
News & Events
Black progress in real time—public art from Rick Lowe informed by U-M social research
September 28, 2026
Abuse and disability trap: 90% of incarcerated Michigan youth suffered prior abuse
September 28, 2026
Insights talk investigates data gleaned from police body camera footage
September 25, 2026
Trade tensions, high prices and interest rates drive slip in consumers’ outlook
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Sep
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CoderSpaces - Tuesdays
weekly data science hubs
Off Campus Location @ 9:30am -
Sep
29
A (Lottery) Ticket to the Middle Class: The Changing Structure of Downside Risk Among American College Graduates
Tom VanHeuvelen, University of Minnesota
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.

Grace Noppert
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER AND FACULTY...
Noelle E Carlozzi
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, PROFESSOR OF SURGERY,...
Robin Tepper Jacob
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY...
Jan Van Den Bulck
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA, PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION...
Richard T Curtin
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.

