Dan Brown on first project funded by U-M Social Sciences Annual Institute
February 10, 2011
Dan Brown and colleagues (Arun Agrawal, PI) have been awarded funding by the Social Sciences Annual Institute (SSAI), an initiative recently established at the University of Michigan. Their project, “Against Monosequentialism: Understanding Tradeoffs, Synergies, and Drives of Joint Social Outcomes,” will examine the intersection of social, ecological, and biophysical sciences…
Arthur Lupia’s book wins Robert E. Lane Award
January 1, 2011
Congratulations to Skip, whose book with Jamie Druckman, Don Green, and James Kuklinski, the “Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science”, won the Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in 2011!
Tessler, Kollman to Lead International Efforts in Revised Roles
December 13, 2010
As the university continues to advance global engagement opportunities for its students and faculty, Provost Phil Hanlon and LSA Dean Terrence McDonald have announced that Mark Tessler will take on the full-time role of vice provost for international affairs. He has served for six years in this capacity part time…
Arthur Lupia to deliver the Hal R. Varian Collegiate Professorship in Political Science Inaugural Lecture
November 30, 2010
Skip Lupia is to deliver the inaugural Hal R. Varian lecture on November 30, 2010. The title of the lecture will be “The Trouble with Voters and Those Who Try to Fix Them.”
Two U-M ISR studies named to NSF “Sensational 60” list
May 28, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Two long-term studies conducted by the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) have been included in a National Science Foundation list of 60 scientific discoveries or advances that have had a major impact on American life.The studies, both of which began at ISR, are…
Ted Brader delivers keynote speech to the European Association of Political Consultants
May 1, 2010
Congratulations to Ted Brader, who was a keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Conference of the European Association of Political Consultants in Vienna, Austria in May 2010!
Nancy Burns reappointed Director of ISR Center for Political Studies
February 25, 2010
Nancy Burns has been re-appointed Director of the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). A political scientist who has studied the reasons for gender differences in political participation, she was the first woman named to lead an ISR Center.
Burns reappointed Director of ISR Center for Political Studies
February 25, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Nancy Burns has been re-appointed Director of the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR). A political scientist who has studied the reasons for gender differences in political participation, she was the first woman named to lead an ISR Center…
Mike Traugott receives 2010 AAPOR award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement
January 1, 2010
Congratulations to Mike Traugott, who this last weekend received the 2010 AAPOR award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement. The award, by the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) is the Association’s higher honor, in recognition of lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to the field of public opinion research.
Ted Brader wins the Emerging Scholar Award of the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section of APSA
August 1, 2009
Ted Brader has been awarded the 2009 Emerging Scholar Award for the Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior section of the American Political Science Association. The Emerging Scholar Award is awarded to the “top scholar in the field who is within 10 years or her or his Ph.D.”