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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.
Landscapes of Population Health
Landscapes of Population Health ("Landscapes") is an interdisciplinary research team of historians, social-behavioral scientists , and statisticians, merging expertise in the study of American society, population health, and cutting-edge data science. Through our collaborations, we aim to clarify the social drivers and biological mechanisms that underlie variation in population health.
Events
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Sep
16
International Research Hub Lunch
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm -
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
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

Shiyu Zhang
RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Robin Tepper Jacob
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROFESSOR, SURVEY...
Marilyn Sinkewicz
RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...
Joelle Abramowitz
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...
Lizbeth 'Libby' Benson
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...