DEI Guiding Principles
We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion should be actively cultivated and celebrated at the Institute for Social Research. #WeAreISR
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.
Arthur Lupia
Research Professor, CPS Professor, LSA Political Science
Arthur Lupia examines how information and institutions affect policy and politics. He studies how people make decisions when they lack … moreTrivellore E. Raghunathan
Center Director, SRC Research Professor, SRC-Survey Methodology Professor, Biostatistics Department
Dr. Raghunathan's research interests are in the analysis of incomplete data, multiple imputation, Bayesian methods, design and analysis of … more
Latest News
February 12, 2020
Love matters: How parents’ love shapes children’s lives
ANN ARBOR—Parents often put their own relationship on the back burner to concentrate on their children, but a new study Read more
February 4, 2020
Native American mascots, names, chants: More offensive than previously reported
ANN ARBOR—The tomahawk chop and war chant by fans of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs may seem like Read more
February 4, 2020
Richard Gonzalez reappointed as director of Research Center for Group Dynamics
ANN ARBOR – Richard Gonzalez has agreed to serve a second term as director of the Research Center for Group Read more
January 31, 2020
NSF Selects AERA and ICPSR to Create New Data Hub to Boost STEM Education Research Efforts
ANN ARBOR, MI, and WASHINGTON, D.C., January 31, 2020 — The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Inter-university Consortium Read more
