SOCIAL SCIENCE

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RESEARCHERS

from 20+ academic disciplines

Impact of Consumer Holiday Spending



How will the economy affect holiday spending? Director of the Surveys of Consumers, Joanne Hsu, weighs in on the effects of inflation and supply chain issues for the holiday shopping season. Read the latest from the Surveys of Consumers.

Our Centers

ISR consists of five separate but interdependent research centers, each with a particular focus and capabilities.

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.

  • Richard H Price

    Professor Emeritus of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor Emeritus, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
    Richard H. Price is Stanley E. Seashore Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies Emeritus, and a Research Professor at … more
  • Helen Carmon Spink Meier

    Assistant Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research and Adjunct Lecturer in Epidemiology, School of Public Health
    Dr. Meier’s research focuses on biosocial approaches to health inequalities and aging. She is an epidemiologist and uses a … more

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