Social and Economic Analysis of Demographic Change

申请者描述(由申请人提供)：本申请请求为由凯瑟琳·卡格尼指导的NORC/芝加哥大学人口研究中心(中国)提供为期五年的资金。中国为40多名教师研究助理提供支持，他们目前拥有100多个资助项目，研究主题是人力资本和社会资本在城市环境中的作用。我们最重要的活动包括1)联系我们的同事；2)使他们参与新的研究；以及3)促进我们初级教员的研究活动，这是中国的未来。我们寻求继续为三个核心单位提供资金：(1)行政支持核心；(2)数据和计算核心；以及(3)程序开发核心。这三个核心共同促进和支持一个大型、有影响力和多样化的研究计划。行政支助核心由六个服务职能组成：申请准备；人口统计讲习班；桌面支助服务；传播服务；办公空间；加强中国同事的研究社区。信息和计算核心为地理信息系统和空间分析提供可靠、高性能的计算服务和咨询，维护地理信息系统和人口数据档案，并为研究人员提供安全的数据飞地，以获取以其他方式无法远程获得的机密微观数据。项目开发核心包括一个积极的试点项目项目和对新教师研究的支持。该中心旨在为人口学和人口研究领域的研究营造一个积极、合作、多学科的智力环境；提供高效和便利的研究支持服务；鼓励开发新的人口研究项目和研究重点；以及促进从事人口研究的科学家之间的合作研究和教学。 与公共卫生相关：该中心旨在为人口学和人口研究方面的研究营造一个积极、合作、多学科的知识环境；提供高效和便利的研究支持服务；鼓励开发新的人口研究项目和研究重点；以及促进从事人口研究的科学家之间的合作研究和教学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funding for a five-year period for the NORC/University of Chicago Population Research Center (PRC), directed by Kathleen Cagney. The PRC provides support to more than 40 faculty research associates who currently have over 100 funded research projects in our overarching theme of the role of human and social capital in the urban context. Our most important activities involve 1) connecting our associates; 2) enabling them to engage in new research; and 3) fostering research activities among our junior faculty, the future of the PRC. We seek continued funding for three core units: (1) an Administrative Support Core; (2) a Data and Computing Core; and (3) a Program Development Core. Together these three cores facilitate and support a large, influential, and diverse program of research. The Administrative Support Core consists of six service functions: application preparation; the Demography Workshop; desktop support services; dissemination services; office space; and strengthening the research community of PRC associates. The Information and Computing Core provides reliable, high performance computing services and consultation for GIS and spatial analysis, maintains a GIS and demographic data archive, and a secure data enclave for researchers to access confidential micro data not otherwise available remotely. The Program Development Core consists of an active program of pilot projects and support for new faculty research. The Center aims to foster an engaged, collaborative, multidisciplinary intellectual environment for research in demography and population research; to provide efficient and facilitative research support services; to encourage the development of new research projects and research foci in population research; and to facilitate collaborative research and teaching among scientists working in population studies. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Center aims to foster an engaged, collaborative, multidisciplinary intellectual environment for research in demography and population research; to provide efficient and facilitative research support services; to encourage the development of new research projects and research foci in population research; and to facilitate collaborative research and teaching among scientists working in population studies.