Winter Seminar Series Examines Political Polarization
January 12, 2023
The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. This winter, the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research...
David Dunning on the Dunning-Kruger Effect
January 10, 2023
“The beauty and the terror of the internet,” social psychologist David Dunning tells interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast, “is that there’s a lot of terrific information, but there’s also a lot of misinformation and sometimes...
âDunning-Kruger effectâ scholars win 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology
December 7, 2022
Contact: Tevah Platt, 734-660-4999, [email protected] ARBOR—Social psychologists David Dunning of the University of Michigan and Justin Kruger of New York University have been named co-winners of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology for their work identifying a cognitive bias that causes...
Grant to fund a return to research on child trauma and maltreatment
November 30, 2022
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])ANN ARBOR – A rarely bestowed grant will allow a University of Michigan researcher to complete work she had to put on hold due to a cancer diagnosis.Suzanne Perkins, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature,...
ISR, partners conduct first national study of public librariesâ Black History Month programming
November 14, 2022
The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR)– in partnership with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) and the Public Library Association (PLA)– is embarking on a three-year project that will be the first systematic, national study to assess the...
ISR, partners conduct first national study of public librariesâ Black History Month programming
November 14, 2022
Contact: Tevah Platt, 734-660-4999 Morgan Sherburne, 734-647-1844, [email protected] ARBOR—Researchers from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan have received a $750,000 research grant to conduct a survey of Black History Month programming in public libraries...
Family members caring for COVID patients after ICU discharge face unique challenges
October 31, 2022
Contact: Laura Bailey, 734-647-1848, [email protected] ARBOR––Roughly 21% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic required an intensive care stay and the bulk were cared for by family upon discharge. However, not much is known about how these caregivers and...
Relocation later in life and contact frequency with friends: Do contact modes matter?
October 10, 2022
Contact: Jared Wadley, 734-834-7719, [email protected] ARBOR—When older adults move to a new location far from their residence, their friends should not expect too many telephone calls or visits, according to a new University of Michigan study.U-M researchers examined changes in the...
Gender inequality can predict high rates of child physical abuse
October 5, 2022
Contact: Jared Wadley, 734-834-7719, [email protected] ARBOR—The challenges women in low- and middle-income countries face as they seek equal rights can cause distress—and some of them may take it out on their children with physical abuse.In a new report published in the...
Institute for Social Research faculty receive grant funding for anti-racism research
August 31, 2022
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])Five researchers with appointments at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) have received grants from the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at the University of Michigan for their work on anti-racism projects.Mara Ostfeld, Ken Kollman,...
