Jon Miller: Director, CPS International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy
April 6, 2011
The idea that a majority of voters don’t understand pressing issues like stem cell research and climate change strikes Jon Miller as simply wrong. Miller, a research scientist who joined ISR in August 2010, believes that scientific literacy is fundamental to a functioning democracy. “People ought to know what they’re…
Nancy Burns named president of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
April 1, 2011
Congratulations to Nancy Burns, who in April 2011 was named predident of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)!
Festschrift for Ron Inglehart
March 1, 2011
In March 2011, scholars gathered for conferences at both Irvine, California and Lueneberg, Germany to present chapters for a festschrift for Ron Inglehart. The conference was organized by Russell Dalton (University of California at Irvine) and Christian Welzel (University of Lueneburg, Germany). From the conferences will be produced a book…
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.