Conferences/Programs

Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy
The Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy provides a select group of Harvard graduate students the opportunity to engage in cross-disciplinary study and research training. Founded in 1998 and funded by the National Science Foundation, the program draws together many of Harvard's leading scholars in an effort to address new approaches to social policy and inequality.

In addition to graduate training, the Program convenes a summer institute every two years, bringing together Harvard Program faculty, doctoral students, National Fellows and other faculty affiliates. The next conference is scheduled for June 2006. Previous summer institute papers are available here.

The program also sponsors a luncheon seminar series, held on Mondays during the school year from 12:00-1:45. The series convenes on the fifth floor of the Taubman building at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The seminar schedule for the 2005-2006 academic year is not yet available, but you can access last year's schedule, along with copies of the seminar papers, here.

For more information on the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, please visit the program website by clicking here.

Colorlines Conference, Harvard University
The Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program joined The Civil Rights Project, the W.E.B. Dubois Institute, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard Immigration Project, and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center in co-sponsoring a historic research and policy conference that sought to invigorate the national debate about the future of racial integration in the United State. The conference convened from August 30-September 1, 2003 at Harvard University. As many as 1,100 researchers, policy advocates and activists were in attendance.

For more information about the Colorlines Conference, please visit The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

Youth in Cities: Successful Mediators of Normative Development Conference
This international conference was co-organized by William Julius Wilson and Marta Tienda, Director of the Office of Population Research, Princeton University, in cooperation with the Johann Jacobs Foundation on October 22-25, 1998 in Marbach, Germany. The goals of the conference were (1) to assess the current knowledge about ways to enhance the life of youth, particularly those reared in poverty and economic disadvantage; (2) to consider how much and under what circumstances high quality and deliberate interventions reshape the lives of urban youth; and (3) to determine what types of interventions are most successful in ameliorating the pernicious effects of poverty. A follow-up conference was scheduled for February, 1999. Click here to see the list of presenters. You may also download a copy of James Quane's Rapportuer's Report.(an Adobe Acrobat file).
To purchase the edited volume, click here.