Home Sweet HomeLab
The HomeLab, housed within the University of Michigan’s BioSocial Methods Collaborative, looks and feels like a complete apartment. But unlike a home, the lab is outfitted with technology that allows researchers to observe how people live their lives. Learn more here: https://biosocialmethods.isr.umich.edu/labs/u-m-homelab/
Our Centers
ISR consists of five separate but interdependent research centers, each with a particular focus and capabilities.
Projects & Grants
We conduct research in a wide variety of areas. View some of our recent project highlights or explore them all by topic area.
Topics
Faculty Profiles
ISR’s faculty experts conduct groundbreaking and wide-ranging social science research — representing more than 20 academic disciplines. Included below are two examples of the type of work being done by members of our team.
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Tam E. Perry
Adjunct Faculty Associate, RCGD
Her ethnographic research addresses housing transitions of older adults from a network perspective. As health, mobility and kin and peer … more -
Saundra Schneider
Research Scientist, ICPSR - Summer Program
Saundra K. Schneider is the Director of the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at ICPSR and Professor … more
Latest News
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July 15, 2019
Healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk of dementia
ANN ARBOR – Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to new research. Read more
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July 9, 2019
Screen size matters: Consumers less attentive to news content on small screens
ANN ARBOR—If you’re getting your news from a smartphone, size matters. Heart rate variability decreases and changes in sweat are Read more
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June 28, 2019
Tariffs have modest negative impact on confidence
ANN ARBOR—June’s small overall decline in consumer confidence was entirely due to households with incomes in the top third of Read more
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June 27, 2019
Seeing the doctor? Relax, you’ll remember more
ANN ARBOR—Some patients feel shame, anxiety or fear immediately before seeing their doctor, making them tense. But if they can Read more
