In this video, John Kubale, Research Assistant Professor in ISR’s Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), explores the ways that researchers can leverage new sources of data to understand disease transmission, and the importance of preserving essential data. I’m an infectious disease epidemiologist and as faculty in ICPSR, I am really focused on… Continue reading Real world impact of ISR research: John Kubale
News Tag: Data & Methods
FATE: Unique Material Culture Collaboration Brings together the Arts and Social Sciences
ANN ARBOR–A new, publicly accessible dataset now provides unprecedented access to data on the material culture of clothing and textiles from 1700 to 2019 across all seven continents.The release of the data from an innovative project called “The Material Culture: Clothing and Textiles Metadata: Practices and Methods for the Arts and Sciences, Global, 1700-2024,” is… Continue reading FATE: Unique Material Culture Collaboration Brings together the Arts and Social Sciences
New Tools Guide NIH Researchers through a Changing Data Landscape
ANN ARBOR–Researchers navigating the recent changes in the NIH Data Management and Sharing policy on data sharing now have several new online resources from ICPSR, including webinar recordings and a resource page with guidance for the University of Michigan and broader research community. Below are some key questions and answers about how ICPSR is providing… Continue reading New Tools Guide NIH Researchers through a Changing Data Landscape
U-M releases data from Facebook, Instagram study on 2020 presidential election
The Social Media Archive at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has released data focusing on the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes during the U.S. 2020 elections. The U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study is a partnership between Meta researchers and independent external academics. The project is led… Continue reading U-M releases data from Facebook, Instagram study on 2020 presidential election
Human rights a thing of the past? Google says: No
Contact: Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ANN ARBOR—Recently, scholars have expressed doubt that the language of human rights still animates the global fight for better living conditions. Critics say the “human rights-based approach,” defined by the United Nations as a “conceptual framework for the process of human development that is normatively based on international human rights… Continue reading Human rights a thing of the past? Google says: No
New study to explore impact of remote legal intervention on substance use disorder treatment outcomes
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — A two-year randomized control trial will explore whether online legal interventions can lead to better long-term outcomes for people suffering from substance use disorders. Meghan O’Neil, a research scholar at the Institute for Social Research’s Population Studies Center, will serve as the study’s primary investigator. Her team released… Continue reading New study to explore impact of remote legal intervention on substance use disorder treatment outcomes
New paper offers first look at national eye health data in more than a decade
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — A new paper is exploring data from the first national study to directly assess vision impairment and blindness in older American adults in more than a decade. The study, run jointly by members of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, the University of Michigan Medical School,… Continue reading New paper offers first look at national eye health data in more than a decade
New paper suggests declining U.S. life expectancy should be addressed at neighborhood level
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Declines in life expectancy in the United States point to looming problems that could be exacerbated by inequalities in the healthcare system. A new paper published by Grace Noppert, Kate Duchowny, and Philippa Clarke notes that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. life expectancy… Continue reading New paper suggests declining U.S. life expectancy should be addressed at neighborhood level
Grant renewed to extend teaching fundamentals of genetics to social scientists
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — The renewal of a grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund a workshop to teach social scientists the fundamentals of genetics for another five years. The Genomics for Social Scientists workshop was launched in 2017 in hopes of helping social scientists better utilize genetic data that… Continue reading Grant renewed to extend teaching fundamentals of genetics to social scientists
NIA R24 grant to fund five-year methodological research network
Contact: Jon Meerdink, [email protected] ANN ARBOR — The National Institute on Aging has awarded a five-year R24 grant to a team from the Institute for Social Research intended to advance the methodological techniques used in longitudinal studies of aging. The team, which includes Brady West, Sunghee Lee, and Esther Friedman, will work to build a network… Continue reading NIA R24 grant to fund five-year methodological research network