DemSem Schedule: AY2026-2027

Fall 2026 Schedule

September 8, 2026

Julie Ober Allen, Wesley Correll-King, Jacob Meyer, Minh Tung Phung, Johnny Uelmen (UW-Madison Faculty). “New Faces Flash Research Talks & Directors’ Welcome.”

September 15, 2026

Trond Petersen (University of California, Berkeley), “Victorious Family Policies. Stagnant Gender Equality.” Co-sponsored with the Department of Sociology.

September 22, 2026

Job Talks. Co-sponsored with the Department of Sociology.

September 29, 2026

Job Talks. Co-sponsored with the Department of Sociology.

October 6, 2026

Job Talks. Co-sponsored with the Department of Sociology.

October 13, 2026

Research Working Groups (all groups will meet in Sewell Social Science during standard DemSem time)

• Family Demography (rm. 8146)
• Economic Demography (rm. 4405)
• Spatial Demography (rm. 3470)
• Reproductive Health (rm. 7130)
• Health & Biodemography (rm. 8417)

October 20, 2026

Heather Randell (University of Minnesota).

October 27, 2026

Leonard Lopoo (Syracuse University). Co-sponsored with the La Follette School of Public Affairs.

November 3, 2026

TBD

November 10, 2026

TBD

November 17, 2026

Research Working Groups (all groups will meet in Sewell Social Science during standard DemSem time)

• Family Demography (rm. 8146)
• Economic Demography (rm. 4405)
• Spatial Demography (rm. 3470)
• Reproductive Health (rm. 7130)
• Health & Biodemography (rm. 8417)

November 24, 2026

No DemSem

December 1, 2026

Stefanie DeLuca (John Hopkins University). Co-sponsored with the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Sciences (ITP).

December 8, 2026

Sameer Deshpande (UW-Madison).