The Institute for Policy & Social Research brings together social scientists from a broad range of disciplines to pursue and conduct sponsored research at the international, national, regional, state, and local levels. IPSR affiliated faculty represent disciplines such as economics, education, environmental studies, geography, political science, public administration, social welfare, sociology, and urban planning. More information can be found on the About IPSR page.

What's New




Kansas Statistical Abstract 2010   
The 45th Edition of the Kansas Statistical Abstract is now available! The abstract is available EXCLUSIVELY online as a PDF file with individual pages available in Microsoft Excel and PDF. For more information and access to the data, please visit http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/.

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Upcoming Events


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Kansas Economic Policy Conference
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Planning is underway for the 2012 Kansas Economic Policy Conference, please check back for details.


Recent Publications


Kansas County Profiles
Kansas County Profiles (formerly known as KCCED Profiles) were updated in August 2011. Check out the latest data for your county at: http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/kcced/profiles/


For other publications please visit our Publications Page.


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