Conferences

Since its inception in 1966, IRP has regularly held conferences that bring together leading scholars engaged in poverty research. These conferences are generally multidisciplinary and often include academics, policymakers, and practitioners. The discussions lead to broader dissemination designed to share findings with other academics, policymakers, practitioners, journalists, and the general public. One such example is the set of conferences that led to the widely used volumes Fighting Poverty (1986), Confronting Poverty (1994), and Understanding Poverty (2001). A fourth conference, Changing Poverty, held at IRP in May 2008, will result in a fourth volume in the series, to be published in fall 2009. The papers presented at the conference are available as IRP Discussion Papers 1344-08 – 1356-08.

Some of the Institute’s conferences are public, some are by invitation only. If you would like more information about any of the conferences listed below, please contact Coreen Williams.

Upcoming Conferences

State Innovations Conference, July 2009

Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and Policy, September 2009

Intergenerational Mobility Within and Across Nations, September 2009

Past IRP Conferences