University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
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The
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (
ISR) is the largest academic
social research and survey organization in the world, established in 1949. ISR includes more than 300 scientists from a variety of academic disciplines – including
political science,
psychology, sociology, economics,
demography, history,
anthropology, and statistics. The institute is a unit that houses five separate but interdependent centers which conduct research and maintain data archives. In 2021, Kathleen Cagney became the first woman in its history to be named Director of the institute.
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