About
The Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE) is a multi-disciplinary cooperative for social scientific demographic research and graduate training at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. CDE affiliates produce demographic research and data in the center’s five research areas: Families and Family Change; Inequality, Poverty, Wealth, and Mobility; Spatial and Environmental Demography; Gender and Reproductive Health; and Health and Biodemography. CDE receives funding via a Population Research Infrastructure grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (P2C HD047873).
Overview
Faculty
CDE is home to over 80 faculty affiliates who represent more than 20 departments and schools from across campus, including sociology, public affairs, economics, and population health sciences. By providing a bridge between a large number of academic disciplines, CDE serves as a hub for population research at UW–Madison.
Research
For nearly 60 years, CDE affiliates have conducted cutting-edge research on a broad array of population related issues, including the demography of inequality; fertility, families, and households; health and the life course; biodemography; and environmental and spatial demography.
Training
Each year, CDE trains 45-50 predoctoral scholars from departments across the UW–Madison campus. Training at CDE aims to develop an interdisciplinary community of junior scholars in population research, to build expertise in demographic theory and methods, and to cultivate students’ professional skills and preparation for research careers.
News
Events
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Oct10
DemSem: Dora Costa (UCLA), "The Economy, the Ghost in Your Gene, and the Escape from Premature Mortality" @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 DemSem Webpage with full semester schedule
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Oct12
DemSem: William A. Darity Jr. and Kristin Mullen (Duke University), "Reparations and the Nation's Capital" @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. Madison, WI 53706 DemSem Webpage with full semester schedule
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Oct17
DemSem: Youngmin Yi (University of Massachusetts-Amherst; CDE 2023-24 Visiting Scholar), “Race-Making in Administrative Data” @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 DemSem Webpage with full semester schedule