Center for Political Studies

  1. May 10, 2026

    U-M computer scientist earns Carnegie Fellowship

    Ceren Budak, associate professor of information and of electrical engineering and computer science, has been selected as one of the nation’s newest Andrew Carnegie Fellows.

  2. April 27, 2026

    How this U-M professor is using AI to fight political inequality

    At the University of Michigan, Tyler Simko is using artificial intelligence and big data to expose and correct biases that distort equal representation.

  3. September 8, 2025

    Pauline Jones named director of Center for Political Studies

    Jones will assume this new role after being on sabbatical for the 2025-26 academic year as a senior fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

  4. May 27, 2025

    Obituary — William Zimmerman

    Professor Emeritus William (Bill) Zimmerman IV died April 28, 2025, in Ann Arbor. He was a professor of political science in LSA and research professor at the Center for Political Studies in the Institute for Social Research.

  5. May 10, 2024

    Feelings of misinformation lead to more news avoidance

    As people have more difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction in the United States, they are more likely to feel news fatigue and avoid news altogether, according to a U-M study.

  6. March 12, 2024

    Political rage on social media is making us cynical

    Political anger and cynicism are rising in the U.S. and in many democracies worldwide, and both are associated with exposure to political attacks on social media, a new U-M study shows.

  7. March 11, 2024

    Americans’ trust in science survived polarization, Trump attacks

    Americans’ basic confidence in science and scientific expertise was unshaken by the Trump administration’s attacks on scientific expertise, and has remained high during the last six decades.

  8. February 24, 2022

    Russel lecturer Donald Kinder to address democracy and prejudice

    U-M psychology and political science professor Donald Kinder will deliver the 97th Henry Russel Lecture March 14 in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union.

  9. May 20, 2021

    Kathleen Cagney named Institute for Social Research director

    Kathleen A. Cagney, a professor of sociology and former deputy dean at the University of Chicago, has been named director of U-M’s Institute for Social Research.

  10. May 12, 2021

    Remembering political scientist Ronald Inglehart

    Ronald F. Inglehart, Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor Emeritus of Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights, professor emeritus of political science, and research professor emeritus in the Center for Political Studies, died May 8 at age 86.