Advanced Spatial Analysis Training Program for Population Scientists
The Population Research Institute (The Pennsylvania State University, State College) and the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (University of California, Santa Barbara) are pleased to announce a series of 5-day Advanced Spatial Analysis Workshops scheduled for the summers of 2008 through 2011, subject to funding.
Target Audience
The target audience for these advanced workshops is early-career population scientists (i.e., graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty/researchers in demography-related disciplines) based at research institutions and population-related agencies in the United States.
Schedule
We will offer workshops in both State College and Santa Barbara as this provides flexibility for applicants both in terms of timing and geographical accessibility. The schedule for 2008 and 2009 is:
| Year | State College/PRI (June) | Santa Barbara/CSISS (July) |
| 2008 | Geographically Weighted Regression June 1-7 |
Spatial Pattern Analysis July 14-18 |
| 2009 | Spatial & Multilevel Modeling May 31 - June 6 |
Spatial Regression Modeling dates TBA |
The initial four workshops may be repeated in 2010 and 2011 but there is also the potential to expand the series to include topics as agent-based modeling or Bayesian spatial modeling.
Application Procedures
Information regarding application procedures and the eligibility for a modest stipend will be made available early in the New Year. At this time - and subject to release of federal funds - we envision the following timetable regarding an application process/decision:
February 1, 2008 - Application website up and running
March 31, 2008 - Application website closes
April 14, 2008 - Successful applicants contacted and invited to summer 2008 workshops
April 21, 2008 - Invited applicants must confirm attendance at 2008 workshop
June 1, 2008 - first workshop begins
Advanced Spatial Analysis Resources
A key goal of the Advanced Spatial Analysis training program is to supplement the workshop series with parallel development of resource materials on the selected and other advanced spatial analysis methods; resource materials that will be made publicly available via an existing GIS and Population Science (GISPopSci) website and through PRI's GIA Core site. Our intent is that both the workshops and the website resources will help build a community of scholars within and across population science disciplines.
Some initial resources include listings of recent publications in the types of analytical methods we will be covering in these workshops (available in early 2008 from http://www.pop.psu.edu/gia-core/ under the training and resources sections).
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