Survey Research Center

The Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research is a community of faculty, staff and students that serves the public interest by conducting research integrated with state-of-the-art data collection and analysis, developing social and behavioral research methods, and training leaders in survey and data science.

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3 SRC researchers receive faculty awards at 2026 celebration

Congratulations Joanne Hsu: Research Faculty Achievement Award Brady West: Collegiate Research Professorship Robin Jacob: Research Faculty Mentor Award University of Michigan Faculty Awards Celebration, November 11, 2026
Three Survey Research Center researchers were honored at the November 11, 2026 University of Michigan Faculty Awards Celebration:Research Faculty Achievement AwardJoanne Hsu, Research Associate ProfessorAs director of the Surveys of Consumers, Hsu oversees the Index of Consumer Sentiment, an approximately 80-year-old economic indicator measuring households’ financial expectations and helping forecast employment, inflation and economic growth.  The Federal Reserve includes the data in its semiannual monetary policy reports to Congress. Hsu’s research… Learn more about 3 SRC researchers receive faculty awards at 2026 celebration >

November 6, 2026

Michigan National Survey Panel aims to offset survey research costs with omnibus surveys

ANN ARBOR — Survey research is more expensive than ever, and there are new challenges to securing funding… >>

November 3, 2026

ISR’s d3c receives $13.5 million grant renewal

ANN ARBOR  — The Institute for Social Research’s Data Science for Dynamic Intervention Decision Making Center (d3c) has… >>

November 3, 2026

SRC Researchers at the Gerontological Society of America 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting

Schedule of SRC researchers at the 2026 Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 4-7 in National Harbor,… >>
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SRC Programs

Urban & Environmental Studies

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Urban & Environmental Studies (UES) focuses on the cultural issues of sustainability and climate change in institutional settings including universities and the impact of the built and natural environments on quality of life. In collaboration with U-M’s Graham Sustainability Institute, UES initiated the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program in 2012. This is a comprehensive study designed to assess sustainability knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes across U-M students, faculty, and staff over time.

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Demography of Aging, Disability, and Care (DADC)

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The Demography of Aging, Disability and Care program focuses on population aging, disability, and long-term care and related measurement and survey issues. The program provides leadership for several national studies of late-life disability and care. The program also supports the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA), one of 15 centers funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to advance research on the demography of aging. 

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