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, students, 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), and Changing Poverty, Changing Policies (2009).

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

Take-Up of Social Benefits: Causes, Consequences, and Trade-Offs, June 2010

Past IRP Conferences