IRP’s annual New Perspectives in Social Policy Seminar features speakers whose work reaches beyond familiar and well-explored fields of poverty research to challenge current thinking and to open paths to new policy and practice initiatives, research models, and methodologies. The seminars are held on the UW–Madison campus and are open to the public. Videos and transcripts of past seminars are available on this website.
2019–2020 New Perspectives In Social Policy Seminar
A Guaranteed Income as an Approach to End Poverty
Aisha Nyandoro
Chief Executive Officer, Springboard to Opportunities
Respondent: Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Associate Professor, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
4:00–5:30 pm
School of Education, Room 159, Wisconsin Idea Room
2019 New Perspectives in Social Policy Seminar
Transforming Systems to Improve Outcomes: Pathways to Economic Mobility for Every Child
Jennifer Blatz
President and CEO, StriveTogether
Respondent: Tova Walsh, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
2018 New Perspectives in Social Policy Seminar
Unequal Hopes, Lives, and Lifespans in the U.S.:
Some Insights from the New Science of Well-Being
Carol Graham
Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution and College Park Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Respondent: Katherine Magnuson, IRP Associate Director of Research and Training, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Doctoral Program Chair, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tuesday, March 6, 2018