Events at PRI
PRI's contributions to the discipline of demography include a number of research conferences and lecture series.
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National Symposium on Family Issues
Annually since 1993, Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts, College of Health and Human Development, and the Population Research Institute hold a two-day symposium focused on a key problem facing families. Sixteen of the top scholars in the field of family research convene to present and critique research on the focal topic and to consider their implications for effective programs and public policy. The proceedings of each symposium are published in book form.
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The De Jong Lecture in Social Demography
The De Jong Lecture in Social Demography, initiated in 2006, is supported by the Gordon F. and Caroline M. De Jong Lecturship in Social Demography Endowment, administered jointly by the Department of Sociology and the Population Research Institute.
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PRI Brown Bag Seminar Series
The PRI Brown Bag Series provides a weekly forum for the exchange of ideas among PRI Associates, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. Presentations are offered both by scholars from other institutions, and by PRI researchers.
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Advanced Spatial Analysis Training Program for Population Scientists
The Population Research Institute and the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (University of California, Santa Barbara) have launched a series of 5-day Advanced Spatial Analysis Workshops scheduled for the summers of 2008 through 2011.
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Clifford Clogg Memorial Lecture Series
Established in 1996 in honor of Clifford C. Clogg, PRI Associate and Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Professor of Statistics at The Pennsylvania State University, the Clifford Clogg Memorial Lecture Series brings internationally known scholars to Penn State for two days of lectures and informal discussions.
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PRI Graduate Student Methodology Workshops
The PRI Graduate Student Methodology Workshops were initiated in 1994 by Dennis Hogan, PRI Director, and Gordon De Jong, Director of the Demography Program, to enhance the breadth and depth of training in demographic methods for PRI's Dual-Title Graduate Degree students. The goals of the workshop series are to empower students to identify important methodological issues, to expand their analytical skills related to those issues, and to take responsibility for inviting noted lecturers with whom they ordinarily would not interact. In addition, the workshop gives students experience in developing and managing a scientific conference.
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Workshops Conducted by PRI Staff
Staff from PRI's Computing, Geographic Information Analysis, Information, Programming and Statistics Cores provide training workshops on various topics to the PRI community.
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