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: Demography of Inequality; Fertility, Families and Households; Health and the Life Course; Biodemography; and Environmental and Spatial Demography. 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 70 faculty affiliates who represent over 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 over 55 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 35–45 predoctoral scholars from departments across the UW–Madison campus. Training at CDE aims to foster an interdisciplinary community of junior scholars in population research, to build expertise in demographic theory and methods, and to cultivate students’ professional skills.
Noteworthy
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Events
- March
- March 3Demography Seminar (DemSem)Beyond Dreamers: The Underanalyzed Complexity of the Undocumented Youth Population in NYC12:15 PM, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
- March 10Demography Seminar (DemSem)Refining the Role of Childhood SES in Adult Health12:15 PM, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
- March 24Census 2020 Symposium'It's None of Their Damn Business': Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790-202012:00 PM, Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building