Since its inception in the early 1960s, the Social Environment and Health Program (SEH) has been a leader in the development of theory and research on the major role of psychosocial factors in the etiology and course of both mental and physical health and illness. Founded as a cross-disciplinary program, the program has been home to The… Continue reading Social Environment & Health
Research Theme: ISR
Demography of Aging, Disability and Care (DADC)
The Demography of Aging, Disability and Care program focuses on population aging, disability, and long-term care and related measurement and survey issues. The program provides leadership for several national studies of late-life disability and care. The program also supports the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA), one of 15 centers funded by the… Continue reading Demography of Aging, Disability and Care (DADC)
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
Academic researchers, policy practitioners, and the general public alike have come to depend on indicators of democracy such as the Freedom House and Polity indexes. Such indicators are used to trace waves of democracy, educate students about world politics, test theories about the causes and consequences of democracy, allocate foreign aid, assess efforts to promote… Continue reading Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
RAPID: Quasi-Experiment on the Effect of Disaster-induced Displacement
This project examines the political consequences of Hurricane Harvey by studying post-Harvey migration patterns as an event with serious political and economic consequences. This framework examines variations in the decision of displaced individuals to move to different areas and how this affects their associated experience. Researchers also examine how people’s political attitudes change in response… Continue reading RAPID: Quasi-Experiment on the Effect of Disaster-induced Displacement
Micro-Foundations of Conflict Escalation (MiCE)
Micro-Foundations of Conflict Escalation (MiCE) will improve understanding of how and why conflicts escalate. Previous research has, for the most part, treated conflict as an either-or phenomenon. If it has shown any interest in escalation, it has confined itself to pointing to very broad structural factors that increase the risk of a conflict being either… Continue reading Micro-Foundations of Conflict Escalation (MiCE)
Expanding the Industries of Ideas: Understanding the link between research investments, jobs, and skills
The immediate goal of the project is to identify what timely, local, actionable information tools can measure and describe the impact of NSF/TIP investments in critical and emerging technologies. The focus is documenting the impact of investments in Artificial Intelligence on jobs and skills so that stakeholder communities can proactively support the creation of high-wage,… Continue reading Expanding the Industries of Ideas: Understanding the link between research investments, jobs, and skills
Novel Methods to Inform mHealth Interventions for Substance Use
This project aims to address the need for robust, rigorous and computationally efficient methods for optimizing Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) to prevent and treat substance use disorders (SUD). Although the proposed methods are motivated by micro randomized trials (MRTs) in SUD, they can be extended to observational studies and employed to develop effective JITAIs in… Continue reading Novel Methods to Inform mHealth Interventions for Substance Use
The Effects of COVID-19 on Long Term Care for High-Need Older Adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
The overarching aim of this study is to assess the immediate and longer-term effect of the COVID 19 pandemic on the use of long-term services and supports by high-need older adults living in the US and to understand how these impacts differ for those living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD). We will draw… Continue reading The Effects of COVID-19 on Long Term Care for High-Need Older Adults with and without Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS)
The New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS) is a citywide, representative survey of New York City’s housing stock and population conducted about every three years. The NYCHVS collects data in neighborhoods, in all five boroughs, and focuses on representing all New Yorkers—regardless of who they are or where they live. All of this… Continue reading New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS)
Improving Measurement of Community Safety Perceptions with Enhanced Data Inclusivity and Novel Use of Small Area Estimation through Population – Based Hybrid Sampling: A Pilot Study in Detroit, Michigan
The proposed study aims to implement a pilot project in the City of Detroit (n=1,200) with a novel, yet practical sampling approach designed to maximize coverage of microgeographies (Census block groups in our case) as well as inclusivity of groups who may be underrepresented in traditional sample surveys due to, for example, nonresponse and may… Continue reading Improving Measurement of Community Safety Perceptions with Enhanced Data Inclusivity and Novel Use of Small Area Estimation through Population – Based Hybrid Sampling: A Pilot Study in Detroit, Michigan