The Harry Frank Guggenheim (HFG) Foundation named IPR sociologist Andrew Papachristos a 2022 HFG Distinguished Scholar on February 2. He is one of 12 internationally known scholars to receive the award this year and will use the one-year grant to work on his book manuscript, "Murder by Structure: How Street Gangs Built the Great American City."
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In 2012, the Chicago Public Schools board initiated the largest wave of school closures in U.S. history, shutting down 49 out of nearly 500 public schools. In a recently published study, IPR social policy expert Sally Nuamah and her co-author document how the closures changed the political behavior of Black Chicagoans who lived in communities targeted for a school closure.
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Northwestern undergrads can now apply to IPR’s Summer Undergraduate Research Assistants (SURA) program and spend the summer working with IPR faculty experts. The program gives students first-hand experience in the conceptualization and conduct of policy-relevant social science research.
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New research from IPR faculty covers the connection between parents' education and the stress of their high school-aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic, applying partial identification to public health, and attitudes about intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa.
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A national survey by IPR political scientist James Druckman and his colleagues provides a snapshot into U.S. public sentiment about the acceptability of violent protest against federal, state, and local government. The report reveals that nearly one-quarter (23%) of Americans believe engagement in violent protest against the government can ever be justified, with 10% saying it is justified right now.
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Faculty in the News
"The question is not about did they reduce violence by 50% or 60%, but how many lives did they save today?”
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Working Papers
We are excited to announce the launch of a newsletter featuring the latest IPR working papers. It will be arriving in your in-boxes next month!
Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index (WP-21-23)
Seema Jayachandran, Monica Biradavolu, and Jan Cooper
Career Spillovers in Internal Labor Markets (WP-21-24)
Nicola Bianchi, Giulia Bovini, Jin Li, Matteo Paradisi, and Michael Powell
Science as a Public Good: Public Use and Funding of Science (WP-21-25)
Yian Yin, Yuxiao Dong, Kuansan Wang, Dashun Wang, and Benjamin Jones
Which Markets (Don't) Drive Pharmaceutical Innovation? Evidence From U.S. Medicaid Expansions (WP-21-26)
Craig Garthwaite, Rebecca Sachs, and Ariel Dora Stern
Affective Polarization in the American Public (WP-21-27)
James Druckman and Jeremy Levy
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Events
Registration is required to attend IPR’s events for Winter 2022 online. You can always find the latest event information by visiting our online calendar.
Feb. 28: "How Online Participation Inequalities (Probably) Reinforce Stratification"
Aaron Shaw (Communication Studies/IPR)
March 7: "Debtors and American Political Development"
Chloe Thurston (IPR/Political Science)
March 14: "Fighting Phantoms: Disagreement vs. Disdain in the American Body Politic"
Eli Finkel (Psychology/Kellogg/IPR)
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