IRP hosts seminars and a range of other events to foster interaction and collaboration among researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. We disseminate key messages from our events through a variety of products, including videorecorded seminars on our YouTube channel as well as Focus/Focus+, Fast Focus, and our podcast series.
Public Events

2023 Spring IRP Seminar Calendar
Past Seminar Calendars: 2022 Fall | 2022 Spring | 2021 Fall | 2021 Spring | 2020 Fall | 2019 Fall | 2019 Spring | 2018 Fall | Spring 2018 | Fall 2017 | Spring 2017 | Fall 2016
Select past seminar videos are available on the IRP YouTube Channel.
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IRP Seminar Series
- February
- February 27Sheepskin Effects in Higher EducationInstitute for Research on Poverty Seminar - Ben Ost12:15 PM, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
- March
- March 6Parenting in Precarity: Experiences of Black Mothers Impacted by Child Protective ServicesInstitute for Research on Poverty Seminar - Darcey Merritt12:15 PM, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
- March 10"Human Services Deserts?: Nonprofit Human Services Safety Net Access in Possible Human Service" - Dr Shoshana ShapiroHousehold Finance Seminar Series - 3/10 | 1:15 PM | Nancy Nicholas Hall Room 1199 (Wisconsin Idea Room)1:15 PM, 1199 Nancy Nicholas Hall
- March 20Premigration Gender Inequality and Postmigration Perinatal Health among Immigrants and Refugees to CanadaInstitute for Research on Poverty Seminar - Zoua Vang12:15 PM, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
- April
- April 3
- April 17Welfare Capitalism on the Cheap? Employee Hardship Funds, Worker Attachment, and Union AvoidanceInstitute for Research on Poverty Seminar - John Ahlquist12:15 PM, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
- April 24The New Housing Crisis: Gentrification and Residential Instability in the San Francisco Bay Area after the Great RecessiInstitute for Research on Poverty Seminar - Jackelyn Hwang12:15 PM, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
IRP Webinar Series
- March
- March 5Evidence-Based Policy and Practice Approaches to Addressing Homelessness in the United StatesInstitute for Research on Poverty Webinar - Cindy I-Fen Cheng, Katherine Levine Einstein, and David Phillips1:00 PM, Online
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