News & Events
Cannabis, nicotine led US adult substance use trends in 2025
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
August 18, 2026
Beyond the park boundary: When green space has polluted neighbors
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Aug
27
Piano Lab Pro: The Science of Stage Presence
Earl V. Moore Building @ 1:30pm -
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
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.
Daniel P Keating
PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS,...
Lisa Wexler
PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR,...
AJ Million
RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR, INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND...
Rob Franzese
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE...
Elizabeth Moss
LIBRARIAN, INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH,...
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.
