Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Hakeem Jefferson’s academic career has been centered around two constants: a deep interest in politics, and the Institute for Social Research (ISR). Now an assistant professor at Stanford, Jefferson started his academic journey as a graduate student in ISR’s Center for Political Studies (CPS). Working under academic advisors… Continue reading Hakeem Jefferson continues to pursue questions he first asked at ISR
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‘Seeing Us in Them’ Collects ISPP, APSA Awards
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR – A book exploring the factors that lead to cooperation between different political and social groups is drawing critical praise and awards. Seeing Us in Them: Social Divisions and the Politics of Group Empathy has been recognized with four awards since its publication in the spring of 2021, three… Continue reading ‘Seeing Us in Them’ Collects ISPP, APSA Awards
Institute for Social Research faculty receive grant funding for anti-racism research
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) Five researchers with appointments at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) have received grants from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at the University of Michigan for their work on anti-racism projects. Mara Ostfeld, Ken Kollman, Julia Lippman, Vincent Hutchings, and Stephanie Fryberg all contribute to projects selected… Continue reading Institute for Social Research faculty receive grant funding for anti-racism research
New study explores the negative effects of housing instability on mental health
The Great Recession may have affected Americans’ well-being in ways previously not well understood. A new study has found that people who experienced housing instability as a result of the economic downturn during the 2007-09 recession were considerably more likely to have experienced anxiety attacks and other symptoms of mental illness. The study, conducted by… Continue reading New study explores the negative effects of housing instability on mental health
ICPSR Receives Award to Provide Dataset Communicating Public Library Programming Outcomes
Contact: Dr. A.J. Million, [email protected] ANN ARBOR ‒ The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is pleased to announce an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) award to aggregate and disseminate a one-of-a-kind dataset documenting public library programming outcomes. Funded under the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program, this effort is a… Continue reading ICPSR Receives Award to Provide Dataset Communicating Public Library Programming Outcomes
U-M Youth Policy Lab and TRAILS to study effectiveness of student mental health programming
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan’s Youth Policy Lab (YPL) and TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students) have been awarded a $3.8 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The grant will support implementation and evaluation of TRAILS… Continue reading U-M Youth Policy Lab and TRAILS to study effectiveness of student mental health programming
Pamela Davis-Kean discusses impact of pandemic-related learning loss
In an article on WXYZ Detroit, Pamela Davis-Kean discussed a United Nations backed report which finds pandemic-related school closures could cost children $17 trillion in lifetime income: “If we don’t overcome some of this, there are groups of people who probably will not be in the economic situation that they might have been in two… Continue reading Pamela Davis-Kean discusses impact of pandemic-related learning loss
Michigan Program in Survey Methodology is now the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science
ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology is entering a new era with a new name. Going forward, the program, with its alumni network including statisticians, survey scientists, analysts, and data scientists, will be called the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Program Director Fred Conrad explains the motivation behind… Continue reading Michigan Program in Survey Methodology is now the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science
Early COVID-19 news coverage amplified political divide
ANN ARBOR—Newspaper coverage of COVID-19 is at least as politicized and polarized as climate change coverage, say University of Michigan researchers. Both newspaper and network news COVID-19 stories were polarized in early coverage of the pandemic, which may have shaped pandemic attitudes, according to a new U-M analysis of U.S. media coverage from March to… Continue reading Early COVID-19 news coverage amplified political divide
Polarization of climate change news is no hoax
ANN ARBOR—Concern about the politicization of climate change news is not new, but coverage of the issue over the last three decades has shifted. A new University of Michigan study quantitatively shows, for the first time, that during a 30-year period, coverage of climate change has not only become dominated by partisan voices, but also… Continue reading Polarization of climate change news is no hoax