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…
Insights Speaker Series presentation highlights research on income inequality
January 31, 2024
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — Income inequality is growing in the United States and around the world, but few people seem interested in doing anything about it. So argued Charlotte Cavaillé, Ph.D., in the latest edition of the Institute for Social Research (ISR) Insights Speaker Series on Jan 31,…
China announces population decline for second year in a row
January 24, 2024
EXPERTS Q&AANN ARBOR—China’s recent population data release reveals that the country’s population has dipped for the second year in a row. University of Michigan social demographer Yun Zhou and Mary Gallagher, an expert in Chinese politics, discuss what’s behind the decline and what it could mean for China’s economy.Zhou is…
ISR remembers and honors James S. Jackson with research symposium and atrium dedication
December 8, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) honored the life, career, and memory of James S. Jackson with a research symposium on Friday, December 1, 2023. ISR also renamed its atrium in Jackson’s honor, paying tribute to his long career as a…
Long-time ISR researcher Mark Tessler honored with research symposium
October 11, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research honored the career of Mark Tessler with a research symposium on Friday, September 29.Tesler, a research professor in ISR’s Center for Political Studies (CPS) and the Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science in U-M’s…
Unequal Health: A sweeping and timely synthesis on how anti-Black racism threatens America’s health
October 3, 2023
(ANN ARBOR) – Anti-Black racism is a direct danger to the health of Black Americans and a threat to the health of all Americans. This is the key takeaway of a timely new book, Unequal Health: Anti-Black Racism and the Threat to America’s Health, and a point that researchers and healthcare professionals…