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Topics Transitions and theory of Transient Dynamics Stochastic Projection and Forecasts Nonlinear Dynamics Intergenerational Transfers Human-environment Interactions The workshop is open to graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty interested in including formal demography in their research. Well-prepared undergraduates will be considered. Applications consist of a Curriculum vitae, and for students, a letter of recommendation from their faculty advisor. State whether you need financial aid (support is available for ~20 students; other participants pay travel, board, lodging). Accommodation is shared. We cannot accommodate accompanying persons. *Applications are due NO LATER than April 11, 2008 Mail, email, or fax applications to: Norma Malina Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences Gilbert 116 Stanford, CA 94305 Phone (650) 723-6311 Fax (650) 724-3708 Email norma.malina@stanford.edu

Faculty Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University James Holland Jones, Stanford University Joshua Goldstein, Princeton University Ronald Lee, University of California, Berkeley Kenneth Wachter, University of California, Berkeley This workshop is supported by the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Stanford Center for Population Research and the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford University.