ABOUT
Condolence Note:
On December 20, Matthieu Solignac, a former EDSD student in Paris 2008-2009, passed away. His EDSD friends and colleagues are deeply saddened because of his passing and would like to express their sorrow and condolences to his family for the terrible loss.
While Matthieu’s initial training was in Statistics and Economics, he became passionate about Demography during his master’s degree at ENSAE and worked at leading research centers such as INED and the Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests focused on spatial dynamics of socio-economic inequalities, and his work showed how emigration contributed to understanding observed differences between native and migrant populations in different fields, such as homeownership or health.
The demographic community has lost a talented researcher and a wonderful colleague and will miss Matthieu terribly, whose life has been cut short too soon and unexpectedly.
For more information, please see the tribute to Matthieu by INED https://www.ined.fr/en/news/top-stories-general-public/tribute-to-matthieu-solignac/
The EDSD cohort 2008-2009
The EDSD is an eleven-month sponsored program that is offered every year aiming to provide students with an appropriate high-level education in demography to pursue their doctoral studies. Students will acquire a solid knowledge base on the causes and consequences of demographic change, population data, statistical and mathematical demography, as well as modeling, simulation, and forecasting. The School’s courses are structured in such a way that the students work on the precise formulation of a thesis topic and early steps of their dissertations. Many of the School’s courses concentrate on strengthening the quantitative and programming skills of the students. The language of the School is English.
In the 2020/21 academic year, the School will be held at two different locations. The preparatory courses (from early September to late October 2020) will be offered at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. The core courses (from November 2020 until end of July 2021) will be held at the Centre for Demographic Studies (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics – CED) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
The program provides scholarships and travel grants for all final selected candidates, sponsored by the Institutions within the EDSD consortium. The scholarship includes a monthly stipend for the 11 months of the program, and it also covers travel expenses associated with the program.
Master’s Degree in Demography
Upon successful completion of the program and presentation of a thesis, the students enrolled in the EDSD will receive an official European Master in Demography delivered by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Contact information: edsd@ced.uab.es
COURSES
Preparatory courses in Rostock
The courses in Rostock consists of (1) Measures and Models in Demography, (2) Basic Mathematics for Demographers, (3) Basic Statistics for Demographers and (4) Computer Programming for Demographers.
The aim of the preparatory courses is to prepare the students for the core courses at CED in Barcelona.
Core courses in Barcelona
The program at CED consists of six courses on (1) Mathematical Demography, (2) Statistical Demography , (3) Demographic Theories , (4) Population Data and Science, (5) Demographic Modeling, Simulation, and Forecasting and (6) Thesis courses. In addition, computer, graphic and presentation skills are taught. Students devote 20% of their time to thesis research.
Student will be also offered the opportunity to attend CED’s Social statistics and Population Seminars held weekly.
Check the current schedule at CED-Barcelona in the right-click menu.