IPR's 40th Anniversary Conference: Dynamics of Inequality in America from 1968 to Today, April 16-17, 2009

"Health and Attainment Over the Lifecourse: Reciprocal Influences from Before Birth to Old Age," May 16, 2008
(co-sponsored with the University of Chicago)

“The Thunder of History: Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective,” May 4-5, 2007

“Property Taxation in Illinois: How and Why Is It Broken and What Can Be Done to Fix It?” co-organized by IPR Faculty Fellow Therese McGuire and Nathan Anderson of the University of Illinois at Chicago, November 30, 2007. Co-sponsored with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, University of Illinois, and Union League Club of Chicago.

"Gautreaux at 40," March 3, 2006

“A Nation in Conflict: Hurricane Katrina,” with panelists Alice Palmer, former Illinois State Senator, and IPR Faculty Fellows Greg Duncan and James Rosenbaum. February 8, 2006. Co-sponsored with Northwestern’s Women’s Center.

"Health-Care in America," January 25, 2006

C2S Introductory Conference, June 6, 2005

Roundtable with Paul Starr, founder of The American Prospect, May 1

"Health Policy and the Underserved," May 8-9, 2003

"State Fiscal Crises: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions," April 3, 2003

“Welfare-to-Work” VISTA Conference, July 29-31

JCPR Conference on the Hard-to-Employ, February 28 – March 2, 2002

"The Effects of Incarceration on Children and Families," May 5, 2001

"Renegotiating the Welfare State: The United States in Comparative Perspective," May 18, 2001

"The Role of the Courts; The Role of the Media; The Roll of the Dice," January 11, 2001

"Polls, Policy, and the Future of American Democracy," May 13, 2000