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  • Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe
    For scholars from economics and related disciplines (sociology and development studies) to submit extended abstracts or full papers on the following aspects related to migration research: • Determinants and patterns of migration • Effects of migration on sending and receiving countries • Determinants and impacts of remittances • Economic and social integration of migrants The IOS/APB Summer Academies on Central and Eastern Europe aim to bring together PhD students and post-docs in a workshop atmosphere. In order to ensure lively discussions, the number of participants is limited to 15. The submission to gatskova@osteuropa-institut.de should include a short CV, an extended abstract (maximum 2000 words) or a full (preliminary) paper and your contact details (name, affiliation, email address). Accepted participants will be notified by 15th April, 2012. Submissions of full papers are expected by 1st June, 2012. There is a conference fee of 50 € (including accommodation for two nights (single room) and all meals during the Summer Academy).
  • Demography Master's Program at Stockholm University
    The program offers training leading to one- and two-year Master’s degrees. During this time, students acquire comprehensive understanding of the processes that produce and change human populations. In addition to focusing on the core processes of fertility, mortality and migration, the program places special emphasis on methodological training and an interdisciplinary understanding of the social and economic processes that underlie demographic phenomena. The skills acquired during the training provide the strong background that is necessary to understand the demographic challenges facing current and future societies.
  • Fellowships for European Doctoral School of Demography
    EDSD is an eleven-month program that is offered every year, with the goal to provide students in the first year of their doctoral studies with an appropriate high-level education in demography. In the upcoming school year the School will be held at two different locations. The preparatory courses (from September tomid-October) will be offered at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. The core courses (from mid-October to end of July) will be held at the Centre for Demographic Studies at Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Successful completion of the School results in a Master in demography offered by Autonomous University of Barcelona as well as a European Research Certificate of Demography provided under the auspices of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS). Students with an excellent MA degree or its equivalent are eligible to apply for a fellowship to the EDSD program. There is no official application form. Instead, applicants are requested to submit the documents described below. All applications must be made by email. Applications should be sent to:edsd@ced.uab.es Begin your email message with a statement saying that you apply for the European Doctoral School of Demography. You also need to include the following documents (as attached documents). (1) Curriculum Vitae (2) One recent letter of recommendation (3) Statement of purpose (4) Transcripts (5) MA/BA/Diploma certificates (6) Certification of English language proficiency
  • Call for Applications - Summer Academy 2012
    United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and the Munich Re Foundation invite qualified PhD students to apply for the 2012 Summer Academy "From Social Vulnerability to Resilience: Measuring Progress toward Disaster Risk Reduction". Applicants should have an interdisciplinary focus and work on research or dissertations related to measuring social vulnerability and resilience in the context of disaster risk management. The seventh Summer Academy will take place 1-7 July 2012 in Munich, Germany. Application deadline: 31 January 2012.
  • Institut national d' études démographiques (INED): PhD in Demography
    As a research laboratory, INED welcomes PhD students in the field of demography but also in economics, sociology, anthropology, history, geography, epidemiology, biomathematics and other disciplines within the humanities and the social sciences, provided that the topic is related to the research areas developed at INED.
  • Lund University: Master in Economic Demography
    The Master programme in Economic Demography provides training in the theories, methods, and skills required to understand demographic dynamics in both developed and developing countries. Students in the programme include both aspiring professionals preparing for employment within fields such as governmental planning, ministries of finance, foreign development agencies, local government, insurance and general business as well as those preparing for entrance to PhD programmes. The programme focuses on the processes underlying population change, the contexts in which these processes originate and evolve, and the consequences of these processes. The Master programme in Economic Demography places great importance on both advanced methodological training and thematic courses in fields where members of the teaching staff are specialized.
  • Université catholique de Louvain: Master in Population and Development Studies
    The Master in Population Sciences and Development is an interdisciplinary course which studies the relationship, both in time and space, between population and development. It includes related disciplines such as anthropology, demography, economics, political science, sociology and history.It prepares students for a professional career in the practical fields of demography and development or for research on both the countries of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Since there is a wide range of focuses (two professional and one research) and options (seven in all), students may choose between different fields and gain some specialization both in the subject (demography or development) or the geographical area (the main regions of the world) as well as in the methods uses (qualitative or quantitative) and professional objectives (action or research). Students will acquire skills currently much in demand both at national and international levels.
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