Clark Gray
@clarklgray.bsky.social
Professor of Geography and Environment, UNC-Chapel Hill
https://clarkgray.web.unc.edu/
https://clarkgray.web.unc.edu/
Pinned
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The Economist claims that Musk's $10M donation to UT-Austin's Population Wellbeing Initiative is specifically to "provide academic ballast to pro-natalist ideas."
Fomenting population panic to provide cover for sexist, racist, ableist, nativist social engineering. www.economist.com/1843/2025/11...
Fomenting population panic to provide cover for sexist, racist, ableist, nativist social engineering. www.economist.com/1843/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Economist claims that Musk's $10M donation to UT-Austin's Population Wellbeing Initiative is specifically to "provide academic ballast to pro-natalist ideas."
Fomenting population panic to provide cover for sexist, racist, ableist, nativist social engineering. www.economist.com/1843/2025/11...
Fomenting population panic to provide cover for sexist, racist, ableist, nativist social engineering. www.economist.com/1843/2025/11...
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Who remembers this?
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Who remembers this?
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Another paper shows long-term effects of cash transfers on youth mobility, particularly youth mobility for marriage, in Malawi
drive.google.com/fil...
drive.google.com/fil...
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Another paper shows long-term effects of cash transfers on youth mobility, particularly youth mobility for marriage, in Malawi
drive.google.com/fil...
drive.google.com/fil...
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In today's job market post, Sneha Nimmagadda shows in India that mothers misperceive how stunted their kids are, because so many other kids around are also stunted. Correcting this perception changes beliefs and feeding practices, increasing weight for age blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
When every child is stunted, no child Is? How local norms distort perceptions of growth: Guest post by Sneha Nimmagadda
blogs.worldbank.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In today's job market post, Sneha Nimmagadda shows in India that mothers misperceive how stunted their kids are, because so many other kids around are also stunted. Correcting this perception changes beliefs and feeding practices, increasing weight for age blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
The Curriculum in Global Studies (CGS) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) is seeking applicants for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor (TAP) in the area of Critical Development Studies and the Global Economy:
Teaching Assistant Professor
The position is for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor (TAP) in the area of Global Economy, broadly defined. The position carries a 3-3 teaching load. All courses will be live, in-person instruc...
unc.peopleadmin.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Curriculum in Global Studies (CGS) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) is seeking applicants for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor (TAP) in the area of Critical Development Studies and the Global Economy:
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Happy #30DayMapChallenge to all those who celebrate!
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
November 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy #30DayMapChallenge to all those who celebrate!
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
Day 1 is points and mine is a love letter to all the international undergraduate students who choose the United States for their studies. Thanks for being here!
#30DayMapChallenge2025 #points
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By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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IBES is hiring! We seek a Visiting Asst Professor for the 2026-27 & 2027-28 academic years with the possibility of renewal. Scholars with expertise in energy, sustainable design, the built environment, and/or environmental justice are particularly encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/176395
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
IBES is hiring! We seek a Visiting Asst Professor for the 2026-27 & 2027-28 academic years with the possibility of renewal. Scholars with expertise in energy, sustainable design, the built environment, and/or environmental justice are particularly encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/176395
Undergraduate Program in
Population Research
Summer 2026 Session at University of Minnesota
June 7—19, 2026
Population Research
Summer 2026 Session at University of Minnesota
June 7—19, 2026
NextGenPop
Next Generation of Scholars in Population Research
nextgenpop.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Undergraduate Program in
Population Research
Summer 2026 Session at University of Minnesota
June 7—19, 2026
Population Research
Summer 2026 Session at University of Minnesota
June 7—19, 2026
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Our new pub finds flooding impacts on fertility differ in Bangladesh: “We detect…flood-related increases in childbearing among less-educated and higher parity women but find flood-related fertility declines among childless women and those in urban areas.”
New paper on flooding and birth rates in Bangladesh with @valmuellerasu.bsky.social (and others):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our new pub finds flooding impacts on fertility differ in Bangladesh: “We detect…flood-related increases in childbearing among less-educated and higher parity women but find flood-related fertility declines among childless women and those in urban areas.”
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🚨The Moore Lab at UC Davis is hiring!🚨
Post-doc for a project with @adamsobel.bsky.social on the valuation of climate information for adaptation
Could be a good fit for an environmental economist or a climate scientist - flexible start date and location
Apply by Dec 1st: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07346
Post-doc for a project with @adamsobel.bsky.social on the valuation of climate information for adaptation
Could be a good fit for an environmental economist or a climate scientist - flexible start date and location
Apply by Dec 1st: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07346
Postdoctoral Scholar - Environmental Science & Policy
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨The Moore Lab at UC Davis is hiring!🚨
Post-doc for a project with @adamsobel.bsky.social on the valuation of climate information for adaptation
Could be a good fit for an environmental economist or a climate scientist - flexible start date and location
Apply by Dec 1st: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07346
Post-doc for a project with @adamsobel.bsky.social on the valuation of climate information for adaptation
Could be a good fit for an environmental economist or a climate scientist - flexible start date and location
Apply by Dec 1st: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07346
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Providing cash within days of a flood, vs months later, does more than shift the timing of benefits—it leads to overall improvements in food security and mental health, from Christian, Dunsch, Heirman, Kelley, Kondylis, Lane, Waidler, Adusumalli, Batmunkh and Malhotra www.nber.org/papers/w34414
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Providing cash within days of a flood, vs months later, does more than shift the timing of benefits—it leads to overall improvements in food security and mental health, from Christian, Dunsch, Heirman, Kelley, Kondylis, Lane, Waidler, Adusumalli, Batmunkh and Malhotra www.nber.org/papers/w34414
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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The Brown Population Studies & Training Center is accepting applications to our Global Fellows Program. The program is for early- & mid-career demographers. We are especially interested in applications from scholars from low & middle-income countries. Share & apply! pstc.brown.edu/programs-and...
Global Fellows Program in Demography
The PSTC has a long-standing tradition of hosting scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse corners of the globe.
pstc.brown.edu
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Brown Population Studies & Training Center is accepting applications to our Global Fellows Program. The program is for early- & mid-career demographers. We are especially interested in applications from scholars from low & middle-income countries. Share & apply! pstc.brown.edu/programs-and...
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New blog post from IPUMS DHS on how to create forecasts of child nutrition using DHS, CHIRTS, and CHC-CMIP6 data - check it out at tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...
Using Historical and Projected Climate Data to Forecast Child Malnutrition
In the final post in our series on future estimation we create a model to predict child malnutrition and plug in projected climate scenario data to predict a future level of child malnutrition.
tech.popdata.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New blog post from IPUMS DHS on how to create forecasts of child nutrition using DHS, CHIRTS, and CHC-CMIP6 data - check it out at tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...
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Humphrey School at Minnesota is hiring an associate professor in "water resources, sustainable agriculture, or the nexus of food-energy-water issues." Come join me in the frozen north!
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
Careers
We seek applications for a tenured faculty position at the associate professor level in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP). The faculty member will join a vibrant community of interdisciplinary scholars at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, maintain a research affiliation with the Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (CSTEP), and support graduate students in the M.S. in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (MS-STEP) professional degree program, the Ph.D. in Public Affairs program, and the certificate program in Sustainable Environmental, Social and Governance Leadership.
hr.myu.umn.edu
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Humphrey School at Minnesota is hiring an associate professor in "water resources, sustainable agriculture, or the nexus of food-energy-water issues." Come join me in the frozen north!
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
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Been looking for a fresh specimen of Leucauge sarawakensis for a long time! Each time we found one, someone walked into its web. Hence, the ex situ shots.
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Been looking for a fresh specimen of Leucauge sarawakensis for a long time! Each time we found one, someone walked into its web. Hence, the ex situ shots.
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Are you researching climate change, human mobility, and housing? If so, join us in Nola (January) for "Multiplied Displacements: The Climate-Housing Nexus" (free registration & some travel funding available) w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social & @buoncities.bsky.social architecture.tulane.edu/events/multi...
October 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Are you researching climate change, human mobility, and housing? If so, join us in Nola (January) for "Multiplied Displacements: The Climate-Housing Nexus" (free registration & some travel funding available) w/ @uoftcities.bsky.social & @buoncities.bsky.social architecture.tulane.edu/events/multi...
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New paper collaboration from IPUMS MICS and UNICEF! Harmonized Data from Household Surveys on the Status and Well-being of Children, Adolescents, and Their Families: MICS and IPUMS MICS shs.cairn.info/journal-popu...
@ipums.bsky.social @unicef.org
@ipums.bsky.social @unicef.org
Harmonized Data from Household Surveys on the Status and Well-being of Children, Adolescents, and Their Families: MICS and IPUMS MICS
Suggestions for you
shs.cairn.info
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New paper collaboration from IPUMS MICS and UNICEF! Harmonized Data from Household Surveys on the Status and Well-being of Children, Adolescents, and Their Families: MICS and IPUMS MICS shs.cairn.info/journal-popu...
@ipums.bsky.social @unicef.org
@ipums.bsky.social @unicef.org
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📢Applications are open for the @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social
2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellows Program! Deadline: Dec 1.📢
I'm interested in mentoring postdocs on climate migration, global environmental governance, political economy of decarbonization.
More info: kingcenter.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellows Program! Deadline: Dec 1.📢
I'm interested in mentoring postdocs on climate migration, global environmental governance, political economy of decarbonization.
More info: kingcenter.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
For Prospective Postdoctoral Fellows
kingcenter.stanford.edu
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
📢Applications are open for the @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social
2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellows Program! Deadline: Dec 1.📢
I'm interested in mentoring postdocs on climate migration, global environmental governance, political economy of decarbonization.
More info: kingcenter.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellows Program! Deadline: Dec 1.📢
I'm interested in mentoring postdocs on climate migration, global environmental governance, political economy of decarbonization.
More info: kingcenter.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
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🚨Be sure to submit your application for the NIH/NIA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar position!
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🚨Be sure to submit your application for the NIH/NIA T32 Postdoctoral Scholar position!
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
📌Advanced training in the demography of aging & the life course will be offered, allowing independent research to thrive, collab with mentors, & engagement with leading longitudinal studies.
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We're excited to open our special call for the Health and Extreme Weather Research Award Program. We're seeking proposals for novel research to advance our understanding the complex threats to human health posed by extreme weather. Click to learn more: bit.ly/3WWSFnL
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We're excited to open our special call for the Health and Extreme Weather Research Award Program. We're seeking proposals for novel research to advance our understanding the complex threats to human health posed by extreme weather. Click to learn more: bit.ly/3WWSFnL
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The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it. n.pr/3JgKWhi
Drone photo winners will amaze your eyeballs: From a high-up horseman to a holy river
The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.
n.pr
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it. n.pr/3JgKWhi
Job Ad for a Teaching Assistant Professor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-CH with "expertise including diaspora, migration, and mobilities; hemispheric politics and security; and/or climate, resources, and environment":
Teaching Assistant Professor
The Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to fill one full-time teaching assistant professor fixed-term position. The position will hav...
unc.peopleadmin.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Job Ad for a Teaching Assistant Professor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-CH with "expertise including diaspora, migration, and mobilities; hemispheric politics and security; and/or climate, resources, and environment":
"The 17th Conference of Young Demographers will take place February 4–6, 2026, at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia."
Conference
youngdemographers.github.io
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"The 17th Conference of Young Demographers will take place February 4–6, 2026, at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia."