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This webinar will analyze and evaluate Michigan’s new redistricting approach and new maps, and compare to approaches of other states. Will Michigan's new model inspire reform in other states?

Part 2 of the Population Studies Center's two-part event in honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ford School professors Kristin Seefeldt and Alex Murphy and joint doctoral student Lydia Wileden are joined by Charles Williams.

Hosted by the Center for Social Solutions and U-M Detroit Center, Ford School Professor Earl Lewis moderates this panel discussion around the varying concepts of what is owed and what reparations might look like.

Professor Nadya Malenko discusses her research regarding venture capital backed firms, which face neither the regulatory requirements nor a major separation of ownership and control of their public peers.

Helping Across Generations and Impacts on Retirement and Retirement Planning

Nationalist extremism poses mounting challenges around the world, including in North America. This web-based panel discussion will focus on the policy tools and frameworks available for countering nationalist extremism in Mexico, Canada and the United States.

Dean Michael Barr of the U-M Ford School of Public Policy and Detroit Free Press Editor and Vice President Peter Bhatia provide a thoughtful analysis of the issues posed by the election and its aftermath.

This panel discusses how nationalism and extremism pose mounting challenges around the world, including in North America.

Join us for a talk on global vaccine equity and health justice with Fatima Hassan, human rights lawyer, social justice activist, and the founder of the Health Justice Initiative in South Africa; and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Professor Jerry Davis discusses the need for a new set of tools to understand and tame the new sources of economic power.

Ford School applications are now open and must be submitted through the Rackham School of Graduate Studies by the January 15th deadline.

Join our talk with Chris Weiland and Tim Burgess, co-authors of a recent policy report addressing the failure to provide high-quality universal preschool for all three- and four-year-old children in Washington.

The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission will be meeting on U-M’s campus during the 45-day period for public comment before they vote to adopt final district maps in Michigan.

This is the second event in the 2021-22 College and Beyond II: The Outcomes of Liberal Education colloquium series.

Ford School applications are now open and must be submitted through the Rackham School of Graduate Studies by the January 15th deadline.

Dr. Jennifer Lee, an award winning author and frequent public commentator on the implications of contemporary U.S. immigration, will join Dr. Celeste-Watkins-Hayes in conversation as part of a virtual series on the historical roots and impact of race in shaping public policy.

H. Luke Shaefer and other panelists — to be announced — will discuss the implications of the expanded child tax credit and the potential for the U.S. to adopt a permanent child allowance.  

Professor James R. Hines Jr. will discuss the most sensible way to pay for the federal government, noting that the answer lies largely in higher tax rates, not in the many popularly-discussed alternatives.

Learn what you can do with a master's degree from the Ford School. 

Ford School applications are now open and must be submitted through the Rackham School of Graduate Studies by the January 15th deadline.

Three faculty members who have been recognized with one of the University of Michigan’s highest honors—including the Ford School's Earl Lewis and John Ayanian—will discuss their professional and scholarly experiences.

Michigan will hold elections on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, and the Ford School strongly encourages all eligible voters to make their voices heard.

Poverty expert Luke Shaefer and renowned sociologist Celeste Watkins-Hayes in conversation, describing the Ford School's new Kohn Collaborative for Social Policy and how the inclusion of marginalized populations in research and engagement creates powerful social policy change.