Hey, so I'm doing this thing next week, and it's a pilot for what I'm hoping will be a regular thing, and I'm really excited about it, and I do hope you'll join us. Signup here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7

#LooktoMichigan for innovation in survey research! A great talk on the future of survey research.

We are thrilled to have Laura Schechter join us Monday to present her Dakar study investigating the extent to which collusion can explain the under-provision of clean sanitation technologies in developing countries. psc.isr.umich.edu/events/zivin... @uwcsde.bsky.social

This will be the first time that I’m talking about this brand new work with @randridge.bsky.social; please join!

For all population scientists: Join us for open office hours on Zoom Wednesday! PDHP offers stellar mentorship: pdhp.isr.umich.edu/resources/

Community is great! 💙 Thanks for coming to the PSC picnic... @socinequality.bsky.social @joelabriola.bsky.social #PSCPicnic

Here's the dirt cake I'm bringing, along with some other secret treats for the @um-psc.bsky.social family!

🎊 Oh, praise and congratulations to @burgards.bsky.social!! the inaugural James S. House Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies. Read all about it: myumi.ch/n1qNy

😍 @olsonkm.bsky.social: If you use complex survey data, read and use the PRICSSA checklist (Preferred Reporting Items for Complex Sample Survey Analysis) in this Editor's Choice paper by Seidenberg, Moser and our @bradytwest.bsky.social et al. 👏👏

@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com: "The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social theconversation.com/us-women-nar...

🌍📚 NEW PAPER | In International Migration Review, APARC's Gi-Wook Shin & @um-psc.bsky.social's Kelsi Caywood show how countries can mitigate brain drain via strategic brain circulation and linkage. Lessons from China and India offer roadmaps for other countries. Read 👉 buff.ly/fuh4F0P

With a field experiment in the context of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, Prabhat Barnwal has studied the role of norms, commitment, and social enforcement that may limit the formalization of risk-sharing. More as we open our brown bag series next Monday! psc.isr.umich.edu/events/zivin...

Cash in hand has helped moms in Flint, and led to health improvements for babies. PSC's Luke Shaefer and Sumit Agarwal discuss on @npr.org ⬇️ www.michiganpublic.org/health/2025-...

Mark your calendar for this fall's series of coffee chats at @um-psc.bsky.social: Oct. 7, Nov. 4, and Dec. 2, featuring baked goods and brief interviews with friends in population science. psc.isr.umich.edu/events/psc-c...

A new HRS study finds older adults anticipating transitioning to a nursing home are more likely to report poorer mental health. Efforts to assist older adults and their families need to begin long before the actual relocation into residential care takes place. myumi.ch/61QDX

🇨🇳 Experts on gender politics in China, ethnographers Jundai Liu and PSC's @yunjulietzhou present at #APSA2025 on the gendered root of the Chinese Communist Party's Wartime Regime Building. #PoliSky

Single, divorced, widowed? Research from Pamela Smock and Deborah Carr @buffalonyrose.bsky.social shows Social Security policies can disadvantage some women whose benefits lag behind their married peers. More from @umichnews.bsky.social ➡️ myumi.ch/XyQ8e

🔥 Don't miss this author-meets-critics session tomorrow at #APSA2025 on "Health Care Civil Rights" by PSC's @annakirkland.bsky.social-- new and open access from @ucpress.bsky.social!

New in the Journal of Health Economics: PSC's Hoyt Bleakley investigates whether education gains that result from longer lifespans make a difference in economic well-being: Living longer itself matters much more than that extra schooling. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40885078/

At the Oct. 7 PSC Coffee chat, would you rather hear biostatician Rod Little sing... 1️⃣ a Tom Lehrer cover song about imputation 2️⃣ a sea shanty 📊 Show results

I'm proud to report that the panel project of the Health and Retirement Study has produced an *increase* in the response rate (RR) from 2022 to 2024 (67.9 to ~69.2). Say what you will about RRs, but this is a testament to an excellent team open to new methods! hrs.isr.umich.edu/documentatio...

The cachet of CASBS fellowship works its magic very quickly Congrats to 2025-26 fellow @profpjones.bsky.social, named the next director of the @umisrcps.bsky.social 🙌👏 Announcement: cps.isr.umich.edu/2025/08/29/c...

I find myself rereading today @annakirkland.bsky.social's "Physicians as Political Pawns" in @nejm.org www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Friends! Inherited Inequality makes its debut Sept 16 🎉 Join me for an open & honest conversation about the power & limits of the two-parent family for improving child outcomes & addressing one of America’s most intractable problems: racial inequality Hope to see you there!

Access to air conditioning will be a continued public health concern. Data is available to see who has access to AC in the U.S. @um-src.bsky.social #LookToMichigan

In my book I argue that liberal arts skills *are* employable skills. Hopefully, more studies like the one below can help us shift the harmful and inaccurate narrative that only technical/vocational majors prepare students for the workforce. theconversation.com/studying-phi...

Free to read! New research in Socius from ASA member Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social shows that, while broadband access has increased in the U.S. since 2013, gaps by race, education, and poverty still persist. @sociusjournal.bsky.social‬

RFK has cut about 20% of civil servants at DHHS affecting NIH’s ability to deliver grants, CDC’s ability to monitor disease and FDA’s ability to ensure we have safe food and drugs. There’s no easy fix w/ a new admin. Stability of fed jobs was a key benefit—which has been shattered. Who will go back?

👀 An op-ed by @um-psc.bsky.social alum @ebeam.bsky.social and Holly Painter with a population perspective on youth sports! @usatoday.com

Thank you @maggielevenstein.bsky.social and @johnkubale.bsky.social for this great summary and action call in @theconversation.com on #DisappearingData

University of Michigan Institute for Social Research The Conversation, ISR researchers Maggie Levenstein and John Kubale detail recent threats to public access to federal data and how efforts at ICPSR and beyond are working to protect it. Learn what you can do to help: myumi.ch/D8XdE

Great new podcast episode! Dr. Alexandra Murphy of @umfordschool.bsky.social discusses transportation insecurity her work constructing and implementing the Transportation Insecurity Index. Listen here: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/ale...

Davis Daumler and Jane Furey, 2025 Sociology graduates of the PSC training program and @umichstonecid.bsky.social, won recognitions from @asanews.bsky.social for their work that's helped us better understand inequality in America. Read more & congrats @umich.edu! psc.isr.umich.edu/news/psc-and...

Excited to share my recent publication in @sociusjournal.bsky.social ! Despite improvements to home broadband, racial/ethnic, educational, and income disparities continue to prevent equitable internet access. We can’t assume that everyone is online, and policy can address cost and access limitations

📶 Who’s still offline in a wired world? A new #Socius data visualization by @spencerallen.bsky.social (@um-psc.bsky.social)‬ tracks #BroadbandAccess in the U.S. from 2013–2023—showing gaps by #Race, #Education & #Poverty have narrowed, but persist. Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

From the @theconversation.com today by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social & @johnkubale.bsky.social “Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it.”‬ #academicsky #data #umich @icpsr.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social

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New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliates Kira Birditt @vafreedman.bsky.social @spattersearch.bsky.social in Journal of Aging & Social Policy A Perspective on Making “Invisible” Care Visible Through Time Use Data

Let’s make it even harder for this disastrous administration to do hard things.

this is beacon of hope style news!

As Alzheimer’s disease & related dementias become more common, understanding risk factors is crucial. Research using the Health & Retirement Study finds food insecurity (affecting 13% of participants) negatively impacts executive functioning myumi.ch/R3dZ5 @umisrcps.bsky.social @umisr.bsky.social

Check out my new article in the Journal of Organizational Sociology, where I examine how technology limits the autonomy of entry-level workers. I theorize two subtypes of technical control and discuss its implications for gender inequality www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

The full release of the ANES 2024 Time Series #Data is now available. More details here: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...

we can't wait to see all your submissions, everyone - looking forward to seeing you in St. Louis!

It's going to be amazing, and it's free! 8/20 workshop on APC analysis with Dr. Yang Claire Yang from UNC. Or watch and get the materials later - from @um-psc.bsky.social

💖💖💖 Join us *today* for the last PSC coffee chat of the summer-- with treats, community, and interview with special guest Rachael Hamilton from the Administrative Core. Stay tuned for the fall lineup!

PSC alum Aresha Martinez-Cardoso: Effective public health interventions for Latinx families require strategies that pair resource connection with relationship building, address system avoidance, and incorporate supports for extreme stress. More: journals.lww.com/familyandcom...

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📣 Hot off the press 📣 We document tremendous growth in U.S. federal place-based funding, show it has disproportionately gone to areas with more nonprofits & stronger housing markets, and find a pattern of cumulative advantage in funding among high-poverty neighborhoods. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

The latest updated list of @umisr.bsky.social social scientists to follow on Bluesky! Follow all for the latest research from ISR's centers, @umisrcps.bsky.social, @rcgd-isr.bsky.social, @um-psc.bsky.social, @um-src.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social and more. and pass it on! ➡️ go.bsky.app/JcQbemD