We invite applications from qualified and highly motivated students for an ESRC funded 3-year PhD Studentship to study environmental effects on population health. The PhD studentship is based at the University of St Andrews and is funded by the ESRC Scottish Graduate School of Social Science within the Health, Families, Relationships and Demographic Change pathway. The successful applicant will investigate short- and long-term effects of air pollution and extreme weather events on health and mortality across population subgroups in Britain, and will develop a multilevel survival model to study the effect of time-varying contextual factors on individuals’ health and mortality (for project description, please see https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gsd/opportunities/pg/phdfunding/). Application of advanced quantitative methods (AQM) is the requirement of the studentship. The PhD student will be supervised by Prof. Hill Kulu, and Dr. Urška Demšar. For applicants just completing their undergraduate degree there is also funding for a one-year master’s course in research methodology followed by a three-year PhD.
Applications: https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentships/current-opportunities/
Deadline: 10 April 2019

The Center for Economic Demography and Department of Economic History at Lund University will host a two-week intensive course on Living Conditions and Demographic Change in Pre-Industrial Societies from September 2-12, 2019.
This advanced course in economic demography equips students with sources and methods for analysing living standards in the past. Using event-history analysis and combining longitudinal individual level demographic data with information on socioeconomic factors at household level, and macro data on food prices, wages, temperature, and rainfall, we investigate short and long-term economic stress and early life exposures on later life outcomes as well as intergenerational social and biological transfers.
How to apply: 
Apply via email to Jeanne Cilliers by sending: 

• a two-page curriculum vitae, including a list of your scholarly publications;
• a one-page letter from your supervisor at your home institution supporting your application; 
• a one-page statement of your research and how it relates to the course and discipline.

Application deadline is 1 May 2019.
More information can be found in the attachement.
Information of admittance will be sent on 31 May 2019. A maximum of 20 students will be admitted.

​The Barcelona Summer School of Demography (BSSD), based at the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, offers a four-week course in R. The course is divided into four modules - one per week - covering three major strengths of R: statistical and demographic analysis, data visualization, and spatial analysis. Each module consists of 20 hours of teaching, combining theoretical lectures and practical exercises.

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Deadline: 31. března

Uchazeč o titul RNDr. v geografických oborech a v oboru Sociální epidemiologie předkládá rigorózní práci a zároveň splňuje níže uvedená kritéria publikačních výsledků. Rigorózní komise postupuje podle platných pravidel rigorózního řízení na UK a PřF UK, přičemž při posuzování tato doporučená kritéria zohledňuje.

Rigorózní práce
Komise posuzuje přínos rigorózní práce v daném oboru rigorózního řízení na základě odborných posudků. Rigorózní práce může být předložena ve dvou formách.
a) Rigorózní práce monografie

• Publikovaná monografie (odpovídá požadavkům RVVI)
• Nepublikovaná práce (v případě magisterské práce (MP) obhájené na UK PřF, hodnocené výborně 
  a předložené do pěti let od obhajoby práce se neposuzuje a použijí se posudky z obhajoby MP)

b) Soubor článků opatřených úvodem

• Minimálně 3 původní odborné publikace odpovídající požadavkům RVVI, z toho alespoň 1x hlavní 
  (první) autor.

Kritéria publikačních výsledků
​Uchazeč musí předložit publikované nebo k publikaci přijaté odborné práce vyhovující alespoň jedné 
z uvedených možností:
a) 1 článek WoS/SCOPUS (1. autor)
b) 2x článek RVVI nebo kapitoly v knize dle RVVI (z toho alespoň jednou 1. autor).
c) 1 x monografie dle RVVI (1. autor).
Doporučená kritéria jsou platná pro uchazeče od akademického roku 2013/14.

Sociální epidemiologie
Přihlášení k SZZK v SIS: 1. 11. - 16. 12. 2018
Odhlášení z termínu v SIS: 12/16/2018
Termín kontroly studijních povinností: 1/21/2019
Termín odevzdání závěrečné práce: 7. 12. 2018, 16:00
Čtrnáctidenní období pro konání SZZk: 21. 1. - 3. 2. 2019 28. 1.

24-28 September 2018, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the European Commission (EC) and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) is pleased to announce the second edition of the WHO School on Refugee and Migrant Health. This intensive course will provide a space for:
 

• bridging research, policy and practice
• sharing knowledge, experience and good practice from the ground
• fostering debate and critical thinking.

 
The application form will be open from 15-29 June 2018.
 
To take part in the Summer School, interested individuals should submit their application via the link: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-determinants/knowledge-hub-on-health-and-migration/summer-school/summer-schools/2018/migration-and-health-summer-school-one-true-stories-effective-advocacy-for-health-and-migration/application-form
 
For more information, including the provisional programme: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-determinants/knowledge-hub-on-health-and-migration/summer-school/summer-schools/2018/migration-and-health-summer-school-one-true-stories-effective-advocacy-for-health-and-migration
​

Info: ​https://www.slls.org.uk/summerschool

​PMH Section together with international partners is organizing the 4 th International Public Mental Health Summer School 2018 on “Research and Practice IN PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH during the
lifecourse” at Vilnius University (Lithuania). It is a 5-day intensive and interactive course aimed at
researchers, practitioners, policy makers and everyone interested in public mental health. Participants of the summer school will be granted 3-5 ECTS points and certificates.

DATE: 24 – 28 September, 2018
PLACE: Vilnius, Lithuania

Learn to effectively collect, map, and interpret geographic information to answer critical questions and address policy-shaping hypotheses for a wide range of public health careers, including:

• GIS Software Developer
• Cartography/Visualization Specialist
• Geospatial Database Administrator

• Geospatial Analyst
• Geographic Information Scientist
• Spatial Statistician

Info: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health