
News & Events
Beyond hunger: Food insecurity in later life linked to dementia
August 28, 2026
Less buying power, elevated inflation push down consumer views
August 26, 2026
ISR project selected to receive funding from U-M Strategic Initiative Fund
August 19, 2026
A quarter century later, landmark U-M study revisits Black health and aging
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Sep
14
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health (Shinobu Kitayama)
From Culture to Community Ecology: How Social Interdependence Shapes Mind, Brain, and Health
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm -
Sep
16
International Research Hub Lunch
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm
Research
ISR serves as a national laboratory advancing understanding of human behavior through empirical research. More than 300 scientists are affiliated with one or more of our research centers. Their work provides the foundation for the Institute’s legacy of social science in the public interest.

David Alan Dunning
MARY ANN AND CHARLES R WALGREEN JR PROFESSOR OF THE STUDY OF HUMAN...
Christopher S Monk
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS,...
Mary Rose Janevic
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EQUITY, SCHOOL OF...
Yasamin Kusunoki
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, POPULATION STUDIES CENTER, FACULTY...
Robert J Willis
RESEARCH PROFESSOR EMERITUS, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...

Training & Opportunities

ISR is committed to training the next generation of social scientists, and to providing the highest quality continuing education to professionals working in the fields of survey research and data analysis.

Organizational Projects
- Strong, impactful social science research requires diverse cadres of scholars who can fully engage in all aspects of the research process.
- The high quality social science at ISR requires teams composed of staff and faculty whose contributions are understood to be equally valuable.
- We believe in a responsibility to share social science research resources broadly with scholars who are members of groups that are underrepresented in academic research.

