Guidelines for Visitor Appointments
The CPRC welcomes visitors whose research fits into one or more of the signature research areas of the Center and who make a compelling case that their presence at the Center will advance their own scholarship as well as the scholarship of CPRC members, affiliates, and students. Visitors will be expected to participate in the life of the Center, by mentoring, guest lecturing, giving seminars, etc.
In selecting visitors, priority will be given to applicants who
- are currently participants in a funded research project of the Center as a co-investigator, consultant or a related position
- have arranged with a CPRC member to write a grant proposal during their visit
- have prior experience working with CPRC members (e.g., co-authoring articles, books, chapters, reports, etc.) and propose to continue such activities during their visit (e.g. manuscript preparation, conference presentations, report writing, etc.)
- possess special expertise (e.g., statistical methods, theory development, qualitative or ethnographic research, policy experience) or access to particular datasets (e.g. comparative datasets, cohort studies) that would assist Center faculty and/or doctoral students in grant acquisition and publication activities.
Visitors are provided with office space and access to a desktop computer and printer. They are encouraged to participate fully in activities of the CPRC including seminars and conferences.
The CPRC will consider applications in the fall of each year, for visits to occur during the following academic year. The deadline for applications to visit during the 2009-2010 academic year is December 1, 2008. Decisions will be announced by December 15, 2008. Space permitting, applications arriving after the December deadline may be considered, but to ensure full consideration applicants should apply by December 1.
To apply, prospective visitors should send a cover letter and CV to the CPRC Visitor Selection Committee, in c/o M.K. Babcock, Columbia Population Research Center, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027. The cover letter should detail the preferred dates for the visit, the goals for the visit, and an explanation of how the visit at CPRC would be useful in accomplishing the specified activities.
It is important to note that CPRC provides neither housing nor salary nor fringe support for visitors.
CPRC welcomes visiting scholar, Libertad González!
Libertad González received her Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University in 2003, and has been an Assistant Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain, ever since. Her main field of research is Labor Economics, with research interests that span Family Economics and Immigration Economics. She is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, and at the Center for Research and Analysis of Migration (CreAM) at UCL. She has published in the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Labour Economics, and the European Economic Review, among others.
Of her coming year as a Visiting Scholar with Columbia Population Research Center, González says, “I look forward to my stay with the Columbia Population Research Center. I hope to benefit from the interaction with its distinguished faculty, and am particularly excited about the interdisciplinary focus, which should broaden my perspective when thinking about my fields of research. I am looking forward to participating in the various seminar series, and I hope I’ll be able to start new, collaborative projects with CPRC faculty.”