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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Data & Methods
Social Psychology
Demonstration of a feasibility of improving scientific literacy and lifelong learning through a just-in-time dissemination process: NASA 5-4-2015
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Population Health
Social Psychology
Economic Behavior
M-CARES The Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study
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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Kristin Lynn Drogos
Research Investigator, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research and Lecturer I in Communication and Media, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Dr. Drogos’s research focuses on the role of media in the socialization of youth. More specifically, she researches how … more -
Yuri Zhukov
Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Associate Professor, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research
Yuri’s research interests include international security, civil war, insurgency and counterinsurgency, policy diffusion, civil-military relations, Russian and Eurasian … more
Latest News
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May 19, 2022
Flint water crisis: U-M study examines effects on academic outcomes
Contact: Daniel Rivkin, rivkind@umich.edu Jeff Karoub, jkaroub@umich.edu ANN ARBOR—Math achievement for school-age children in Flint decreased and the proportion of Read more
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May 18, 2022
U-M Museum of Natural History takes closer look at social, health inequities that fueled pandemic
Contact: Jamie Sherman, blijams@umich.edu Lori Dick, loridick@umich.edu ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History’s latest exhibit, “Facing the Read more
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May 18, 2022
How Harvard Sociologist Sasha Killewald Got Her Start at ISR
Contact: Jon Meerdink, meerdink@umich.edu ANN ARBOR – Sasha Killewald is pursuing big answers to crucial questions — questions that could Read more
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May 16, 2022
ISR remembers Bob Schoeni with multidisciplinary research symposium
Contact: Jon Meerdink, meerdink@umich.edu ANN ARBOR – The Institute for Social Research honored the life and legacy of Bob Schoeni Read more
