Call for papers on local and small area demographic modelling

The Journal of Population Research will be publishing a special issue in December 2010 on “Advances in local and small area demographic modelling” to be edited by Tom Wilson and Martin Bell (The University of Queensland). Papers are being sought on new and improved methods for modelling and projecting small and local area populations. Whilst considerable effort has been devoted to national demographic projection methods in recent years, research into modelling at the small and local area scale has received less attention. This is unfortunate given the considerable use of projections at this level by government and business and the advances in demographic modelling generally. The special issue aims to bring together some of the latest work in the field, hopefully stimulating further debate and research.

All aspects of small and local area demographic modelling are welcomed; coverage is not restricted geographically. Topics may include, but are certainly not limited to: multiregional methods, microsimulation, probabilistic models, reviews of research needs, models for sub-populations and ethnic groups, experimental geocomputational approaches, extrapolative models, integrated economic-demographic models, comparative assessments of different models, and methods for handling limited data situations.

Papers should be submitted electronically to the Journal’s Editorial Manager at http://www.editorialmanager.com/jpor/. When you are asked to ‘Please select an article type choose ‘Sp. Iss. Local and Small Area Modelling’. Submissions will be reviewed in the usual way.

Deadline for submissions: 31st July 2010.

Word limit: 7,000 words.

Instructions for authors may be found at
http://www.springer.com/sociology/population+studies/journal/12546

BSPS Annual Conference 2010
13-15 September 2010, The University of Exeter

CALL FOR PAPERS: DEADLINE 30 April 2010.
The 2010 BSPS Conference will be held at the University of Exeter from 13-15 September. The University campus is on the outskirts of Exeter with wonderful views over the Exe Valley. All Conference sessions will be held on site, where Conference catering and accommodation will also be available at very reasonable rates. There will be a full programme of simultaneous strand sessions of submitted papers. Proposals or abstracts for papers and posters are invited across the entire demographic and population studies spectrum. For organizational purposes, strand organizers have been allocated to specific themes, but if you wish to submit a paper that does not appear to come under any of the headings given, please enter either ‘to be agreed’ in the relevant space on the online submission form, or leave the space blank . If accepted, the paper will be allocated to an appropriate strand session when the programme is timetabled.
Submissions of quantitative and qualitative papers are welcome.

The call for papers and further information about the Conference are available at
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/socialPolicy/BSPS/annualConference/2010/Call%20for%20papers.aspx

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Call for papers: Journal of Population Research Special Issue:
‘Estimating maternal mortality from census data’

The last few years have seen an increasing demand for more accurate estimates to mark progress in development. In particular the widely acknowledged lack of progress in MDG 5 – improving maternal health - has highlighted the importance of providing good and accurate estimates of mortality. Census data has been recommended as a possible way forward to estimate maternal mortality in the absence of a complete or near complete vital registration system. The number of countries that have included maternal mortality questions in their decennial census is increasing and more have pledged to include it in the current census round. With the increasing availability of data it is necessary to gather more information on what works and what doesn’t in terms of both data collection and estimation. This is therefore an important time to gather country experiences in order to inform the debate. In light of the ongoing census round and upcoming census-taking, the aim of this special issue is to collect the state of the art knowledge on the topic thus far.
We welcome submissions from any aspects of measurement of maternal mortality from census data. Papers may be empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology in the general field of maternal mortality estimation from census data. Submissions may take the form of original research papers (8000 words max) and shorter technical research notes (4000 words max). The articles will be peer reviewed.
The deadline for submission is the 1st of April 2010.
For any queries please email Dr Tiziana Leone at t.leone@lse.ac.uk

For more information on submission guidelines :
http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/population+studies/journal/12546