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Colloquia

Each year IPR organizes a series of talks featuring IPR and Northwestern faculty, as well as faculty from other universities, presenting their research on some of the day’s most socially relevant topics. The events, typically free and open to the public, showcase the progress those experts have made in various branches of IPR’s research areas, including the Institute’s signature, interdisciplinary Fay Lomax Cook Monday colloquia.

Colloquia Series

IPR Fay Lomax Cook Monday Colloquia

IPR’s signature, interdisciplinary colloquium series, which takes place on Mondays from noon to 1:00 p.m. Speakers are typically IPR fellows or associates discussing their latest policy-relevant research. Faculty Organizer: Laurel Harbridge-Yong

 

C2S Colloquia

This occasional series, under IPR’s Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health, brings together social, life, and biomedical scientists who examine how broad social, racial/ethnic, and economic disparities "get under the skin" and affect human development and physical health. Faculty Organizer: Thomas McDade

Statistics in Education and Public Policy (STEPP) Center Colloquia

Founded in 2019, the STEPP Center facilitates collaboration between statisticians, researchers, policymakers and practitioners using evidence to guide decisions, with a focus on education and the applied social sciences. Speakers in its series address a wide range of topics that involve discussions of how to best generate, synthesize, and translate evidence to improve policy and practice. Faculty Organizer: Elizabeth Tipton

  

Upcoming Colloquia

IPR Panel: The 2024 Election and Threats to Democracy

November 11, 2024

On the heels of a historic and unprecedented presidential election, join our four IPR faculty experts for a timely and engaging discussion on the growing challenges to U.S. democracy. Social psychologist Eli Finkel, political scientist Chloe Thurston, and communications and policy scholar Erik Nisbet will discuss their latest research on the forces threatening democracy—from strident political polarization to the dire threat of misinformation. Political scientist Laurel Harbridge-Yong will moderate.