For those interested in human demography.
Begin forwarded message: > From: "Maier, Heiner" <[email protected]> > Date: Feb 11, 2011 7:23:50 AM EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: EDSD and IMPRSD: Call for Applications > > Dear Colleague, > > I am writing to inform you about upcoming opportunities for education and > research training in demography. There are openings in the European Doctoral > School of Demography (EDSD), school year 2011-12. And we invite applications > for the International Max Planck Research School for Demography (IMPRSD) > summer program, to be held May to July 2011 in Rostock, Germany. Please draw > your students' attention to these opportunities. > > 1. European Doctoral School of Demography: Call for Applications > > The European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) invites applications for > school year 2011-12. Entering its seventh successful year, the 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. Students will acquire a solid knowledge > base on causes and consequences of demographic change, population data, > statistical and mathematical demography, as well as modeling, simulation and > forecasting. The School’s courses are structured in such a way that the > students work on precise formulation of a thesis topic and early steps of > their dissertations. The language of the School is English. > > In the upcoming school year the School will be held at two different > locations. The preparatory courses (from early September to mid-October) will > be offered at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research > (www.demogr.mpg.de) 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 (www.ced.uab.cat/index.php?newlang=eng), > Spain. > > The EDSD does not charge fees. Several European research institutes and > universities provide full fellowships for all students accepted to the > program. > > 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). > > The application deadline is April 15, 2011. > > Please visit our website at www.eds-demography.org for more information on > the EDSD curriculum and application instructions. > > 2. IMPRSD summer program 2011: Call for Applications > > The International Max Planck Research School for Demography (IMPRSD) invites > applications for a summer courses 2011. We have scheduled four courses. All > courses will be held at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in > Rostock, Germany. For an overview and course abstracts please visit > http://www.imprs-demogr.mpg.de/?courses/11ss/. > > IMPRSD 176 – Using the Population Register of Historical Quebec (A. Gagnon). > The application deadline is 15 March. For more information and application > instructions please visit > http://www.imprs-demogr.mpg.de/?courses/11ss/176.htm. > > IMPRSD 146 – Population Economics Summer School (J. Goldstein & R. Fenge). > The application deadline is 31 March. For more information and application > instructions please visit > http://www.imprs-demogr.mpg.de/?courses/11ss/146.htm. > > IMPRSD 133 – Perturbation Analysis of Longevity (H. Caswell). The application > deadline is 31 March. For more information and application instructions > please visit http://www.imprs-demogr.mpg.de/?courses/11ss/133.htm. > > IMPRSD 103 – Applied Panel Data Analysis (J. Brüderl). The application > deadline is 31 March. For more information and application instructions > please visit http://www.imprs-demogr.mpg.de/?courses/11ss/103.htm. > > A limited number of scholarships are available on a competitive basis for > outstanding candidates. > > Please share this information with your colleagues and students, and > encourage suitable candidates to apply. > > With kind regards, Heiner > --- > Heiner Maier > Dean, International Max Planck Research School for Demography > Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research > Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1, 18057 Rostock, Germany > Tel.: +49-381-2081-152 Fax: +49-381-2081-452 > [email protected] > http://www.demogr.mpg.de > > > ---------- > > This mail has been sent through the MPI for Demographic Research. Should you > receive a mail that is apparently from a MPI user without this text > displayed, then the address has most likely been faked. If you are uncertain > about the validity of this message, please check the mail header or ask your > system administrator for assistance. > > Hal Caswell Senior Scientist Biology Department MS-34 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole MA 02543 USA +1-508-289-2751 [email protected] http://www.whoi.edu/hpb/Site.do?id=1030
