Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Understanding why people do what they do politically is the core goal of the Institute for Social Research’s Center for Political Studies. The effort to analyze and describe voting motivations and political behavior at every portion of the spectrum has been a defining part of the Center’s existence… Continue reading How big questions about political research drew Ph.D. candidate Joshua Thorp to ISR
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Next Generation Initiative helps explore public opinion research
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 powerhouse of public opinion studies and it’s… Continue reading Next Generation Initiative helps explore public opinion research
Next Generation Initiative paves the way for Davis Daumler’s award-winning research
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Poverty may not be the sort of thing one sets out to study, but for Davis Daumler, inequality and its long-running effects are topics of social importance that demand high-quality research and sustained policy action. “I consider myself a scholar of inequality,” said Daumler, a Ph.D. candidate whose… Continue reading Next Generation Initiative paves the way for Davis Daumler’s award-winning research
How deep-rooted origin stories led to cutting edge research at ISR
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Lydia Wileden walked two unique paths on her way to the Institute for Social Research. The first centered on her research. Her work to date has focused on measuring neighborhood perceptions and reputations, tracking how they change and how those changes affect the people who live there. It… Continue reading How deep-rooted origin stories led to cutting edge research at ISR