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Our Mission
The
Institute for Policy Research (IPR) is an interdisciplinary public
policy research institute founded in 1968 at Northwestern University.
Our mission is to stimulate and support excellent social science
research on significant public policy issues and to disseminate
the findings widely -- to students, scholars, policymakers, and
the public at large.
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People
Currently, 34 faculty
fellows, and 53 faculty
associates, together with research
associates,
visiting
scholars, postdoctoral
fellows and graduate
research assistants, are drawn largely from sociology,
political science, economics, education, communications, law,
and management. They participate in research projects, seminars,
conferences, policy briefings, and workshops.
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Publications
Faculty research is published widely in books,
journal articles, chapters, monographs, and reports. It is
disseminated through IPR's working
paper series, an annual
brochure,
newsletters,
and policy briefs.
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Events
IPR sponsors or co-sponsors several dozen colloquia
each year, in addition to conferences,
policy briefings,
Distinguished
Public Policy Lectures, and workshops.
In 2005-06, IPR was proud to organize three policy briefings
on the social safety
net, community
change in Chicago, and children's
achievement, thanks to a generous grant from the Joyce
Foundation. The Institute welcomed Heidi
Hartmann as its Distinguished Public Policy Lecturer,
and three authors and journalists to campus. IPR supports
an undergraduate lecture series that has looked at racial
inequality, healthcare reform, and No Child Left Behind.
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Research
IPR research falls broadly into seven program areas:
IPR is home to:
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