Institute for Social Research

  1. April 9, 2025

    Federal research funding fuels innovation, economic growth

    Federal grants awarded to U-M researchers help to drive innovation and economic growth, supporting thousands of jobs and generating millions in research-related spending across the U.S.

  2. April 7, 2025

    ICPSR staffer excels in engineering outside her job

    Candice Wilson, a DevOps manager at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, is a self-proclaimed “hobbyist engineer.”

  3. March 31, 2025

    Uncertainty around economic policies sinks consumer sentiment

    Consumer sentiment plummeted 12% in March, falling for the third straight month, said economist Joanne Hsu, director of U-M’s Surveys of Consumers.

  4. January 20, 2025

    ICPSR staffer brings joy to others through art

    Kathryn Lavender, a data project manager at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, turned her watercolor paintings of cats into calendars.

  5. January 9, 2025

    Youth drug use defies expectations, continues to decline

    Adolescent drug use continued to drop in 2024, building on and extending the historically large decreases that occurred during the pandemic onset in 2020.

  6. October 21, 2024

    Four from U-M elected to National Academy of Medicine

    Kenneth M. Langa, Erica E. Marsh, Santa J. Ono and Marc A. Zimmerman have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in medical research.

  7. October 8, 2024

    University launches new surveys of sustainability indicators

    U-M has launched its latest Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program surveys, which aim to assess sustainability knowledge, behaviors and attitudes among students, faculty and staff.

  8. October 8, 2024

    ISR looks to the future while marking first 75 years

    The Institute for Social Research is celebrating 75 years of research into crucial areas of the social sciences with a research symposium Oct. 14-15.

  9. October 4, 2024

    Adversity, maternal depression linked to teen mental health risk

    Teens who faced high levels of emotional and multidimensional adversity in their early years are at the most significant risk for mental health challenges, a 15-year U-M study revealed.

  10. September 3, 2024

    Adult cannabis, hallucinogen use still at historic highs

    The percentages of adults using cannabis and hallucinogens over the past year stayed at historically high levels in 2023, according to the U-M’s Monitoring the Future survey.