U-M Institute for Social Research marks 75 years of research innovation

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: Oct. 14-15

EVENT: The Institute for Social Research plans to mark its 75th anniversary with a research symposium highlighting a number of the ongoing projects that make the institute and its centers a leader in a wide range of fields.

Across five different keynote speeches, presenters will discuss ISR's future in general and its specific work in a few different contexts. Participants will join ISR researchers in tackling questions surrounding the future of social science data collections and the resulting impact of the pressing issues our society faces.

Some of the speakers are:

• Grace Noppert, ISR research assistant professor
• Michael Traugott, ISR research professor emeritus
• Robert Groves, Georgetown University provost
• Kate Cagney, ISR director
• Laurie McCauley, U-M provost
• Nicholas Valentino, ISR research professor
• Allison Harell, professor, University of Montreal
• Joanne Hsu, ISR research associate professor
• David Williams, professor, Harvard University
• Linda Waite, professor, University of Chicago

ISR was founded in 1949, uniting the previously established Survey Research Center and Research Center for Group Dynamics, under one umbrella. In the years since, ISR has expanded its research footprint to include the five centers that now comprise the institute today, including the SRC, RCGD, Population Studies Center, Center for Political Studies and Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Together, the five centers continue to carry out ISR's ongoing mission to pursue social science for the public good.

More information about the symposium.

PLACE: Institute for Social Research, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor