Arthur Lupia named head of NSF program
July 16, 2018
The National Science Foundation has selected University of Michigan researcher Arthur Lupia to serve as the head of its Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE), which supports fundamental research in behavioral, cognitive, social, and economic sciences. SBE provides funding to the American National Election Study, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and many other projects at U-M’s Institute for Social Research. ¶¶Lupia is a Research Professor at ISR’s Center for Political Studies and is the Hal R. Varian Collegiate Professor of Political Science. His research draws from mathematics, statistics, and the neurosciences to examine how people make decisions when they lack information, and how information impacts policy and politics. Lupia’s new role at SBE, which he’ll begin September 1 in Washington, DC, continues his more than 25 years of leadership in social sciences at the national and international levels. ¶¶¶¶Arthur Lupia¶¶Lupia has more than 25 years of leadership and management experience in the social sciences community. Since 2006, he has been the Hal R. Varian Collegiate Professor of Political Science. He also is a professor of political science in LSA, and a research professor in the Center for Political Studies in the Institute of Social Research.