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
Human Development
Family & Relationships
Population Health
Understanding the Connections among Genes, Environment, Family Processes, and Mental Health
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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Joshua M. Ackerman
Faculty Associate, RCGD Associate Professor, Psychology
Joshua Ackerman's research revolves around interpersonal cognition, and how and why people's relationships influence how we think, prefer, … more -
M. Anne Pitcher
Faculty Associate, CPS Professor, LSA DAAS Professor, LSA Political Science
Anne Pitcher studies the comparative politics of developing countries, especially those in Africa. Her research has explored the political economy … 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
