POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo
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Please Note: This event has been postponed until further notice. We will keep you updated via this site when a new date is selected. The School of Demography, Australian National University would like to invite you to A Celebration of the Life and Work of Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo. Thursday 8…
Life expectancy among disease-diagnosed (Life Left) AND Mapping the prevalence of smoking with increased precision in sparsely sampled regions of Australia
Webinar/Online
Mental or physical disorders shorten people’s life spans. Yet, previous attempts at assessing life expectancy of people with disorders have failed at addressing the fact that diseases occur at different ages. This project resolves this methodological shortcoming and develops precision metrics,…
Estimating subnational adult populations in data-sparse contexts
Webinar/Online
Accurate estimates of subnational populations are important for policy formulation and monitoring population health indicators. However, in many countries, data on population counts are limited and are of poor quality, and so levels and trends subnationally are unclear. We present a Bayesian…
Safer if connected? Mobile technology, women’s status, and socio-economic development
Seminar
Mobile phones are an invaluable economic asset for the poor and an important tool for strengthening social ties. Mobile phones may also help women overcome physical boundaries, especially in places where they are separated from support networks and are bound within their husbands’ social spheres.…
Measuring individual-level multidimensional poverty in South Africa
Seminar
The Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) is a gender-sensitive and multidimensional measure of poverty, assessed across 14 economic and social dimensions of deprivation, which was tested and refined in Indonesia and South Africa. I this seminar, I will introduce the IDM as an individual measure of…
School Transition Estimation and Projection (STEP) model: Update on model development and activities
Seminar
In this presentation, we introduce and describe our research collaboration with the Australian Capital Territory’s (ACT) Education Directorate to develop an analysis and projection tool for school enrolments. The School Transition Estimation and Projection (STEP) model simultaneously projects 130…
Advancing research on healthy longevity in Australia and the Asia-Pacific
Seminar
In this presentation, I will discuss my ongoing work exploring healthy longevity, funded ARC DECRA and ANU Futures Scheme grants. I’ll discuss the overall goals for these interconnected projects, and describe why research exploring healthy ageing, and social inequalities in the aging process, is…