Lisa Bingham, IUB, presented “Legal Infrastructure and Economic Development: Dispute Resolution in Korea” in a session entitled Private Dispute Resolution and Economic Development, at the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law Symposium on “Legal Infrastructure, Judicial Independence, and Economic Development” on October 28, 2005. She also presented "Developments in Civic Engagement and Dispute Resolution in South Korea" at The Whistler Forum's conference on “Civic Engagement” in Asia and the Pacific Rim, Whistler, British Columbia, on November 9, 2005.

In September, Beth Gazley, IUB, presented a paper entitled "Collaboration and Citizen Participation in Community Mediation Centers", along with doctoral student Won Kyung Chang, at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, and a paper entitled "Beyond the Contract: Informal Partnerships as 'Dark Matter' in Privatization Research" at the biennial meeting of the Public Management Research Association in Los Angeles, CA.

Kirsten Grønbjerg, IUB, presented a talk on “Nonprofits: A Growing Sector but Plenty of Challenges" on October 28, at Loyola University Chicago Center for Urban Research and Learning.

Sheila Suess Kennedy, IUPUI, presented a paper at APPAM (Association for Public Policy and Management) in Washington, DC on November 3. The paper was “Should We Have Faith in Faith? Ten years after Charitable Choice.”

David Reingold, IUB, (and Angela Fertig, University of Georgia Department of Economics) presented “Public Housing and Health: Is There a Connection” at the 27th Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC, November 3-5, 2005. Reingold was also a discussant for a panel on “The New Faith Based Initiatives: What Difference Can they Make?” at the same conference.