Events Archive


Policy Brief Workshop

Enhance the impact of your research by adding policy brief writing skills to your toolbox of effectiveness. Learn the how-tos in policy brief writing and dissemination to broaden the audience and use of your discoveries.

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Floods, Tornadoes, & Disaster Resilience

Come join the Purdue Policy Research Institute, Professor Daniel Aldrich (Northeastern University) and an expert panel of Purdue researchers as we discuss disaster resilience. What can society do to mitigate risks and recover faster in the wake of unprecedented natural and man-made hazards?…

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Contemporary Matters Lunch – Westernization of Diets

Have lunch and hear from experts from across campus on the societal impacts of the westernization of diets. Bring your insights and questions, and join the discussion. Please be sure to RSVP. Ideas will be gathered from the discussion and…

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Goalkeepers Viewing Party

Laurel Weldon, Director of PPRI and Distinguished Professor of Political Science will be sharing the stage with Melinda Gates and others at Goalkeepers 2017 in New York. Dr. Weldon’s portion of the event will be livestreamed in Mann Hall. Dr….

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Welcome Reception (By Invitation)

Meet the PPRI Faculty and Student Fellows, hear about upcoming PPRI initiatives, and network with creative thinkers and doers from across campus. 

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PPRI Awards (By Invitation)

The first annual PPRI Awards reception will honor the faculty and student Fellows finishing their term with PPRI, and celebrate their work; and will honor the recipients of the PPRI Excellence in Research Awards.

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Security and Democracy Symposium

Security, whether narrowly or broadly drawn, is increasingly seen as being in conflict with the rights and freedoms characteristic of democratic societies. In response to threats of terror, many observers suggest, we should surrender some of our civil liberties, give…

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