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The Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania has fostered research and training in population since its founding in 1962 and is led by Director Emilio Alberto Parrado.
@pennpsc.bsky.socialWORK AT THE PSC!
Seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Adversity and Health
The Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health @mlsfhresearch.org seeks postdoc to support a 5-year project on Adversities, Health and Resilience in Early Adulthood.
@pennpsc.bsky.socialCongrats to Angelo dos Santos, Nazar Khalid, Yabo Vidogbena, and @yujiezhangecon.bsky.social - all selected among the first group of Penn Climate Scholars (@upennclimate.bsky.social)!
READ MORE
https://bit.ly/4jjQiYr
@pennaging.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.socialThe Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2027! Applications are due December 8, 2026. Learn More: demog.pop.upenn.edu/prospective-...
@pennpsc.bsky.socialHAPPENING TODAY @ 12PM! Check out this #PennClimateWeek virtual lecture by @pennpsc.bsky.social researcher Mallika Sarma
Human Resilience in High Stress Environments
REGISTER HERE
https://bit.ly/4yS3GHQ
@pennpsc.bsky.socialEveryone loves a good conspiracy theory, but why?
On The Spark podcast, PSC researcher and social psychologist @dalbarra.bsky.social
discusses the science behind why conspiracies are so compelling.
@pennpsc.bsky.socialSituational agency - taking charge of your circumstances - is key to creating your best life, says PSC researcher @angeladuckworth.bsky.social in her new book, SITUATED.
Read an excerpt HERE:
https://whr.tn/4gMQRHA
@pennpsc.bsky.socialJOIN US - MON 10/5 @ 12PM for the POP STUDIES COLLOQUIUM, when
Alexandre Gori Maia presents
Challenges in Causal Inference Using Population Surveys: The Childbirth Employment Penalty in Brazil
INFO HERE:
https://bit.ly/3TWZ4S5
@pennpsc.bsky.socialIn the latest PENN POP STUDIES NEWSLETTER:
NEW BOOKS 📚 from @angeladuckworth.bsky.social and Damon Centola
NEWS🗞️ featuring @femonomics.bsky.social, @dsmandell.bsky.social
FALL EVENTS 📅 🍂
And so much more!
READ IT HERE:
https://bit.ly/47cJ951
@pennpsc.bsky.socialJOIN US - MON 10/5 @ 12PM for the POP STUDIES COLLOQUIUM, when
Alexandre Gori Maia presents
Challenges in Causal Inference Using Population Surveys: The Childbirth Employment Penalty in Brazil
INFO HERE:
https://bit.ly/3TWZ4S5
@pennldi.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.socialCC: @pennmedicine.bsky.social @pennmedcso.bsky.social @pennmedresearch.bsky.social @pennaging.bsky.social @pennpsc.bsky.social
@pennsasdean.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.socialJoin us this September for our 60-Second Lecture series delivered by Penn Arts & Sciences faculty. Our first lecture of the season featured Melissa Wilde, who spoke about “Political Neutrality and Sociology." See the full schedule of this month's talks: buff.ly/XEblTU4 @upenn.edu @sas.upenn.edu
@pennldi.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.socialHow can health researchers embed antiracist practices throughout a research project?
LDI Fellows Kate Wallis and @drdianamw.bsky.social reviewed the evidence and synthesized recommendations that can be used by research teams, IRBs and grant committees.
Read more here:
https://bit.ly/4AklME6
@pennldi.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.social💡 Could AI do more than diagnose disease and help people make better health care decisions?
LDI Fellow Kevin Volpp explores how AI, behavioral science, and learning health systems can improve decision-making in #AIinHealthcare in a new @nejm.org Catalyst report.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4royMEE
@bcfginitiative.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.social“Research has found that a willingness to ask for help is crucial to achievement.”
— Co-Director Angela Duckworth in her @nytimes.com op-ed on the power of asking for help.
@pennldi.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.socialHow can pediatric providers address social inequities affecting high-risk newborns?
LDI Fellow @drdianamw.bsky.social co-led a @ameracadpeds.bsky.social Clinical Report with guidance to help clinicians recognize and respond to these inequities.
Read more:
https://bit.ly/4rCZFF2
@pennchibe.bsky.socialReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.socialDr. Damon Centola: I hope people will stop asking only, “Who are the right people to put in the room?” and start asking, “How should we connect them?”
chibe.upenn.edu/blog/the-sec...
@asc.upenn.eduReposted by @pennpsc.bsky.socialThe Media Bias Detector integrates large language models with near-real-time news scraping to analyze political lean, tone, topics and major events across hundreds of articles per day, enabling new ways to inform voters and study selection and framing bias in the modern news landscape:
@pennpsc.bsky.socialRead a NEW POP STUDIES WORKING PAPER by @zachweingarten.bsky.social, Jere R. Behrman & Andrew Postlewaite
"A Dynamic Model of the Economic Returns to Adolescent Social Skills"
READ IT HERE:
https://www.pop.upenn.edu/node/88479
@pennpsc.bsky.socialNEW WORK by Irma Elo, Sneha Mani, Magdalena Delaporte, David Bravo & Jere Behrman in @springernature.com
The Chilean Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (Chile-Cog): Study Design
READ HERE
https://bit.ly/3Ts6ufI
@pennpsc.bsky.socialJOIN US - MON 9/28 @ 12PM for the POP STUDIES COLLOQUIUM, when
Lawrence Stacey of @vanderbilt.edu presents
Uneven Changes in the Health Profiles of LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ Populations and the Unexamined Role of Demographic Change, 2014-2023
INFO HERE:
https://bit.ly/4iKrFUO
