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SRC Programs
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics (CID) was founded at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research in 2019. The mission of CID is to: produce cutting-edge research on social inequality, especially wealth inequality, train the next generation of inequality scholars, and build data infrastructure and increase data accessibility.
Social Environment & Health
Social Environment & Health (SEH), founded in 1962, is a leader in the development of theory and research on the role of psychosocial factors in the etiology and course of both mental and physical health and illness. SEH specializes in integrating knowledge from across multiple disciplines and using cutting-edge methods to characterize the social and environmental contexts in which people live their lives.
Events
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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
7
MPSDS / JPSM Seminar Series - Partisan Nonresponse All the Way Down
Marc Trussler - Director of Data Science at the University of Pennsylvania’s Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and a Senior Elections Analyst on the NBC News Decision Desk.
Institute For Social Research @ 12:00pm -
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
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Justin Jager
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Christoffer Dharma
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Steven G Heeringa
RESEARCH SCIENTIST EMERITUS, SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL...