ISR announces 2024 Junior Professional Researcher cohort
May 8, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — The Institute for Social Research is excited to announce the nine scholars joining us this summer for the second cohort of our Junior Professional Researcher program.This group of burgeoning social scientists will spend two years working with faculty and staff mentors on research projects…
ANES wins AAPOR’s 2024 Policy Impact Award
April 15, 2024
ANN ARBOR – The American National Election Study (ANES) has received a significant honor for its long-running, highly successful work on American politics. On Friday, April 12, 2024, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) granted ANES its annual Policy Impact Award, which recognizes projects making a clear impact,…
ISR Presentations at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting
April 15, 2024
Numerous ISR Faculty members will share their reseach at the The Population Association of America’s (PAA) annual meeting, April 18-20, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. The PAA annual meeting is the premier conference of demographers and social and health scientists from the United States and abroad. Please join us at PAA…
Center for Political Studies hosts ‘The 2024 Mexican Elections in Context’ event at Michigan Union
April 12, 2024
From The Michigan Daily:About 100 University of Michigan students and community members gathered in the Anderson Room at the Michigan Union for a talk titled “The 2024 Mexican Elections in Context” Tuesday afternoon. Hosted by the Center for Political Studies, the event featured a panel of Mexican political experts who…
Dworkin, Sandvig receive 2023 public engagement awards
April 10, 2024
The recipients of the University of Michigan’s 2023 presidential awards for public engagement — Aaron Dworkin and Christian Sandvig — have made far-reaching impacts through their work in music and computer algorithm auditing, respectively. Dworkin, former dean and a professor of music at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance,…
The evolving attitudes of Gen X toward evolution
April 10, 2024
ANN ARBOR—As the centennial of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 approaches, a new study illustrates that the attitudes of Americans in Generation X toward evolution shifted as they aged.The study, led by Jon D. Miller, research scientist emeritus in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan,…
Arthur Lupia will serve as U-M interim VP for research
March 29, 2024
ANN ARBOR—Arthur Lupia, a longtime leader in science-focused institutions, has been appointed interim vice president for research and innovation at the University of Michigan, effective April 1. Lupia currently is associate vice president for research, large-scale strategies and is the executive director of Bold Challenges, an initiative that facilitates large-scale…
How big questions about political research drew Ph.D. candidate Joshua Thorp to ISR
March 18, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — Understanding why people do what they do politically is the core goal of the Institute for Social Research’s Center for Political Studies. The effort to analyze and describe voting motivations and political behavior at every portion of the spectrum has been a defining part…
Connect with The Abstract, a new podcast from ISR
March 13, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research has launched a new podcast. “The Abstract,” a brief look at presentations and talks given by social researchers at ISR, released its first three episodes this week.Intended to highlight lectures given through ISR’s Insights Speaker Series…
Americans’ trust in scientific expertise survived polarization, Trump attacks on science
March 11, 2024
ANN ARBOR—Americans’ basic confidence in science and scientific expertise was unshaken by the Trump administration’s attacks on scientific expertise, and has remained high during the last six decades, according to an analysis led by the University of Michigan.Trump’s attacks on scientific experts—exemplified by criticism of Anthony Fauci, former director of…