Panelists offer their perspectives on the future of social science research, with attention to historical and emerging trends. The ways in which social scientists conduct, discuss, and share research is changing. Among other things, social science research is increasingly more interdisciplinary and team-based, more global, and more data-driven.

Panelists include Nick Ellis, U-M Professor of Psychology and Linguistics; Michelle McClellan, U-M Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Residential College; and George Alter, Director of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), U-M Professor of History and Research Professor in the U-M Population Studies Center.