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…
ISR Junior Professional Research scholar Boluwatife Dogari joins RCGD’s BioSocial Methods Collaborative
September 11, 2023
ANN ARBOR — To prepare for a research career investigating inequality and social interactions, Boluwatife (Bolu) Dogari has joined the Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) as part of this year’s inaugural cohort of Junior Professional Researchers at the Institute for Social Research.Alicia Carmichael, the Research Process Director for RCGD’s…
Next Generation Initiative helps explore public opinion research
September 11, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR — In hindsight, Hwayong Shin almost had to end up at the Institute for Social Research.“I was very interested in ISR even before I started my Ph.D. program here because it had the Center for Political Studies,” she said. “It’s the powerhouse of public opinion…
Vincent Hutchings Receives the 2023 Hanes Walton, Jr. Career Award
August 21, 2023
Vincent Hutchings has been presented the Hanes Walton, Jr. Career Award by the American Political Science Association (APSA), a recognition of distinguished scholarship in political science that has contributed to understanding racial and ethnic politics and the conditions under which diversity and intergroup tolerance thrive in democratic societies. Hutchings has had a…