In this issue: IPC2021 will take on a new form ● IUSSP Webinar Series - Reaching members across the globe ● Digital approaches & COVID-19 ● COVID-19 mortality in Latin America ● Consequences of COVID-19 for adolescents ● COVID-19 and SRH in Africa ● Call for 2021 IUSSP Laureate ● News from the members ● Regional population associations ● Other announcements ● N-IUSSP ● Calls for papers ● Training opportunities ● Job opportunities ● Calendar
International Population Conference IPC2021 will take on a new form
 Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers have decided that IPC 2021 will be a virtual/hybrid conference. IPC 2021 will keep its initial dates, 5-10 December 2021, but the deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended to 15 May 2021.
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IUSSP Webinar Series Reaching members across the globe
 The IUSSP Webinar Series launched in May 2020 to reach out to members during the COVID-19 related lockdowns has proved an excellent way to reach a broad and geographically dispersed audience.
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Digital approaches & COVID-19
 Emilio Zagheni, Chair of the IUSSP Panel on Digital Demography, organized a series of 7 lightning talks on "Digital and computational approaches to study determinants and consequences of the spread of COVID-19", which took place on 8 July 2020.
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COVID-19 mortality in Latin America
 Everton Lima presented data collection and analysis he and colleagues in Latin America have been working on to quantify COVID-19 related excess mortality in Latin America.
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The consequences of COVID-19 for adolescents
 Shireen Jejeebhoy, IUSSP Vice President, Léticia Marteleto, Joyce Mumah and K.G. Santhya discussed the potential impacts of COVID-19 on adolescents drawing on preliminary survey data from India, Brazil and countries in Africa. The webinar took place on 29 July 2020.
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COVID-19 and SRH in Africa
 IUSSP hosted a member-initiated webinar organized by Clifford Odimegwu, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), on "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Sexual & Reproductive Health in Africa". This four-day webinar took place between 31 August to 3 September 2020.
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IUSSP Laureate
Call for 2021 IUSSP Laureate
Would you like to honour a colleague 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. Deadline: 1 November 2020. (Read more)
News from the members Members' new publications - Migration from the Newly Independent States. 25 Years After the Collapse of the USSR, edited by Mikhail Denisenko, Salvatore Strozza, and Matthew Light.
- Comparative Demography of the Syrian Diaspora: European and Middle Eastern Destinations, edited by Elwood D. Carlson, and Nathalie E. Williams.
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New IUSSP members Seven new members and 14 new Student Associates joined the IUSSP between 1 June 2020 and 1 September 2020. (See list)
In memory
 It is with great sadness that we announce that Brígida Garcia, a longtime member of the IUSSP, passed away on 18 September. A professor and researcher at El Colegio de México since 1971, she had served as a member and then a co-chair of the IUSSP Committee on Gender and Population.
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Regional population associations PAA 2021 annual meeting & webinars  The PAA 2021 Annual Meeting will likely include a combination of virtual and in-person sessions. The latter will be held in St-Louis, Missouri, 5-8 May 2021. The deadline to submit papers to the call is 25 September. PAA is also organizing a webinar on 29 September on the Demographics of Racial Violence.
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5th APA conference & webinars  The 5th Asian Population Association Conference has been postponed to 2021 and will take the form of a virtual conference. APA will hold a webinar on 30 September 2020 on “COVID-19 and the migrants in Asia”. Deadline to register is 25 September 2020.
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2020 ALAP virtual conference  The Latin American Population Association (ALAP) Conference will take place as a virtual conference from 9 to 11 December 2020. The IUSSP will have a virtual booth and organize a pre-session on IPC2021, a session on PhD training in demography and a roundtable on demographic research with web and social media data.
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Other announcements International Science Council  IUSSP is a member of the International Science Council, which organizes a range of activities bringing together interdisciplinary panels of scientists on scientific issues, many of which are of interest to demographers and population scientists. Here are a list and description of upcoming activities that are open to members and broader networks.
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 N-IUSSP
Recent articles - Comparing mortality variability between the United States and peer countries, Justin M. Vinneau, Richard Rogers, Robert A. Hummer, Elizabeth M. Lawrence
- The spatial integration of immigrants in Europe, Daniel t. Lichter, Domenico Parisi, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige
- Frontline workers in the U.S.: race, ethnicity, and gender, Lily Casura, Ricardo Lowe, Jr, Cristina Martinez, Sarah Serpas, Victoria Castellanos, Joachim Singelmann
- Does information change attitudes toward immigrants?, Alexis Grigorieff, Christopher Roth, Diego Ubfal
- Is support between parents and adult children reciprocal?, Hans Hämäläinen, Bruno Arpino
- Putting mobile phones in women’s hands spurs sustainable development, Francesco Billari, Ridhi Kashyap, Luca Maria Pesando, Valentina Rotondi, Jenny Trinitapoli
- Opposites attract. Unions between majority natives and marriage migrants in Sweden, Annika Elwert
- More children linked to lower mortality in contemporary Norway, with exceptions, Øystein Kravdal
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Calls IUSSP Calls for Papers - International Conference on Family and Fertility
Virtual conference, 3-5 December 2020
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 October 2020
Other Calls
- Call for sessions / posters FAIR Conference (30 Sept / 31 Oct)
- GENUS Thematic Series on The Demography of COVID-19
Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2020 - Call for papers for a collective book on COVID-19 in West Africa
Deadline for submissions: 5 October 2020 - Journal of Demography Africa (JDA). Call for papers: Education-Health-Gender Equality-Economic Development-Population
Deadline for submissions: 30 November 2020
Job opportunities Jobs/Fellowships - Request for proposals: Russell Sage Foundation "Pipeline Grants Competition" on economic mobility (and barriers) in the U.S. Deadline for Applications: 4 November 2020.
Doctoral / Post-Doctoral Positions - National University of Singapore. Postdoctoral Fellow for the research project on Southeast Asian Family Dynamic Study. Deadline for applications:30 September 2020.
- Post Doctoral Fellowships. Centre for Demographic Research (DEMO), Belgium.Deadline for applications: 1 October 2020.
- Postdoctoral researcher in international migration - sociology/political science/quantitative methods. Deadline for applications: 5 October 2020.
- PhD studentship to work as part of the ERC project: A Better Life for the Children of Exile: Intergenerational Adaptation of the Descendants of Refugees. Deadline for applications: 12 October 2020.
- Two 3-year postdoctoral positions within the ERC-project "Sexual Minorities and Inequality of Opportunity” (HEALIN).Deadline for applications: 1 November 2020.
- CFPR PhD Research Scholarship opportunity. National University of Singapore. Deadline for applications: 1 November 2020.
- Postdoctoral position in the computational modeling of COVID-19. INSERM, France. Deadline for applications: 31 December 2020.
Training Courses or Workshops - Five-day intensive online course on "Topics in Digital and Computational Demography" (MPIDR). Deadline for applications: 9 October 2020.
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). 50th cohort of students MSc Demography and Health. Deadline for applications: 31 December 2020.
Calendar Forthcoming IUSSP meetings & other events - PAA Webinar: Demographics of Racial Violence. Webinar, 29 September 2020
- Webinar. Learn how to boost phone survey response rates with tips from IDinsight, 30 September 2020.
- IUSSP Webinar on the "Priorities in research on international migration and mobilities: Implications of the COVID pandemic and its legacies", 22 October 2020.
- Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2020 on the Demographic Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Consequences. Vienna, Austria, 30 November-1 December 2020.
- International FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020 (online), 30 November-4 December 2020.
- International Conference on Family and Fertility (Online), 3-5 December 2020.
- 2020 ALAP International Conference (Virtual), 9-11 December 2020.
- 5th Asian Population Association Conference (postponed to 2021).
- IUSSP Seminar on Unintended pregnancy and key outcomes—abortion and unplanned births (postponed to 2021).
- Sixth International Conference on Family Planning. Pattaya City, Thailand, 8-11 November 2021.
- 2021 International Population Conference (IPC2021). Hyderabad, India, 5-10 December 2021.
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IUSSP Bulletin / Bulletin de l’UIESP Publication Director: Mary Ellen Zuppan, IUSSP Executive Director ISSN: 2427–0059 |
