During the Covid-19 pandemic, many organizations shifted to remote work. This shift in employment context occurred along with an increase in experiences of racism toward Asian Americans, as well as a continuation of racism toward other marginalized groups. In this research, the researchers explore the relationship between remote work, discrimination, and intra-minority solidarity.

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2026 Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials.

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We seem to be in a new era of anti-gay prejudice.

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These findings suggest that people’s beliefs about economic conditions are grounded in their socioeconomic experiences and provide important psychological insights to the fundamental question of how much is enough to live on?

The scars of school shootings often endure for years, shaping mental health, educational trajectories, and economic futures.

Modernize workflows with Zoom's trusted collaboration tools: including video meetings, team chat, VoIP phone, webinars, whiteboard, contact center, and events.

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Chicago’s deadly 1995 heat wave showed how neighborhood conditions and social ties determine who stays safe in extreme weather. Now, IPR associate Dan Horton is leading a working group to map those risks through a Heat Vulnerability Index. Combining data like temperature, public health records, and residents’ on-the-ground insights, the index will pinpoint which Chicago communities face the greatest danger as climate change makes heat waves more common.

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In 2025, IPR’s researchers examined some of the most pressing social issues, including the real-world implications of artificial intelligence and the persistent racial disparities in maternal health.  IPR research continued to inform policy nationally and locally, contributing evidence to debates on young-adult sentencing reform and wage theft among fast-food workers. Our faculty’s work also helped guide global conversations about water insecurity and highlighted the effectiveness of community-based strategies to reduce gun violence in Chicago.

New research shows that Black women living in Chicago neighborhoods with discriminatory law enforcement practices and unequal schools that lacked resources were more likely to give birth preterm compared to Black women in neighborhoods without these characteristics. These findings may help explain why Black women experience disproportionately high rates of preterm birth and identify those most at risk for delivering their babies early.

IPR organizes a wide variety of events across the year from academic talks and distinguished lectures to workshops and trainings.