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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Aging & Retirement
Family & Relationships
Attachment Behaviors in Parent Child Dyads Coping with Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
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Social Psychology
Youth
Collaborative Research: SBP: LGBTQ Professionals in STEM: Workplace Experiences and Navigation Strategies of Sexual and Gender Minority Scientists and Engineers
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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Jenna L. Bednar
Research Professor, CPS Professor, LSA Political Science
Dr. Bednar's research combines positive political theory and systems theory to study how formal institutions remain effective in complex … more -
Barbara A. Anderson
Research Professor, PSC Professor, Sociology
Barbara Anderson studies the relationship between social change and demographic change. Her research focuses on the former Soviet Union, China … more
Latest News
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April 19, 2021
Michigan Minds: How Cultural and Structural Racism Relates to Health Inequalities
ANN ARBOR – In this episode of Michigan Minds, Maggie Hicken, research associate professor at the Institute for Social Research, Read more
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April 15, 2021
Michigan Minds: Exploring How the Pandemic has Impacted Third Places
ANN ARBOR – In this episode of Michigan Minds, Jessica Finlay, postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Social Research, Read more
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April 15, 2021
ISR Insights Speaker Series – Stress and Health in Context: The Role of Negative Relationships
ANN ARBOR – ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR. Stress and Health Read more
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April 15, 2021
Stability, security at risk for half of children in shared, or doubled-up households, U-M research finds
ANN ARBOR—Roughly half the kids in shared households may be living as “guests” in a less stable and secure environment, Read more
