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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T100000
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SUMMARY:Meeting:Democracy Week at U-M: Data Preservation Hackathon
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 16\, 2026 | 10 am-12 pm\nInstitute for Social Research\, Thompson Building\, Room 1430 (426 Thompson St\, Ann Arbor\, MI 48104)\nRegister at https://myumi.ch/kVd2r\n\nGovernment data help us understand our communities\, inform public decisions\, and support a healthy democracy. Celebrate Democracy Week at U-M by joining the Inter-university Consortium for Social and Political Research (ICPSR) for a Data Preservation Hackathon. Participants will explore:\n\n1. The value of government data and the role it plays in society\n2. The difference between making data open and preserving it for long-term access\n3. Current efforts to safeguard valuable government data\n\nThrough a guided\, hands-on activity\, attendees will contribute to data preservation efforts and leave with concrete next steps for preserving and advocating for high-quality government data.\n\nNo prior experience is required\, but you must bring a laptop to fully participate in the event.\n\nThis in-person event is open to U-M students\, faculty\, and staff. Refreshments will be served.\n\nRegister at https://myumi.ch/kVd2r\n\nExplore the full calendar of U-M Democracy Week events at https://democracyweek.umich.edu/calendar/.
UID:151907-21912394@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151907
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Data,Democracy,Free,government,Hackathon,Icpsr,In Person,Institute For Social Research,Isr,Preservation,Research
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260910T154938
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260916T130000
SUMMARY:Meeting:International Research Hub Lunch
DESCRIPTION:The International Research Hub invites Institute for Social Research (ISR) researchers engaged in international work for an informal discussion on key topics: 1) updating each other on current NIH-funded international projects\; 2) updates about NIH funding mechanisms for international research\; and 3) open discussion of alternative funding sources for international research. \n\nThe Hub will provide lunch on September 16 from 12:00-1:00 pm on the 6th floor at ISR (426 Thompson St.\, Room 6050). Please RSVP before September 11\, 2026. (If you’re unable to attend and are interested in future participation\, please let us know through the RSVP form.)
UID:150737-21910019@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150737
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:International,Research,Social Sciences
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260908T122056
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260924T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Body Camera Footage as Data
DESCRIPTION:Over the last decade\, police departments across the country have adopted body-worn cameras at a dizzying pace. While we typically think of these recordings as evidence to prove or disprove police misconduct\, they also provide a source of data for the thousands of interactions law enforcement have with the public each day. In this talk\, I’ll share what this footage can tell us as data: insights into the everyday realities of policing\, and tools for more accountable and just law enforcement.
UID:148599-21904502@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148599
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Insights Speaker Series,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260813T122230
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260927T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260927T160000
SUMMARY:Fair / Festival:Harvest Fest 2026
DESCRIPTION:This open house event is a dynamic celebration of U-M's student-driven food initiatives\, emphasizing sustainability\, social justice\, and creativity. Join us for lawn games\, arts and crafts\, live music\, delectable food demonstrations\, artistry\, and informative tables from both student and community organizations.\n\nBuses will run on a continuous loop from the Central Campus Transit Center to Pierpont to the Campus Farm beginning at 12:40pm. Expect a bus every 20 minutes between these locations.
UID:148583-21904481@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148583
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Climate Week,Food,Sustainability
LOCATION:Campus Farm
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260825T081828
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260928T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260928T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Wendy Ellis)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded
UID:149677-21906942@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149677
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Health & Wellness,Research,Social Science,Wellness
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260911T091300
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:SRC Seminar Series Presents: Reservation Wages Revisited: Empirics with the Canonical Model
DESCRIPTION:Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/s/93104955652?pwd=Lf6ebHXZHCdHLerJmE2pcTHPjE8iqv.1#success\nMeeting ID: 931 0495 5652\nPasscode: 975857\n\nAbstract:\nWe study reservation wages using innovative longitudinal data on unemployment insurance (UI) recipients\, guided by canonical search models. Individual-level expectations about the path of own reservation wages are\, on average\, consistent with realized reservation wage paths. This first result validates a basic premise in many models of job search by the unemployed. Second\, individual-level reservation wages fall with unemployment duration and they fall faster when maximum unemployment benefit durations are shorter\, confirming basic implications of search models. Third\, unemployed job seekers reduce their reservation wages in line with predictions from calibrated versions of Mortensen’s (1977) canonical model\, but set initial reservation wages too high. Fourth\, reservation wages elicited early in unemployment spells are more powerful predictors of re-employment wages than are wages on the previous job\, confirming the information value of survey-elicited reservation wages.\n\n\nShort bio:\nPawel Krolikowski is a Senior Research Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. His research focuses on labor economics and macroeconomics\, with particular interests in job displacement\, wage adjustment\, and the effects of job loss. His work has been published in the American Economic Review\, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics\, Journal of International Economics\, and other journals. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan and holds undergraduate degrees in economics and mathematical and computational science from Stanford University.
UID:151996-21912591@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151996
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260810T111903
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261008T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:October 8-9\, 2026 | Institute for Social Research\nRegister to attend at https://myumi.ch/X8V6A \n\nThe challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest. \n\nUsing research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:\n- Complex thinking about the social world\n- The contribution of the humanities the study of the social world\n- Epistemic lens and research transparency\n- Theories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inference\n- The draw and danger of cool new data \n- Addressing the challenges of the academic model of science\n\nPresentations on the science of place will include:\n- The relational nature of place in population social inequalities\n- The role of history in shaping place\n- The racialization of place\; the spatialization of race\n- Place as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalities\n- Approaches to testing (causal) ideas around place\n\nThe Institute for Social Research will provide 35 travel awards for early career scholars who are building a career around the interdisciplinary science of place. These awards are intended to reduce financial barriers for those who are not currently affiliated with the University of Michigan. The awards are designed to broaden participation\, support scholarly development\, and expand the network of scholars engaged with the symposium themes. Travel awards will cover coach class airfare\, symposium hotel\, and ground airport transportation. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis\, from July 1\, 2026 until September 4\, 2026. Details and application at https://myumi.ch/DWGnj\n\nRegistration will be available on this site soon.
UID:147845-21902038@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147845
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary,Social Sciences
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260810T111903
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261009T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261009T170000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Place as Method\, Theory\, and Responsibility: Rethinking Scientific Inquiry for Complex Social Issues
DESCRIPTION:October 8-9\, 2026 | Institute for Social Research\nRegister to attend at https://myumi.ch/X8V6A \n\nThe challenge: New data and approaches to study complexity in the social world has often been without a concurrent focus on the foundations of scientific inquiry\, including complex thinking\, broad causal thinking\, attention to epistemic lens\, and integrating multiple disciplinary approaches. Further\, the academic research model\, with its resource-segregated networks\, discipline-specific training\, and short-term productivity metrics\, contributes to a fragmented and potentially misleading understanding of the social world. In the second annual ISR Symposium on Complexity in the Social World\, we will use ‘place’ as the case study to facilitate discussions on rigorous social science in the public interest. \n\nUsing research on place as the case study\, discussion topics will include:\n- Complex thinking about the social world\n- The contribution of the humanities the study of the social world\n- Epistemic lens and research transparency\n- Theories\, frameworks\, and the limits of traditional causal inference\n- The draw and danger of cool new data \n- Addressing the challenges of the academic model of science\n\nPresentations on the science of place will include:\n- The relational nature of place in population social inequalities\n- The role of history in shaping place\n- The racialization of place\; the spatialization of race\n- Place as a neutral and rational driver of social inequalities\n- Approaches to testing (causal) ideas around place\n\nThe Institute for Social Research will provide 35 travel awards for early career scholars who are building a career around the interdisciplinary science of place. These awards are intended to reduce financial barriers for those who are not currently affiliated with the University of Michigan. The awards are designed to broaden participation\, support scholarly development\, and expand the network of scholars engaged with the symposium themes. Travel awards will cover coach class airfare\, symposium hotel\, and ground airport transportation. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis\, from July 1\, 2026 until September 4\, 2026. Details and application at https://myumi.ch/DWGnj\n\nRegistration will be available on this site soon.
UID:147845-21902039@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147845
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Interdisciplinary,Social Sciences
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T175116
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261012T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Massy Mutumba)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded
UID:149692-21906958@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149692
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Global Health,Health & Wellness,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room: 1430
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260811T112741
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261015T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261015T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Effects of School Phone Bans: National Evidence from Lockable Pouches
DESCRIPTION:Schools across the United States are increasingly limiting students’ phone use during the school day. This talk examines one popular approach: lockable phone pouches. We use nationwide data from large-scale surveys\, GPS-based measures of phone activity\, standardized test scores\, school administrative records\, and sales records from the largest pouch provider.\n\nUsing a staggered difference-in-differences design\, we find that adopting phone pouches substantially reduces student phone use\, as shown by both GPS data and teacher reports. In the first year after adoption\, disciplinary incidents rise and students report lower well-being\, suggesting that schools may experience short-term disruption as students adjust. In later years\, however\, reported well-being improves and the increase in disciplinary incidents fades.\n\nWe find little evidence that phone pouches improve academic achievement overall: average effects on test scores are consistently close to zero. Effects differ somewhat by school level. High schools show modest gains\, especially in math\, while middle schools show small declines. We also find little evidence that pouch policies affect attendance\, students’ self-reported attention in class\, or perceived online bullying.
UID:148129-21902997@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148129
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Education,Insights Speaker Series,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260908T122233
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261022T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Perspectives on the 2026 Midterm Elections
DESCRIPTION:Join our experts for a panel discussion of the issues shaping the 2026 Midterm Elections.
UID:149278-21906185@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149278
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Elections,Insights Speaker Series
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260825T082058
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261026T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Lindsay Kobayashi)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded
UID:149694-21906960@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149694
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Research,Social Science,Social Science Research
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260825T082004
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261102T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Emily M. Briceño)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded.
UID:149693-21906959@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149693
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ecology,Emotions,Health & Wellness,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T175253
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261109T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261109T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Sawsan Abdulrahim)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded.
UID:149695-21906961@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149695
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Global Engagement,Health,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260901T164018
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261112T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Strength-focused suicide prevention: Building evidence for innovation in partnership with Indigenous communities
DESCRIPTION:Suicide is an extreme act\, not a mental health disorder\, which disproportionately impacts marginalized groups. In the U.S.\, most prevention focuses mainly on psychological distress\, ignoring the patterns that emerge when considering the larger context of that tragic action. For Alaskan Native (AN) communities\, youth suicide is a striking health inequity that arose within the past century\, as colonization interrupted protective cultural resources and practices that shaped young people’s lives. Informed by decades of work with AN people\, the presentation features studies from the Research to Practice Lab at ISR’s Research Center for Group Dynamics that illustrate a broader scope of suicide prevention interventions. These projects focus on family and community strengths\, build onto local resources\, and share evidence-based research and practices that participants can use on their own terms to reduce suicide risk and promote wellbeing. Highlighting innovation in both focus and outcome measurement\, the interactive talk aims to generate questions\, dialogue and ideas for addressing the complex issue of suicide.
UID:148107-21902963@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148107
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Insights Speaker Series,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260830T213016
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261116T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261116T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Susan Najita)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nSusan Najita\, University of Michigan\n\nThis paper explores the establishment of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park in the post-annexation period\, two prominent newspaper serial publications of the saga of Pele\, the goddess of the volcano\, and her sister\, Hi‘iaka\, which reinvigorated connection to the place that would be brought under federal control.  What can the tale--a repository for the sacred tradition of hula pele and its healing traditions-- tell us today\, in this moment of eco-urgency\, about relationships between bodies\, mele (songs)\, and places?\n\nSusan Najita is an associate professor of English and Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor.  Her first book\, Decolonizing Cultures in the Pacific\, explored the ways that indigenous Pacific writers engage the traumatic history of colonization and empire.  Her current project is entitled Genealogies of Place: Colonialism\, Embodiment\, and the Making of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. \n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded
UID:149696-21906962@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149696
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Global Engagement,Health & Wellness,Research,Social Science Research
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260908T122333
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261119T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:A Look Back at the  2026 Midterm Elections
DESCRIPTION:Panelists will discuss the outcomes of the 2026 Midterm Elections\, exploring key trends\, voter behavior\, and the implications for the future of American politics.
UID:149279-21906186@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149279
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Elections,Insights Speaker Series
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260819T175408
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261123T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261123T140000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Alice Jean Wuermli)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded
UID:149697-21906963@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149697
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Global Engagement,Health & Wellness,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260819T175448
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261130T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261130T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Beverly Strassmann)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 1430\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded\, but as permissions allow\, interviews with speakers are later posted to our YouTube playlist.
UID:149699-21906965@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149699
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Global Engagement,Health & Wellness,Research
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260825T082159
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20261207T170000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:RCGD Fall Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture and Health (Germine H. Awad)
DESCRIPTION:RCGD Fall 2026 Seminar Series: Global Perspectives on Culture & Health\, meets Mondays 3:30 to 5 at ISR Thompson 6050.\n\nGlobal Perspectives on Culture and Health explores fundamental aspects of human life. Culture facilitates human interaction by providing meaning to lived experience. Accounting for culture in both theories and methods potentially advances the study of health by connecting the macro and micro levels of human experience. Yet\, culture should be understood as dynamic and complex. It fundamentally shapes individuals and simultaneously is shaped by individuals. The importance of systematically attending to culture includes topics of values\, language\, immigration\, and society.\n\nTheories and methods that incorporate culture hold great potential for advancing the understanding of health outcomes and health trajectories in various global contexts.\n\nThe speakers for this series will focus on various aspects of culture and diverse groups living in the U.S. and across the globe to address the ways in which attending to culture helps clarify and overcome challenges to good health.\n\nThe Group Dynamics Seminar series is considered one of the longest running seminar series in the social sciences. It has been running uninterruptedly since it was founded by Kurt Lewin in the 1920’s in Berlin. The seminar series runs every semester on a theme chosen by faculty organizer/s who are affiliated with the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research. A very important feature of this seminar today is its interdisciplinary nature. Recent themes have included political polarization\, evolution and human behavior\, and cultural psychology.\n\nIn person: ISR Thompson 6050\, unless otherwise specified.\nOrganized by Kristine Ajrouch and Sela Panapasa\nEvents are not recorded
UID:149700-21906966@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/149700
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Culture,Health & Wellness,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - Room 6050
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260608T112731
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270128T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ISR Insights Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Discover groundbreaking research on social issues at the ISR Insights Speaker Series. Join us as ISR researchers take the stage to share their insights.
UID:148597-21904499@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/148597
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Insights Speaker Series,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T141925
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270225T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ISR Insights Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Discover groundbreaking research on social issues at the ISR Insights Speaker Series. Join us as ISR researchers take the stage to share their insights.
UID:151247-21911151@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151247
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Insights Speaker Series,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:Institute For Social Research - 1430
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260901T141953
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270318T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270318T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ISR Insights Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Discover groundbreaking research on social issues at the ISR Insights Speaker Series. Join us as ISR researchers take the stage to share their insights.
UID:151253-21911237@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/151253
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Insights Speaker Series,Research,Social Science
LOCATION:1027 E. Huron Building - 1430
CONTACT:
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