Studying the social sciences gives a voice to the voiceless
August 30, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — The social sciences can be summed up simply as a mission to understand why people do what they do and think what they think. This rubric works across nearly every discipline of the social sciences, from economics to health-related studies to in-depth political research.This…
Poll position: Opinion surveys still matter
August 29, 2024
ANN ARBOR—If you’re feeling a bit confused by the constant media coverage about presidential election polls, you’re not alone.Whether it’s the polls’ margin of error or their fairness and accuracy, the information can become important for some voters in their election choices. And do the polls matter since the presidential…
2024 Junior Professional Research cohort joins nine projects at ISR
July 22, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — The nine scholars in the 2024 Junior Professional Researcher (JPR) cohort at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) are now at work, each joining one of nine different projects that represent many different research disciplines. The JPRs are joining these projects for the next…
Remembering Samuel Barnes
June 14, 2024
Samuel H. Barnes, a leading scholar on voting behavior and political party affiliation in Western democracies and past affiliate of the Center for Political Studies, died on May 21, at 93. More from MLive.
CPS launches SUNGEO project to assist in merging data across different scales
June 12, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — The Institute for Social Research’s Center for Political Studies (CPS) has launched a new project to address a common challenge for social researchers: misalignment that arises when data are collected at varying levels of scale.The Subnational Geospatial Data Archive (SUNGEO) went live in its…
The Hill Opinion: Biden knows executive order on border will fail. Blame our broken system
June 11, 2024
Biden’s executive order on the border will fail, Kenneth Lowande says in an Opinion out in The Hill. “The purpose of the president going alone on immigration is political; whether it fixes the problem is almost beside the point.” More from the UM Department of Political Science.
Sarah Burgard and Team Win LSA Meet the Moment Initiative Grant for Health Equity Research
June 5, 2024
U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts has awarded $4.7 million to five new faculty research projects that are seeking to enact global change across multiple fields and disciplines. Known as the LSA Meet the Moment Research Initiative, LSA Dean Anne Curzan notes the initiative’s efforts to combat “generational…
How strong are American political institutions?
June 4, 2024
ANN ARBOR — The United States government relies on the strength of its political institutions to govern effectively. But what if Americans lose faith in those institutions?Many political commentators have argued that the 2020 election gave us the chance to see that question play out, given the actions of Donald…
New study finds more than one billion people worldwide live in energy poverty
May 28, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — More than a billion people around the world live without access to sustainable, reliable, and affordable electricity according to a new paper.“Lost in the Dark: A Survey of Energy Poverty from Space,” published this month in the scholarly journal Joule, used nighttime satellite imagery…
Michael Traugott Wins Roper’s 2024 Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research
May 10, 2024
Michael Traugott, Research Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Social Research’s Center for Political Studies, has been recognized with the 2024 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research.“I am deeply honored by this recognition from the Roper Center Board of Directors,” said Traugott, who was a friend…