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SRC Programs
Youth Policy Lab
The University of Michigan Youth Policy Lab is a partnership between Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research. The Youth Policy Lab helps community and government agencies make better decisions by measuring what really works.
Survey Methodology Program
The Survey Methodology Program (SMP) was established within SRC in 1992 with the explicit aim of creating a multidisciplinary team to focus on research methodology. Thus, the SMP draws upon a range of disciplines including social psychology, cognitive psychology, sociology, statistics, and computer science.
Events
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Sep
29
SRC Seminar Series Presents: Reservation Wages Revisited: Empirics with the Canonical Model
Pawel Krolikowski, Senior Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Institute For Social Research @ 1:00pm -
Oct
6
SRC Seminar Series Presents: From Evidence to Action: Precision Implementation of Classroom Physical Activity Breaks
Rebecca Hasson, Victor L. Katch Collegiate Professor of Kinesiology
Institute For Social Research @ 1:00pm -
Oct
26
RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Lindsay Kobayashi)
How Culture Shapes the Measurement of Cognitive Aging: Lessons from the HCAP International Network
Institute For Social Research @ 3:30pm
Featured Faculty

Megan E Patrick
COLLEGIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR, OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH...
Justin Jager
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND THE...
Kate Cagney
DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY...
Sunghee Lee
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH...
Tuba Suzer Gurtekin
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...