Consumers remain tentative as uncertainty looms
September 29, 2023
Contact: Morgan Sherburne, [email protected] U-M Surveys of Consumers, 734-763-5224 ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment was little changed in September, inching down a mere 1.4 index points from August, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Sentiment has been essentially...
New leadership at ISR’s Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science
September 28, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — The Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) at the Institute for Social Research is now under new leadership. Sunghee Lee, Ph.D., now serves as director of MPSDS after taking over for Frederick Conrad, Ph.D., who had occupied the...
$3.5 million grant renewal marks 30 years of support for minority aging and health equity across Michigan
September 20, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Funding for the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR) has been renewed, ensuring another five years of high quality research, career mentorship, and community outreach. MCUAAAR, which has been continuously funded...
Additional incentives and follow-up improve participation in national web and mail surveys
September 12, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Finding ways to increase survey participation is a crucial concern for social scientists whose work depends on respondents’ willingness to answer survey questions. In a new paper from a team at the University of Michigan’s Institute for...
Next Generation Initiative helps explore public opinion research
September 11, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — In hindsight, Hwayong Shin almost had to end up at the Institute for Social Research. “I was very interested in ISR even before I started my Ph.D. program here because it had the Center for Political Studies,” she said. “It’s the...
Shinobu Kitayama and Robert Sellers Receive APS’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Awards
September 11, 2023
ANN ARBOR — The Association for Psychological Science (APS) has awarded 2024 APS Lifetime Achievement Awards– the association’s highest honors– to 15 psychological scientists whose contributions have advanced understanding of topics ranging from how to alleviate human suffering to cultural...
Consumer sentiment holds as personal finances remain stable
August 25, 2023
ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment was relatively unchanged in August and ended the month with its second-highest reading in 21 months, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. This follows two months of large jumps in sentiment resulting from the substantial slowdown in...
2023 Junior Professional Research cohort begins its work
August 16, 2023
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — The inaugural Junior Professional Researcher (JPR) program at the Institute for Social Research is off and running. The first cohort of researchers began their research on August 14, gaining key skills and first-hand exposure to the best in...
Team led by U-M receives $7.5M to aid flood predictions
August 17, 2023
A University of Michigan-led team is bringing together researchers in science, technology and the humanities for better flood-risk predictions and better decision-making in response to those risks to reduce the human and economic costs of extreme flooding events, which are on the rise due to...
Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking, reach historic highs among adults 35-50
August 17, 2023
ANN ARBOR—Adults aged 35 to 50 continued a long-term upward trajectory in past-year use of marijuana and hallucinogens to reach all-time highs in 2022, according to the Monitoring the Future panel study, an annual survey of substance use behaviors and attitudes of adults 19-to-60 years old. ...
