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IUSSP Bulletin ● Issue 48, June 2020 |
In this issue: IUSSP, population science and COVID-19 ● First entirely virtual Council meeting ● IPC2021 Call for Papers with new COVID focus ● IUSSP Webinar Series ● Web page for demographers’ contributions to the understanding of COVID-19 ● Gordon de Jong 2020 Laureate Ceremony ● Call for 2021 IUSSP Laureate ● Urban Family Planning ● Research and programs on couples & RH ● IUSSP ‘CRVS’ Panel meetings ● PERN cyberseminar ● Online training on spatial data integration for demographic research ● News from the members ● Regional population associations ● Other announcements ● N-IUSSP ● Calls for papers ● Training opportunities ● Job opportunities ● Calendar IUSSP, population science and COVID-19 As we prepare this bulletin, the COVID-19 pandemic continues its spread. We hope you, your families, and colleagues are keeping well and doing your part to “flatten the curve”. While working virtually, the IUSSP has been active… (Read more) IUSSP Council meeting Virtual Council meetings & prospects for 2020-2021 The IUSSP Council held its first entirely web-based annual council meeting on 14, 15, 17 April and 4 May. The council focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on IUSSP activities including IPC2021. International Population Conference IPC2021 Call for Papers with new COVID focus The deadline to submit an abstract for IPC 2021 has now been extended to 15 February 2021 and will include COVID-19 as a cross-cutting theme. IUSSP Webinar Series Positioning population studies to understand the impacts of COVID-19 The IUSSP kicked off its IUSSP Webinars Series on 20 May with a webinar on “Positioning population studies to understand the short and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic", with Alberto Palloni, Sonalde Desai, Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue and Zeba Sathar. Several webinars are already scheduled for next month. COVID-19 activities IUSSP web page devoted t0 demographers’ contributions to the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic All members working on the impacts of COVID-19 are invited to send us relevant publications or citations of your work in the news. IUSSP Laureate Gordon de Jong 2020 Laureate ceremony The IUSSP 2020 Laureate ceremony in honour of Gordon De Jong took place online. Over 100 members and colleagues from all over the world attended. The award recognizes Gordon’s groundbreaking work on migration and his service to the training of demographers worldwide. Would you like one of your colleagues to be honoured for their decisive contribution to the advancement of demography and population research? Do not hesitate to round up support and propose a nomination for the 2021 IUSSP Laureate award. Urban Family Planning Urban Family Planning workshop The African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) organized four Zoom webinars on 27 May and 16, 17 & 18 June to provide training on policy engagement and communications for the 16 IUSSP Urban Family Planning fellows. Seminars and workshops Research and programs on couples & RH The IUSSP Panel on Couples’ Reproductive Health and Fertility organized this online working session on 5 May 2020. It included five presentations covering work in North America, India, and Africa with the aim of exchanging ideas and providing feedback on ongoing research. The session was attended by 42 participants. IUSSP ‘CRVS’ Panel online meetings The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Population Perspectives and Demographic Methods to Strengthen CRVS Systems held a 4-part online workshop on 23-26 April 2020 to review draft manuscripts of the eight IUSSP CRVS Fellows. On 10 June 2020 the Panel held a technical panel discussion on “Legal identity, ethics, and rights”. Population-Environment activities The Population-Environment Research Network (PERN) held a cyberseminar on Population, Climate Change and Food Security from 18 to 25 May 2020. A webinar to introduce the topic to PERN cyberseminar participants took place on 18 May 2020. Watch the webinar, read the 7 background papers and view the cyberseminar postings Spatial data integration for demographic research Online training materials and tutorials developed by Landy Sanchez (CEDUA-COLMEX) and Susana Adamo (CIESIN-Columbia University) are now available in English and Spanish. The materials cover basic techniques to link demographic and environmental data. News from the members Eleven new members and 18 new Student Associates joined the IUSSP between 1 March 2020 and 1 June 2020. (See list) Regional population associations EPC 2020 webinar series – 24 to 26 June The European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) is happy to announce a series of EPC 2020 webinars. They will showcase research that was to be presented at the cancelled European Population Conference. The EAPS Council is also exploring options for a small scale, possibly hybrid conference for early career scholars in the Spring of 2021. The 2020 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of American (PAA) was transformed into a series of virtual meetings. After some hesitation, the 2021 annual meeting is being planned as in-person event in St. Louis, Missouri, 5-8 May 2021. Read more on these and other initiatives including the COVID-19 webinars and the PAA/APC statement on Black Lives Matters. Asian families amid the COVID-19 pandemic The Asian Population Association (APA), in collaboration with the National University of Singapore Centre for Family and Population Research, will host two webinars, on 9 and 23 July 2020 at 4.00 pm - 5.30 pm SGT (08:00-9:30 UCT) to explore the impact of COVID-19 on families in East, Southeast, and South Asia. (Register) The Latin American Population Association (ALAP), which was scheduled to take place from 3 to 6 November 2020 in Valparaiso, Chile, has been be transformed into a virtual conference on 9-11 December 2020. Additional information is provided on the ALAP website. Read the call for papers (in Spanish and Portuguese). Deadline for abstracts: 4 September 2020. Other announcements Nearly 200 social scientists attended the 17th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (IASSH) held at IIT Mandi, India, 8-10 December 2019. The Fourth Prof. John Caldwell Memorial Lecture was delivered by distinguished Sociologist Prof. N. Jayaram on the theme "Social Construction of Health and Illness: A Phenomenological Perspective". (Read the IASSH conference report) China Population and Development Studies China Population and Development Studies (CPDS) is a quarterly English academic journal that focuses on China’s population and development. It is hosted by the China Population and Development Research Center (CPDRC) and the China Population Association (CPA). CPDS encourages IUSSP members to contribute papers to the journal. Read more on the main contents of CPDS and the links to articles published in 2019 Population Journal Young Author's Prize Population is a quarterly scientific journal published in English (Population-E) and in French (Population-F) by INED. The Population Young Author Prize 2021 is open to PhD students and young researchers working in the field of population studies and will be awarded to the most outstanding original paper submitted to the competition jury. Deadline for submission: 5 November 2020.
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Submit your announcements Feel free to share news from your institution and region so that we can keep all IUSSP members informed about recent or forthcoming events and opportunities in the population field. IUSSP members are welcome to submit information on conferences, job openings, post-doctoral positions, and research grants for inclusion in the newsletter and IUSSP website. Please send the information to contact@iussp.org and remember to include important dates for application deadlines (and photos when appropriate). Information should be sent by email or in a Word document so that it can be edited. For inclusion in the next Bulletin, please send information by 1 September 2020. We look forward to hearing from you soon.IUSSP Bulletin / Bulletin de l’UIESP Publication Director: Mary Ellen Zuppan, IUSSP Executive Director ISSN: 2427–0059
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