News & Events
Beyond hunger: Food insecurity in later life linked to dementia
September 3, 2026
U-M piano students fight stage fright with VR
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
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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
ISR Insights Speaker Series
Discover groundbreaking research on timely social issues at the ISR Insights Speaker Series. Join us as ISR researchers take the stage to share their insights in captivating talks.
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.
Amanda Kowalski
GAIL WILENSKY PROFESSOR OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC POLICY, PROFESSOR...
Melvin Stephens Jr
INTERIM CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, COLLEGE OF...
Arland Thornton
PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIOLOGY, COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE...
Jared Alan Lyle
ARCHIVIST, INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH,...
Esther M Friedman
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER AND FACULTY...
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.
