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.
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Poverty & Inequality
Economic Behavior
Detroit Metropolitan Area Communities Study (DMACS): A Collaborative Information and Innovation Platform for the Region
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Data & Methods
Population Health
RAISE:Neighborhood Environments as Socio-Techno-bio Systems: Water Quality, Public Trust, and Health in Mexico City
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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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Jennifer S. Barber
Research Professor, SRC-Family Demography Research Professor, PSC Assoc Dir Acad Program, Sociology Professor, Sociology
Dr. Barber's research revolves around family sociology, demography and social psychology, with a focus on teen pregnancy. She recently … more -
Brian P. Rowan
Research Professor, SRC - Education & Well Being Professor, Sociology Professor, Soe-Educational Studies
Brian Rowan is the Burke A. Hinsdale Collegiate Professor in Education, a research professor at the Survey Research Center, Institute … more
Latest News
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September 24, 2020
Firearms research at U-M gets a $4.6M boost with three new grants from CDC
ANN ARBOR—In a milestone of research funding, three teams of University of Michigan researchers have received funding from the Centers Read more
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September 17, 2020
Dunham’s Data – A Unique Fragment of Dance History and Movement
ANN ARBOR – Just in time for National Dance Day (Sept. 19), The National Endowment for the Arts has Read more
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September 16, 2020
Parents get ‘incomplete’ grade on pandemic homeschooling
ANN ARBOR—The pandemic homeschooling report card for many parents isn’t good. As schools nationwide suspended in-person education, many parents felt Read more
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September 15, 2020
Dramatic increases in vaping marijuana, nicotine among US college students, young adults
ANN ARBOR—Vaping marijuana and vaping nicotine have increased dramatically among 19-to-22-year-olds, with both more than doubling between 2017 and 2019, Read more
