Poverty & Inequality News
January, 2017
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is soliciting proposals that analyze whether and how structural changes in the U.S. economy, particularly related to economic inequality, affect economic growth. Letters of... More
January, 2017
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) invites scholars from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations to apply for its 2017–2018 Scholar-in-Residence Program. Scholars will spend one week at IRP or one of its... More
January, 2017
The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University is recruiting a two-year postdoctoral research fellow to translate social policy research for local, state, and national policymakers and... More
January, 2017
The Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University is recruiting two postdoctoral research scholars. One postdoc will help conduct analyses on poverty at the national, state, and local levels and the other... More
November, 2016
The Russell Sage Foundation is soliciting articles for an upcoming journal issue devoted to understanding how contact with the criminal justice system creates, maintains, and exacerbates social inequality in the United... More
November, 2016
The 2016 APPAM Fall Research Conference is featuring research on poverty and inequality policy by many CPI affiliates. The sessions include a November 3rd online symposium on the equality of education and a related... More
October, 2016
The Institute for Research on Poverty is seeking applications for two in-residence fellowship positions at the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families (OPRE-ACF).... More
October, 2016
The nation’s leading experts on welfare reform came together last week to discuss the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law on child well-being, marriage and families, work and poverty, and state policy choices. Videos... More
September, 2016
The 2016 Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS) brought together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss well-being and self-sufficiency among low-income families. Videos of all... More
August, 2016
The U.S. Census Bureau and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago have formed a partnership to identify innovative strategies for linking data across programs and levels of government to advance evidence-based... More