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IRP, @UWMadison, is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.
Madison, WI
Joined January 2013
Congratulations to IRP 2025–2026 National Dissertation Awardees Menna Mburi of @UNC & @rrosales433 of @Brown_SPH @BrownHSPP! The award supports outstanding dissertation projects that explore issues of poverty and economic mobility in human services.
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🎧Great new podcast episode! 🎧 @LucieGSchmidt of @Smith_Economics & @NBERPubs describes the safety net landscape before 1996, and how specific programs and overall coverage have changed since welfare reform was put in place.
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Tomorrow (Wed. 5/28)! You can still register here to attend this great webinar (or to get the recording emailed to you after).
Sign up now for this webinar on 5/28! Our panelists will discuss the stated goals of work requirements and how they function in practice, as well as what they mean for the experiences of eligible individuals and families.
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Congratulations to IRP Graduate Research Fellow Anna Walther for receiving this year's Dissertation Research Fellowship! Her dissertation is titled "Essays on the Social Safety Net, Economic Insecurity, and Inequality during the Transition to Parenthood."
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Sign up now for this webinar on 5/28! Our panelists will discuss the stated goals of work requirements and how they function in practice, as well as what they mean for the experiences of eligible individuals and families.
📢Register now for this great upcoming webinar! 📢 "Work Requirements and Safety Net Coverage," with @ChloeNEast of @cudenver, Michael Karpman of @urbaninstitute & Chima Ndumele of @YaleSPH.
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📢Register now for this great upcoming webinar! 📢 "Work Requirements and Safety Net Coverage," with @ChloeNEast of @cudenver, Michael Karpman of @urbaninstitute & Chima Ndumele of @YaleSPH.
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You won't want to miss this great conference, hosted by our collegaues at @naacfrc!.
📢 Registration is now open for NAACFRC’s annual Community-Engaged Research Conference on June 12 in Atlanta! Build your professional network and hear the latest research in:.→ Early care and education.→ Social and economic mobility. Register:
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Congratulations to IRP Affiliates Felix Elwert, @laurenlschmitz, @tessa_conroy, and Michael Massoglia for this reconigtion! @UWSoc @UWLaFollette @UW_AAE.
Congratulations to the 4️⃣4️⃣ extraordinary members of #UWMadison's faculty and staff who have been honored with Vilas professorships and awards throughout the past year. #OnWisconsin.
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TODAY! Come hear from IRP and @UWMadison alum Matthew Desmond. The talk is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.
📣Coming up next week! 📣Join us for what is sure to be an inspiring and insightful presentation by IRP alum Matthew Desmond of @evictionlab. Thursday, May 1st, on the @UWMadison campus. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the talk.
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Don't miss this great webinar on Wed., 4/30! "Policy and Practice Approaches To Predicting And Addressing Food Insecurity," with Leslie Hodges of @USDA_ERS, Angela Odoms-Young of @CornellCHE & Seungmin Lee of @PulteInstitute. More info & to register:
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TODAY! We hope you'll join us to hear from Dr. Hwang.
This week's IRP seminar: Dr. Jackelyn Hwang @StanfordSoc on “The New Housing Crisis: Gentrification and Residential Instability in the San Francisco Bay Area after the Great Recession.” Th 4/24, 12:30-1:45pm, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Bldg. More info:
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🎧Great new podcast episode! 🎧 Hear from @Gen_Pov of @DukeSanford about what the research tells us about cash aid to families with children in the US and around the world and current experiments in guaranteed income.
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📣Coming up next week! 📣Join us for what is sure to be an inspiring and insightful presentation by IRP alum Matthew Desmond of @evictionlab. Thursday, May 1st, on the @UWMadison campus. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the talk.
Join us for the 2025 Lampman Memorial Lecture! We're very pleased to welcome @UWMadison & IRP alum Matthew Desmond of @evictionlab @PUSociology for the presentation. His talk is free and open to the public, and no registration is required. More info:
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This week's IRP seminar: Dr. Jackelyn Hwang @StanfordSoc on “The New Housing Crisis: Gentrification and Residential Instability in the San Francisco Bay Area after the Great Recession.” Th 4/24, 12:30-1:45pm, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Bldg. More info:
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Today! Many U.S. employers have created “employee hardship funds” to pool money donations from a firm’s workers to offer cash grants to employees in unforeseen emergencies. Join us to learn about the evolving moral economy between workers & employers in the low-wage labor market.
This week's IRP seminar: IRP Affiliate @thequister of @GPS_UCSD on “Welfare Capitalism on the Cheap? Employee Hardship Funds, Worker Attachment, and Union Avoidance.” Th 4/17 12:15–1:30pm, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building, @UWmadison. More info:
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This week's IRP seminar: IRP Affiliate @thequister of @GPS_UCSD on “Welfare Capitalism on the Cheap? Employee Hardship Funds, Worker Attachment, and Union Avoidance.” Th 4/17 12:15–1:30pm, 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building, @UWmadison. More info:
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Join us for the 2025 Lampman Memorial Lecture! We're very pleased to welcome @UWMadison & IRP alum Matthew Desmond of @evictionlab @PUSociology for the presentation. His talk is free and open to the public, and no registration is required. More info:
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And. that's a wrap! Thanks to all of our donors for making #DayoftheBadger 2025 a success for IRP, and for ensuring that we met our $,1500 challenge! If you missed your chance to give, don't worry! You can always make a gift through our website:
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#DayOfTheBadger ends soon! If you haven't made your gift yet, it's more important than ever to be part of our mission to produce & share rigorous, data-rich research to inform public policy affecting low-income families & communities. Give now! @WisAlumni
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