple Generations Conference Call for Papers
(February 7, 2012)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan announce a call for papers for a conference on "Inequality across Multiple Generations"...(Read more)

IPUMS Research Award
(February 7, 2012)
Minnesota Population Center is accepting entries for its fourth annual award competition for research using the IPUMS microdata collection...(Read more)

RC28 Summer Meeting: Call for Papers (University of Virginia)
(February 3, 2012)
The Summer meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) has a call for papers...(Read more)

Post-doctoral Position at INED
(February 1, 2012)
A postdoctoral research position is available at the French National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) in Paris...(Read more)

NIA Summer Institute on Aging Research
(February 1, 2012)
The NIA 2012 Summer Institute is soliciting applications for an intensive introduction to aging research. This workshop will be held July 7 – 13 in Maryland...(Read more)

Call for Papers: Reducing Urban Poverty
(February 1, 2012)
The Woodrow Wilson Center's Comparative Urban Studies Project, USAID's Urban Programs Team, the World Bank, Cities Alliance, and the International Housing Coalition is hosting an academic paper competition...(Read more)

Post-doctoral Fellowship at Umeå University
(January 12, 2012)
The Sociology department at Umeå University in Sweden is accepting applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in welfare research...(Read more)

Two Researcher Positions at INED
(January 12, 2012)
The French national institute for demographic studies (Institut national d'études démographiques, INED) has two researcher positions in 2012...(Read more)

NBER call for papers
(December 21, 2011)
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) invites interested economists to submit papers to its 34th Annual Summer Institute...(Read more)

Postdoctoral Position at University College Dublin
(December 19, 2011)
This one-year postdoctoral position is for research on a GINI project at University College Dublin...(Read more)

RAND Summer Institute
(November 30, 2011)
The 19th annual RAND Summer Institute (RSI) sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the Office for Behavior and Social Science Research at the National Institutes of Health will take place in Santa Monica, CA, July 9-12, 2012...(Read more)

NBER's Fellowships in Aging Research
(November 29, 2011)
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) are seeking applications to its Visiting Fellows Program in Aging Research for the 2012-2013 and/or 2013-2014 academic years...(Read more)

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Cornell
(October 28, 2011)
The Cornell Population Center (CPC) is inviting applications for the Frank H.T. Rhodes Post-doctoral Fellowship. This position will start on August 15, 2012...(Read more)

Minority Aging Training Grant
(October 5, 2011)
The Sealy Center on Aging at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas has an opening for a post-doctoral positions...(Read more)

Friday, February 10, 2012

  Perspectives in Demography: Some Guidelines for Writing Survey Questions
  Jen Dykema, UW Survey Center
  Nora Cate Schaeffer, UW Survey Center, UW Sociology and CDE
  9:30-10:45 AM, 8417 William H. Sewell Social Science Building

CDHA weekly seminar have a new format. See a complete CDHA seminar schedule.

CDE's Tuesday demography seminars include health and aging related presentations. Check out this link, http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/demsem/home.htm for a list of speakers in 2011 Fall semester.