Four projects selected for grants in joint program focused on rural life
February 21, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — Rural areas around the globe face distinct challenges and four new projects bring social scientists and engineers together to improve understanding and develop solutions. The projects are part of a joint pilot program between the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) and…
17 U-M faculty members named 2022 AAAS Fellows
January 31, 2023
Contact: Jared Wadley, 734-834-7719, [email protected] ARBOR—The American Association for the Advancement of Science elected 17 University of Michigan faculty and staff members as 2022 Fellows.AAAS, which is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, announced that 506 scientists, engineers and innovators have been…
Walter Mebane Named AAAS Fellow
January 31, 2023
For his distinguished contributions in election forensics, using statistical analysis to determine whether election results are accurate, Walter Mebane, professor of political science and statistics, has been named an AAAS Fellow. Read more from Michigan News.
Institute for Social Research remembers Barbara Opal, a long-time member of the ISR community
January 26, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — A valuable member of the Institute for Social Research community has passed away. Barbara Opal, who worked for the University of Michigan for 50 years, died on Thursday, January 19, 2023. She was 68.Opal spent nearly all of her career in ISR’s Center for…
Gun control measures associated with reduced police use of force
January 24, 2023
Contact: Jared WadleyAs police departments and activists look for strategies to reduce excessive use of force by police, new research from the University of Michigan shows limited data, lack of transparency and irregular implementation of reforms make it difficult to determine which approaches are effective.The Black Lives Matter movement, which…
Winter Seminar Series Examines Political Polarization
January 12, 2023
The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. This winter, the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research is hosting an interdisciplinary Winter Seminar Series, free and open…
ISR honors Rosemary Sarri with research symposium
December 5, 2022
ANN ARBOR — The Institute for Social Research honored the memory of trailblazing researcher Rosemary Sarri with a research symposium on Friday, December 2, 2022. Past students and colleagues presented work in Sarri’s memory, sharing insights and discoveries achieved during and after her long career in the social sciences. The…
Insights Speaker Series recaps 2022 midterm elections with three presentations
November 21, 2022
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — Three researchers with expertise in American politics weighed in on the 2022 midterm elections in the latest edition of the Insights Speaker Series on Thursday, November 17. Jowei Chen, Mara Ostfeld, and Nick Valentino shared their perspectives on the election results and the overall…
Detroiters say quality K-12 schools is top policy priority for November elections
November 7, 2022
Contact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected]—Detroit residents say the quality of K-12 schools is their top priority for the November elections, followed closely by inflation, affordable housing, affordable health care and crime.That’s according to a new representative survey of Detroiters by the University of Michigan’s Detroit Metro Area Communities Study. The…
Learning science in a hurry
November 7, 2022
How Americans learned to acquire coronavirus information for personal health decisions and public policy judgments in the COVID-19 pandemicContact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ARBOR—With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, people were plunged into a situation that required them to acquire information about an emerging scientific issue to assess the…