Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Practice Poster Session (July 12, 2022 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/95921 95921-21791437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Just a reminder that there will be a practice poster session on July 12 in ISR room 6050 . We will begin at 3:30pm and go until 5:00pm. There will be 6 double-sided poster easels—enough for 12 posters total. There are still several spots available to present for those who are interested.

Presenters should plan to arrive around 3:15pm to get set up.

Poster presenters may want to take a look at instructions from past conferences (e.g. https://polmeth.mit.edu/poster) to get guidelines for creating an effective poster and printing their poster.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Quinn at kmq@umich.edu.

]]>
Presentation Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:18:58 -0400 2022-07-12T15:30:00-04:00 2022-07-12T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Presentation
PSC Brownbag Series: The multigenerational persistence of immigrant mortality advantages in the United States (September 19, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98979 98979-21797421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 19, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

"I use new data from the CenSoc project to show that immigrants from many countries not only have an old- age mortality advantage over US natives in the 1st generation, but also in the 2nd generation, and even in later “3+“ generations. I discuss how this changes the way we think about the usual discussions of immigrant health advantages, including behavioral factors, assimilation, and healthy immigrant selection."

Join us on Zoom or live at the Institute for Social Research (Thompson) Room 1430.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:59:43 -0400 2022-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-19T12:50:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar PSC Brownbag: Josh Goldstein
PSC Brownbag Series: PSC postdocs (September 26, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99030 99030-21797480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

Hear from Population Studies Center postdoctoral fellows with updates on their current projects.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:59:33 -0400 2022-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-26T12:50:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brown Bag: Postdocs Introductions and Updates
PSC Brownbag Series: Sex-Selective Abortion Bans: Structural Stigma, Xenophobia, and the Birth Outcomes of Asian Immigrants (October 3, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99031 99031-21797482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 3, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

The pro-life movement to restrict abortion access in the United States has achieved significant legislative victories in recent years. Prohibition of abortions sought based on the fetus’ sex, known as sex-selective abortion bans (SSABs), are often overlooked in these endeavors. While abortion laws are not traditionally associated with immigration, advocates for sex-selection bans explicitly invoke invidious xenophobic stereotypes about Asian immigrants and their alleged penchant for aborting female babies because of a cultural preference for sons. This paper explores the potential health consequences of such policies. Examining 2005–2019 natality data from the National Vital Statistics System using a triple-difference strategy, we find that SSABs had a negative effect on Asian immigrant infant birth outcomes—specifically, birth weight and gestational age. We argue that the successful enactment of SSABs helped amplify a negative social climate in which anti-Asian stereotypes and sentiments became more salient in Asian immigrants’ everyday lives. We thereby advance the concept of structural stigma in the argument that social policies can amplify negative health effects for vulnerable minorities by fostering an environment that deepens their stigmatized status.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:04:32 -0400 2022-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-03T12:50:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brown Bag: Emma Zang
ISR Insights Speaker Series (October 6, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99227 99227-21797745@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 6, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Mara Ostfeld (Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies; Assistant Research Scientist, Ford School; Associate Faculty Director, Poverty Solutions; Research Director, Center for Racial Justice)

Thursday, October 6, 2022, noon ET
Institute for Social Research
426 Thompson Street, Room 1430
Lunch provided

Skin color matters. Within and across ethnoracial groups, skin color affects life experiences, including one’s financial earnings, educational opportunities, health outcomes, exposure to discrimination, interactions with the criminal justice system, and sense of group belonging. While political coalitions in the U.S. have historically revolved around ethnoracial identities, Dr. Ostfeld draws on her book (co-authored with Nicole Yadon) to argue that skin color is an increasingly important component of how people are identifying themselves and staking positions in American racial politics.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:09:53 -0400 2022-10-06T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion ISR Insights Speaker Series - Mara Ostfeld, October 6, 2022 at noon
Consumer Sentiment and Expectations in an Inflationary Environment (October 20, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99313 99313-21797861@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Thursday, October 20, 2022, noon ET
Institute for Social Research
426 Thompson Street, Room 1430
Ann Arbor, MI

Closely followed by scholars, policymakers, and businesses, consumer sentiment and expectations over the economy have long been recognized as critical inputs for forecasting and understanding the trajectory of the economy. In this talk, Joanne Hsu discusses how consumer attitudes have evolved through the pandemic and the recent escalation in inflation, and their implications for the future of the economy.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:25:09 -0400 2022-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Image of Joanne Hsu with text "Consumer Sentiment and Expectations in an Inflationary Environment" Oct. 20, 2022 at noon ET
PSC Brownbag Series: Economic Transformation and Population Aging in China: What Comes Next? (October 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99035 99035-21797484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

Over the last four decades, China’s young and growing population has turned from a curse to fortune for its historical economic boom. As China’s economic boom enters a new era with a low growth rate and persistent inequality, a demographic concern of different kind has superseded the old one. This new concern centers on the implications of accelerating population aging and pending population decline. Using an economic life cycle perspective and applying the methodology of National Transfer Accounts (NTA), this talk reviews changes in age profiles of income and consumption over time, examines changes in life cycle surplus and its distribution, and discusses the combined effects of economic change and population aging on intergenerational transfers and the fiscal challenges faced by the Chinese state in the decades to come.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:32:27 -0400 2022-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-24T12:50:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brown Bag: Wang Feng
PSC Brownbag Series: Location, Location, Location: The Housing Benefits of the 1944 GI Bill and the Racialized Stratification of Homeownership Across Place (October 31, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99033 99033-21797483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 31, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

For more than a century, urban scholars have researched the racialized spatial order in the United States. Many studies have examined whether the spatial assimilation or place stratification model of residential segregation is more descriptive of the residential patterns of different racial and ethnic groups. The spatial assimilation model posits that racial and ethnic groups live in different places because of group differences in preferences and financial resources, while the place stratification model states that discrimination constrains the residential options of Black families in particular. What remains unclear, however, is the extent to which a policy that increases equality in the financial resources between Black and White people could increase the probability that they live in similar kinds of places, thus resulting in spatial assimilation, rather than place stratification. To examine this question, I take the case of the Home Loan Guaranty of the 1944 GI Bill (HLG) – a billion-dollar policy that could have reduced racial inequality in the financial resources available to purchase a home – and examine the policy’s contributions to either spatial assimilation or place stratification between the Black and White WWII veterans who benefitted from this policy. Results indicate that the HLG increased homeownership across race, but it did so in different places, with Black men owning homes in cities, and Whites owning in suburbs by 1960. In sum, the HLG did in fact increase homeownership, but it also contributed to the concentration of wealth and opportunity in White places and disinvestment and poverty in Black places.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:25:43 -0400 2022-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-31T12:50:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brown Bag: Chinyere Agbai
PSC Brownbag Series: Loneliness Transitions Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults Around the World (November 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100509 100509-21800024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

The PSC Brown Bag Series runs live and on Zoom this fall, Mondays from 12 to 12:50 p.m.
Rachel Margolis of the University of Western Ontario presents: Loneliness Transitions among Middle-Aged and Older Adults around the World

Loneliness among older adults globally is an important social problem. Existing cross-sectional estimates of older adult loneliness lay between 20 and 30% with variation over age and country. To tackle the issue of older adult loneliness, we must move beyond cross sectional estimates of population levels of loneliness to: 1) examine to what extent older adult loneliness is a chronic issue or whether it is common to transition in and out of loneliness; 2) take a life course perspective to examine how common life course changes in family, co-residence, work, and health affect transitions in and out of loneliness; and 3) examine how patterns and predictors of older age loneliness vary around the world. This paper charts loneliness trajectories for 18 countries and finds remarkable consistency in the important predictors of changes in loneliness in older age around the world. This highlights the grave importance of family and household connections, and to a lesser extent, work and health, in affecting loneliness.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:40:48 -0400 2022-11-14T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-14T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brown Bag: Rachel Margolis
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics Open House (November 15, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100978 100978-21800629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

We recently expanded our space at the Institute for Social Research, including additional offices, a new conference room, hoteling spaces, standing desks, and additional collaboration areas. We hope you can stop by our open house to check out our new digs, meet our staff, and learn about what we do at the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics.

Everyone is welcome to stop by anytime during the open house and stay as long as you’d like. Light refreshments will be served.

Hope to see you there!

]]>
Reception / Open House Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:09:33 -0400 2022-11-15T14:00:00-05:00 2022-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Reception / Open House Open House Tuesday, November 15, 2022. CID Studio, ISR 2030
Election 2022: What Happened? (November 17, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100315 100315-21799599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 17, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join Mara Ostfeld, Jowei Chen, and Nicholas A. Valentino from ISR's Center for Political Studies for a discussion of the outcomes of the 2022 midterm elections. The panelists will present the latest findings from the American National Election Studies (ANES), along with exit poll data, and the new legislative maps.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:11:36 -0400 2022-11-17T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-17T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Mara Ostfeld, Jowei Chen, and Nicholas A. Valentino present "Election 2022: What Happened" on November 17, 2022.
Why have military coups virtually disappeared in the Americas? (CPRD) (December 2, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101671 101671-21802209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 2, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Gary Goertz (Notre Dame) will present a paper titled, "Why have military coups virtually disappeared in the Americas?" and Adam Casey will serve as discussant.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:29:09 -0500 2022-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 2022-12-02T13:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion
Workshop on Measurement Models (CPRD) (December 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101672 101672-21802210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Chris Fariss will present Part 2 of a Workshop on Measurement Models

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:29:59 -0500 2022-12-09T12:00:00-05:00 2022-12-09T13:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar
Title IX, Due Process, and the Struggle over Campus Sexual Assault (January 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101791 101791-21802356@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Part of the ISR Insights Speaker Series.

This talk will examine some of the political dynamics generating the ongoing contestation over the implementation of Title IX in the realm of sexual harassment in sexual assault over the last two decades. Based on interviews and in-depth analysis of policy documents, Armstrong and her colleague Sandra Levitsky trace the processes generating increasing legalization—and even criminalization—of Title IX.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:41:12 -0500 2023-01-12T12:00:00-05:00 2023-01-12T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Title IX, Due Process, and the Struggle over Campus Sexual Assault
Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series (January 20, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102363 102363-21803917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Social science increasingly uses data that requires advanced tools and algorithms. Preparing text, audio, and video data for analysis and running those analyses involves linking contemporary computational tools with datasets and major research challenges in ways that cut across disciplines. Building bridges between data scientists who develop the tools to analyze these data and social scientists who have datasets to address research questions in unprecedented ways that could benefit from them is critical for both opening the world of these new data and refining the tools for analysis.

The Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series, jointly sponsored by MIDAS, the AI Lab and ISR, is designed to build connections between social scientists and data scientists to improve scholarship in both arenas. Scholars in both groups present research vision and cutting-edge methodology that could benefit from additional interdisciplinary collaboration and theorizing. The series connects faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral, and graduate students to help build major research projects from their vision, find the right methods for their data, identify collaborators, or find scholars who can help trial run the tools they have developed.

Events will be held from 2:00-3:30 PM in ISR 6050 (426 Thompson Street), with meetings in January, February, March, April, and May. Refreshments provided. We encourage you to sign up ahead of time: https://myumi.ch/7eZWG For more information, or if you are interested in presenting work in progress at this series, please contact Beth Uberseder (ubersbe@umich.edu).

Speakers TBA.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:38:10 -0400 2023-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2023-01-20T15:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar
PSC Brownbag Series: The Unemployment Institution (January 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103241 103241-21806526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

In the Tolls of Uncertainty, Sarah Damaske argues unemployment is an institution—like workplaces, families, or schools—that both generates and reproduces inequalities. Like other fundamental parts of American society that are central to adult life, unemployment is governed by state and federal laws and bureaucracies, structured by organizations, and shaped by shared language & customs. And, like other institutions, unemployment differentially shapes people’s resources and has far-reaching consequences beyond the realm of the unemployed. Both the state and the federal government wield enormous influence over the process, from determining whether someone is considered unemployed, to whether they are eligible for unemployment insurance, to how much support they will receive and for how long a duration. The way people access the unemployment system is dependent on their own social location prior to coming into the unemployment system and their experience throughout their unemployment journey is shaped by the resources the unemployed have available when they lose their job. The state unemployment system provides both direct benefits (via unemployment insurance) and acts as a broker to additional resources (through career center services). Unemployment not only generates and reproduces inequalities between the employed and the unemployed, but also amongst the unemployed. Ultimately, the unemployment institution normalizes and legitimates both employment precarity and the resulting inequalities of the new economy.

Join us in person at ISR (Thompson Street) Room 1430.

Or online: Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95418610585?pwd=Z0cvdkF1T0R2cG1lRDEvVmlnbVdlZz09

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:11:43 -0500 2023-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2023-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar PSC Brownbag Series: The Unemployment Institution
PSC Brownbag Series: The Unemployment Institution (January 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103546 103546-21807453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

The PSC Brown Bag Series runs live and on Zoom this year, Mondays from 12 to 12:50 p.m.
Sarah Damaske of Penn State University presents:

The Unemployment Institution 

In the Tolls of Uncertainty, Sarah Damaske argues unemployment is an institution—like workplaces, families, or schools—that both generates and reproduces inequalities. Like other fundamental parts of American society that are central to adult life, unemployment is governed by state and federal laws and bureaucracies, structured by organizations, and shaped by shared language & customs. And, like other institutions, unemployment differentially shapes people’s resources and has far-reaching consequences beyond the realm of the unemployed. Both the state and the federal government wield enormous influence over the process, from determining whether someone is considered unemployed, to whether they are eligible for unemployment insurance, to how much support they will receive and for how long a duration. The way people access the unemployment system is dependent on their own social location prior to coming into the unemployment system and their experience throughout their unemployment journey is shaped by the resources the unemployed have available when they lose their job. The state unemployment system provides both direct benefits (via unemployment insurance) and acts as a broker to additional resources (through career center services). Unemployment not only generates and reproduces inequalities between the employed and the unemployed, but also amongst the unemployed. Ultimately, the unemployment institution normalizes and legitimates both employment precarity and the resulting inequalities of the new economy.

Join us in person at ISR (Thompson Street) Room 1430.

Or online: Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95418610585?pwd=Z0cvdkF1T0R2cG1lRDEvVmlnbVdlZz09

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:14:50 -0500 2023-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 2023-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brownbag Series: The Unemployment Institution
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (January 23, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 23, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-01-23T15:30:00-05:00 2023-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Overperception of moral outrage in online social networks inflates beliefs about intergroup hostility (January 23, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103467 103467-21807239@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 23, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Overperception of moral outrage in online social networks inflates beliefs about intergroup hostility
Monday, January 23, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

William J. Brady
Assistant Professor
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

As individuals and political leaders increasingly take to online networks for social interactions, it is important to understand how the platforms that host them can shape social knowledge of morality and politics. In this work, I propose that features of social media environments including dysfunctional human-algorithm interactions may be conducive to misperceptions of moral emotions at the individual and group level with consequences for intergroup conflict. Utilizing a Twitter field survey, I measured authors’ outrage in real time and compared author reports to judgments made by observers. I find that social media users tend to overperceive moral outrage expression at the individual-level, inferring more intense outrage experiences from messages than the authors of those messages themselves actually report. Individual-level overperceptions were also associated with greater social media use to learn about politics. Follow-up experiments find that these individual misperceptions cause misperceptions of collective outrage, which also amplifies perceptions of hostile communication norms, group affective polarization and ideological extremity. Together, these results highlight how individual-level misperceptions of online emotions produce collective misperceptions that have the potential to exacerbate intergroup conflict. I end considerations for content moderation on digital social platforms.

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

RCGD Seminars will be held at ISR Thompson 1430. Events will be recorded. Graduate seminars precede the events from 2-3:30. To meet with external speakers or to find out more about these events, contact Rachael Hamilton at rachaelr@umich.edu.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:51:08 -0500 2023-01-23T15:30:00-05:00 2023-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Overperception of moral outrage in online social networks inflates beliefs about intergroup hostility
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (January 30, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802599@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 30, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-01-30T15:30:00-05:00 2023-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: When People Change Their Partisanship, is it Bottom-Up or Top-Down? (January 30, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103468 103468-21807297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 30, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Ken Kollman, Political Science Department, Director of the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan

When People Change Their Partisanship, is it Bottom-Up or Top-Down?
In studies of partisan political polarization, it is common to mis-specify the relationships among partisanship, issue-positions, and candidate evaluations. Partisanship is a complex phenomenon that requires attention to various factors that affect mass public opinion about political leaders. This research carefully specifies a theory and empirical model of partisanship that can account for dynamics in the reputations of political parties, the potential changes in policy preferences of people, and in people’s evaluations of politicians. The empirical results show that central to understanding partisanship dynamics are movements of parties in ideological space as perceived by the mass public. Thus, partisanship change is more of an elite-driven process than a bottom-up driven process. The findings have important implications for understanding contemporary polarization of American politics. This is joint research with John E. Jackson.

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

RCGD Seminars will be held at ISR Thompson 1430. Events will be recorded. Graduate seminars precede the events from 2-3:30. To meet with external speakers or to find out more about these events, contact Rachael Hamilton at rachaelr@umich.edu.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:50:14 -0500 2023-01-30T15:30:00-05:00 2023-01-30T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: When People Change Their Partisanship, is it Bottom-Up or Top-Down?
Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series (February 3, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102363 102363-21803918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 3, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Social science increasingly uses data that requires advanced tools and algorithms. Preparing text, audio, and video data for analysis and running those analyses involves linking contemporary computational tools with datasets and major research challenges in ways that cut across disciplines. Building bridges between data scientists who develop the tools to analyze these data and social scientists who have datasets to address research questions in unprecedented ways that could benefit from them is critical for both opening the world of these new data and refining the tools for analysis.

The Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series, jointly sponsored by MIDAS, the AI Lab and ISR, is designed to build connections between social scientists and data scientists to improve scholarship in both arenas. Scholars in both groups present research vision and cutting-edge methodology that could benefit from additional interdisciplinary collaboration and theorizing. The series connects faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral, and graduate students to help build major research projects from their vision, find the right methods for their data, identify collaborators, or find scholars who can help trial run the tools they have developed.

Events will be held from 2:00-3:30 PM in ISR 6050 (426 Thompson Street), with meetings in January, February, March, April, and May. Refreshments provided. We encourage you to sign up ahead of time: https://myumi.ch/7eZWG For more information, or if you are interested in presenting work in progress at this series, please contact Beth Uberseder (ubersbe@umich.edu).

Speakers TBA.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:38:10 -0400 2023-02-03T14:00:00-05:00 2023-02-03T15:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (February 6, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802600@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 6, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-02-06T15:30:00-05:00 2023-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: The Color of Power: The Evolving Relationship Between Race, Skin Color and Power in American Politics (February 6, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103469 103469-21807301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 6, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Mara Ostfeld, Gerald R. Form School of Public Policy; Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan

The Color of Power: The Evolving Relationship Between Race, Skin Color and Power in American Politics

Skin color matters. Within and across ethnoracial groups, skin color affects life experiences, including one’s financial earnings, educational opportunities, health outcomes, exposure to discrimination, interactions with the criminal justice system, and sense of group belonging. While political coalitions in the U.S. have historically revolved around ethnoracial identities, Dr. Ostfeld draws on her book (co-authored with Nicole Yadon) to argue that skin color is an increasingly important component of how people are identifying themselves and staking positions in American racial politics.

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

RCGD Seminars will be held at ISR Thompson 1430. Events will be recorded. Graduate seminars precede the events from 2-3:30. To meet with external speakers or to find out more about these events, contact Rachael Hamilton at rachaelr@umich.edu.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:51:45 -0500 2023-02-06T15:30:00-05:00 2023-02-06T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: The Color of Power: The Evolving Relationship Between Race, Skin Color and Power in American Politics
Riot or Rebellion?: The Meaning of Violent Protest from the 1960s to George Floyd (February 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103296 103296-21806757@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This event is part of the Institute for Social Research series in honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This hybrid event will take place at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St.) with live viewing available via Zoom https://umich.zoom.us/s/92773421482.

The decades since the civil rights movement are considered by many to be a story of progress toward equal rights and greater inclusiveness. Elizabeth Hinton uncovers an altogether different history, taking us on a troubling journey from Detroit in 1967 and Miami in 1980 to Los Angeles in 1992 and beyond to chart the persistence of structural racism and one its primary consequences, the so-called urban riot. Dr. Hinton offers a critical corrective: the word riot was nothing less than a racist trope applied to events that can only be properly understood as rebellions--explosions of collective resistance to an unequal and violent order. Challenging the optimistic story of the post-Jim Crow United States, Hinton's discussion will present a new framework for understanding our nation's enduring racial strife. As her history suggests, rebellions will likely continue until police are no longer called on to manage the consequences of dismal conditions beyond their control, and until an oppressive system is finally remade on the principle of justice and equality.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:41:12 -0500 2023-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Riot or Rebellion?: The Meaning of Violent Protest from the 1960s to George Floyd
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (February 13, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802601@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 13, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-02-13T15:30:00-05:00 2023-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Motivation and Emotion in Political Thought and Division (February 13, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103470 103470-21807306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 13, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

David Dunning, Psychology Department; RCGD; University of Michigan

Motivation and Emotion in Political Thought and Division
Whether people adopt conclusions and misinformation that support their political preferences is often thought to be a product of intellectual ability. However, studies suggest that cognitive ability has little to do with whether people endorse politically-friendly falsehoods. I discuss research suggesting that emotional dynamics are very much relevant to false beliefs, such as conspiracy theories, that people adopt in favor of their political leanings. It also underlies motivated reasoning in support of those beliefs.

David Dunning (BA, Michigan State; PhD, Stanford) is a social psychologist focusing primarily on the psychology underlying human misbelief. His most cited work shows that people hold flattering self-opinions that cannot be justified from objective evidence, work supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Templeton Foundation. He has served as president of both the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Society for the Science of Motivation.


The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

RCGD Seminars will be held at ISR Thompson 1430. Events will be recorded. Graduate seminars precede the events from 2-3:30. To meet with external speakers or to find out more about these events, contact Rachael Hamilton at rachaelr@umich.edu.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:53:19 -0500 2023-02-13T15:30:00-05:00 2023-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Motivation and Emotion in Political Thought and Division
PSC Brownbag Series: Critical quantitative methodology: MIMIC models to identify and remediate racial (and other) forms of measurement bias (February 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103547 103547-21807455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

The PSC Brown Bag Series runs live and on Zoom this year, Mondays from 12 to 12:50 p.m.

Matthew Diemer of U-M Education and Psychology and ISR's PSC and RCGD presents::

Critical quantitative methodology: MIMIC models to identify and remediate racial (and other) forms of measurement bias

The emerging Critical Quantitative (CQ) perspective is anchored by five guiding principles (i.e., foundation, goals, parity, subjectivity, and self-reflexivity) to mitigate racism and advance social justice. Within this broader methodological perspective, sound measurement is foundational to the quantitative enterprise. Despite the problematic history of measurement, it can be repurposed for critical and equitable ends. MIMIC (Multiple Indicator and MultIple Causes) models are a measurement strategy to simply and efficiently test whether a measure means the same thing and can be measured in the same way across groups (e.g., racial/ethnic and/or gender). Briefly, MIMIC models are variants of confirmatory factor analyses, which include an exogenous covariate(s) to test for latent mean differences as well as for differences in items (“DIF,” or differential item functioning in psychometrics parlance). This talk considers the affordances and limitations of MIMICs for critical quantitative methods, by detecting and mitigating racial, ethnic, gendered, and other forms of bias in items and in measures.

This PSC event is co-sponsored by ISR's Inclusive Research Matters Series.

Join us in person at ISR (Thompson Street) Room 1430.

Or online: Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95418610585?pwd=Z0cvdkF1T0R2cG1lRDEvVmlnbVdlZz09

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:19:50 -0500 2023-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Critical quantitative methodology: MIMIC models to identify and remediate racial (and other) forms of measurement bias
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (February 20, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-02-20T15:30:00-05:00 2023-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Political Embarrassment and Partisan Cooperation (February 20, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103918 103918-21808091@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 20, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Political Embarrassment and Partisan Cooperation
Monday, Feb. 20, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Jennifer Wolak
Professor of Political Science
Michigan State University

In a time of affective polarization and partisan division, how can Americans be encouraged to cooperate with the opposing side? I consider how emotional reactions to politics motivate people to consider compromise. While negative emotions like anger can lead people to rally in support of their partisan side, I argue that another negative emotion – embarrassment – can instead encourage people to think about politics in more principled ways. In recent years, many Americans have said that politics makes them feel embarrassed. I show that these feelings of embarrassment can be a civic good, encouraging people to move past their partisan commitments. As a reaction to a sense of violated social norms, embarrassment affects how people think politics should be practiced. I draw on both experimental and survey evidence to demonstrate that when people feel embarrassed, they are more likely to defend the democratic norm of compromise.

Dr. Jennifer Wolak is a professor of political science at Michigan State University. She studies how Americans understand politics and what motivates their political behavior. Much of her work focuses on political psychology, including the effects of emotions on political decision-making and the effects of personality and socialization on the development of political attitudes. She is the author of Compromise in an Age of Party Polarization, published by Oxford University Press in 2020.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:47:51 -0500 2023-02-20T15:30:00-05:00 2023-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Political Embarrassment and Partisan Cooperation
PSC Brownbag Series: The effect of institutional gaps between cohabitation and marriage (March 6, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103548 103548-21807457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

The PSC Brown Bag Series runs live and on Zoom this year, Mondays from 12 to 12:50 p.m.
Paula Calvo of Arizona State University presents:

The effect of institutional gaps between cohabitation and marriage

This paper examines the effects of institutional differences between marriage and non-marital cohabitation―in dimensions such as child custody laws and property division rules upon separation―on household formation, individual's welfare and child human capital. I first show that, conditional on observable characteristics, cohabiting women have higher labor supply and higher separation rates than married women. They also raise children with lower cognitive outcomes. To rationalize these facts, I model the individuals' life-cycle problem within an equilibrium marriage market framework that features the choice between marriage and cohabitation. I estimate the model on U.S. household data. The results indicate that low-educated cohabiting women receive a lower share of the household's resources than low-educated married women. Moreover, their children accumulate less human capital compared to those born to low-educated married women, explained by lower maternal time investments and higher separation rates between cohabiting couples. In counterfactual simulations, I equalize child custody for married and unmarried parents upon separation. This policy improves the welfare of low-educated cohabiting women. The equilibrium effects are critical for this result: While this policy reduces the welfare of low-educated cohabiting women under the baseline marriage market equilibrium (by weakening their parental rights at separation), in the new equilibrium they are compensated with a higher share of the household's resources. This policy also contributes to closing the human capital gap between children born to low-educated cohabiting and married women.

Join us in person at ISR (Thompson Street) Room 1430.

Or online: Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95418610585?pwd=Z0cvdkF1T0R2cG1lRDEvVmlnbVdlZz09

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Jan 2023 14:23:15 -0500 2023-03-06T12:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar The effect of institutional gaps between cohabitation and marriage
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (March 6, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-03-06T15:30:00-05:00 2023-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: ‘Unfriending’: Polarization and Political Disagreement in Social Networks (March 6, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103917 103917-21808090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

‘Unfriending’: Polarization and Political Disagreement in Social Networks
Monday, March 6, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Yanna Krupnikov
Professor of Communication and Media
Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
University of Michigan

Stories of polarization in the media have often focused on anecdotes about people who have stopped speaking with friends and family due to political differences — e.g. “unfriended” others due to politics. The possibility that politics has shifted long-term individual relationships has broad social implications. Therefore, we analyze why and when people are most likely to “unfriend.” We argue that political disagreement is often the final step in a general breakdown of a relationship. In other words, when political disagreements occur, people are more likely to “unfriend” those whom they found unpleasant prior to the disagreement. Our results come from four national experiments. The first tracks the relative frequency of “unfriending” over political disagreement versus other types of interactions. The second considers whether it is political disagreement specifically that leads to “unfriending.” The final two studies combine these ideas, tracking the conditions that are most likely to produce “unfriending” in different contexts of political extremity and polarization.

Yanna Krupnikov is Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. Her work focuses on political communication, in particular attention to news, political expression and social interactions.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:43:26 -0500 2023-03-06T15:30:00-05:00 2023-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: ‘Unfriending’: Polarization and Political Disagreement in Social Networks
Outgroup Empathy and Opposition to Restrictive Voting Laws (March 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105586 105586-21812222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Nicholas Valentino
Thurs, March 9, 2023, noon ET
Institute for Social Research

Abstract:
State-level policies that make it harder for citizens to legally cast ballots have proliferated over the past decade, especially in the wake of Donald Trump’s election denials after his 2020 defeat. This study examines the role of outgroup empathy as a potential driver of support for restrictive voting laws and voter suppression efforts. Evidence from two national surveys indicates that outgroup empathy may boost support for race-based electoral justice, above and beyond the influence of partisanship, ideology, and a host of socio-demographic influences. As predicted, the effects of group empathy are conditional on political sophistication: Those most likely to be aware that these laws target minority group voters are also those who bring outgroup empathy to bear on their policy views. The findings suggest that group empathy—especially among the most politically sophisticated—can catalyze opposition to restrictive voting laws.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:18:29 -0500 2023-03-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion ISR Insights Speaker Series: Outgroup Empathy and Opposition to Restrictive Voting Laws
Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series (March 10, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102363 102363-21803919@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Social science increasingly uses data that requires advanced tools and algorithms. Preparing text, audio, and video data for analysis and running those analyses involves linking contemporary computational tools with datasets and major research challenges in ways that cut across disciplines. Building bridges between data scientists who develop the tools to analyze these data and social scientists who have datasets to address research questions in unprecedented ways that could benefit from them is critical for both opening the world of these new data and refining the tools for analysis.

The Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series, jointly sponsored by MIDAS, the AI Lab and ISR, is designed to build connections between social scientists and data scientists to improve scholarship in both arenas. Scholars in both groups present research vision and cutting-edge methodology that could benefit from additional interdisciplinary collaboration and theorizing. The series connects faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral, and graduate students to help build major research projects from their vision, find the right methods for their data, identify collaborators, or find scholars who can help trial run the tools they have developed.

Events will be held from 2:00-3:30 PM in ISR 6050 (426 Thompson Street), with meetings in January, February, March, April, and May. Refreshments provided. We encourage you to sign up ahead of time: https://myumi.ch/7eZWG For more information, or if you are interested in presenting work in progress at this series, please contact Beth Uberseder (ubersbe@umich.edu).

Speakers TBA.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:38:10 -0400 2023-03-10T14:00:00-05:00 2023-03-10T15:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (March 13, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-03-13T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Political polarization real and imagined: What do we get most wrong about our political opponents and does it matter? (March 13, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103920 103920-21808092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Political polarization real and imagined: What do we get most wrong about our political opponents and does it matter?
Monday, March 13, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Anne E. Wilson
Professor of Psychology
Wilfrid Laurier University

Political polarization characterized by increasing dislike, even hatred, of opponent party members has risen to a fever pitch in contemporary American society. However, a surprising degree of common ground may be obscured by an illusory conviction that most opponents hold extreme and noxious views. I describe my lab’s research considering how the contemporary media and social media ecosystem selects for and amplifies the most extreme and threatening exemplars of opponents, fueling partisans’ caricatured views of the other side and producing a false polarization that outstrips real divisions. We consider the downstream consequences of these misperceptions, including animosity, refusal to engage with opponents, hesitation to voice ingroup dissent, and acceptance of anti-democratic tactics. We also examine ways to mitigate these effects and disrupt the cycle of polarization. Beginning with the insight that extreme voices tend to be disproportionately active, visible, and shared on social media (contributing to overestimations of the prevalence of noxious views), we examine whether exposure to ingroup dissenters who challenge their co-partisans’ extreme views online can mitigate these effects. We find that exposure to a single extreme tweet substantially increased opponents’ prevalence overestimates (assumptions that the fringe view is widespread). Next, we examined whether exposure to one or several moderate, dissenting tweets attenuated misperceptions and mitigated the cycle of hostility they provoke.

Anne E. Wilson is a professor in the Psychology Department at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is an expert on individual and collective identity over time, with a recent focus on intergroup processes underlying political polarization. She received her PhD in social psychology from the University of Waterloo in 2000, is a former Canada Research Chair in Social Psychology, and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Successful Societies program.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:50:56 -0500 2023-03-13T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Political polarization real and imagined: What do we get most wrong about our political opponents and does it matter?
PSC Brown Bag: Job Applications and Labor Market Flows (March 20, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103586 103586-21807517@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

Job applications have risen over time, yet job-finding rates remain unchanged. Meanwhile, separations have declined. We argue that increased applications raise the probability of a good match rather than the probability of job-finding. Using a search model with multiple applications and costly information, we show that when applications increase, firms invest in identifying good matches, reducing separations. Concurrently, increased congestion and selectivity over which offer to accept temper increases in job-finding rates. Our framework contains testable implications for changes in offers, acceptances, reservation wages, applicants per vacancy, and tenure, objects that enable it to generate the trends in unemployment flows.

Join us in person at ISR (Thompson Street) Room 1430.

Or online: Join Zoom Meeting
https://umich.zoom.us/j/95418610585?pwd=Z0cvdkF1T0R2cG1lRDEvVmlnbVdlZz09

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:50:07 -0500 2023-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-20T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brown Bag: Job Applications and Labor Market Flows
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (March 20, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-03-20T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Taking Stock of Research on Affective Polarization; Looking Back and Forward (March 20, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103921 103921-21808093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Taking Stock of Research on Affective Polarization; Looking Back and Forward
Monday, March 20, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Shanto Iyengar
Professor of Political Science
Director of the Political Communication Laboratory
Stanford University

In this talk, Shanto Iyengar discusses the state of the literature bearing on affective polarization, summarizing what we know and don't know and then outlining possible next steps."
In this talk, Shanto Iyengar discusses the state of the literature bearing on affective polarization, summarizing what we know and don't know and then outlining possible next steps.

Shanto Iyengar is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Iyengar’s areas of interest include the role of mass media in democratic societies, public opinion, and political psychology. Iyengar’s research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Hewlett Foundation. Iyengar is Co-Principal Investigator of the American National Election Studies, and Co-Director of the Polarization Research Laboratory. Iyengar is author or co-author of several books, including News That Matters (University of Chicago Press, 1987), Is Anyone Responsible? (University of Chicago Press, 1991), Explorations in Political Psychology (Duke University Press, 1995), Going Negative (Free Press, 1995), and Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide (Norton, 2022).

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:55:29 -0500 2023-03-20T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Taking Stock of Research on Affective Polarization; Looking Back and Forward
The 2023 Converse-Miller Lecture (March 23, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105294 105294-21811506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

“Elections, Authoritarianism, Partisan Polarization in the US”

The increasing polarization of the Democratic and Republican parties in the US has been well documented but a number of different explanations for it have been advanced. Based on analyses of almost 30 years of election survey data, I show how the two parties have sharply diverged on the core trait of authoritarianism. The relationship between authoritarianism and vote choice has increased substantially over time. Perhaps more importantly, authoritarianism has become more strongly related to partisan identification which has long-term implications for political conflict. I also show that this increased influence of authoritarianism in American politics is largely a result of a few key presidential elections that accelerated the sorting of partisans by levels of authoritarianism.

The lecture will be followed by a reception in the ISR Atrium.

Connect on Zoom with passcode 105691.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:10:40 -0500 2023-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Stanley Feldman: March 23 at 4 pm at ISR 1430
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (March 27, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 27, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-03-27T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Hearing and Seeing the Other Side: Social Network Heterogeneity in the Era of Partisan Politics (March 27, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106042 106042-21813622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 27, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Politically heterogeneous social networks are considered a buffer against political extremism, and exposure to diverse views might be even more crucial in the current highly polarized political climate in the US. However, a consequence of this heightened partisan animosity may be that people avoid those very same heterogeneous networks that have the potential to contain hostility. We thus ask two intertwined questions: (1) to what extent heterogeneous political networks inoculate against outparty hostility? and (2) does political partisanship inform social relationships?

Using an original survey that includes experiments and novel social network questions, we find that partisanship does not spontaneously come to mind and is not a high priority in determining everyday life interactions. However, if provided information about partisanship, people heavily use it in selecting their interaction partners. Moreover, both close ties and, even more, acquaintance networks are quite politically diverse. Finally, individuals embedded in heterogeneous social networks have significantly lower outparty hostility and are less likely to rely on partisanship when choosing future partners. We advance two mechanisms through which exposure to politically heterogeneous networks might reduce outparty animosity. Political discussions, common with close ties, help people understand others’ point of view — hear the other side –, while exposure to a diverse network of acquaintances contributes to reduce misperceptions about outparty members — see the other side.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:43:31 -0500 2023-03-27T15:30:00-04:00 2023-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Hearing and Seeing the Other Side: Social Network Heterogeneity in the Era of Partisan Politics
Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series (March 31, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102363 102363-21803920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Social science increasingly uses data that requires advanced tools and algorithms. Preparing text, audio, and video data for analysis and running those analyses involves linking contemporary computational tools with datasets and major research challenges in ways that cut across disciplines. Building bridges between data scientists who develop the tools to analyze these data and social scientists who have datasets to address research questions in unprecedented ways that could benefit from them is critical for both opening the world of these new data and refining the tools for analysis.

The Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series, jointly sponsored by MIDAS, the AI Lab and ISR, is designed to build connections between social scientists and data scientists to improve scholarship in both arenas. Scholars in both groups present research vision and cutting-edge methodology that could benefit from additional interdisciplinary collaboration and theorizing. The series connects faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral, and graduate students to help build major research projects from their vision, find the right methods for their data, identify collaborators, or find scholars who can help trial run the tools they have developed.

Events will be held from 2:00-3:30 PM in ISR 6050 (426 Thompson Street), with meetings in January, February, March, April, and May. Refreshments provided. We encourage you to sign up ahead of time: https://myumi.ch/7eZWG For more information, or if you are interested in presenting work in progress at this series, please contact Beth Uberseder (ubersbe@umich.edu).

Speakers TBA.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:38:10 -0400 2023-03-31T14:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T15:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar
PSC Brownbag Series: Teaching Inclusive and Policy-Relevant Statistical Methods (April 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104899 104899-21810423@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Population Studies Center

Monday, April 3, noon ET
ISR-Thompson Room 1430 or Zoom

Catie Hausman, University of Michigan

This PSC Brownbag session is presented as part of the Institute for Social Research Inclusive Research Matters Seminar Series.

Professor Hausman will share examples of inclusive pedagogical approaches to teaching quantitative methods, based on her experiences teaching Statistics to master's level students in the School of Public Policy. She'll describe methods that can improve learning outcomes and student engagement, by recognizing a diverse array of learning styles and student backgrounds. She'll also discuss how to promote critical thinking in quantitative classes, both to improve student comprehension and to acknowledge ethical considerations in the application of statistical methods.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:47:05 -0500 2023-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Population Studies Center Workshop / Seminar PSC Brownbag Series: Teaching Inclusive and Policy-Relevant Statistical Methods
The Inclusive Research Matters Seminar Series (April 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104489 104489-21809140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Catie Hausman, University of Michigan

Professor Hausman will share examples of inclusive pedagogical approaches to teaching quantitative methods, based on her experiences teaching Statistics to master's level students in the School of Public Policy. She'll describe methods that can improve learning outcomes and student engagement, by recognizing a diverse array of learning styles and student backgrounds. She'll also discuss how to promote critical thinking in quantitative classes, both to improve student comprehension and to acknowledge ethical considerations in the application of statistical methods.

]]>
Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:29:48 -0500 2023-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Teaching inclusive and policy-relevant statistical methods. Catie Hausman. Associate Professsor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research University of Michigan. Monday April 3 2023. Noon ET. ISR-Thompson room 1430 or Zoom.
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (April 3, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-04-03T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Fighting Phantoms: Disagreement vs. Disdain in the American Body Politic (April 3, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103922 103922-21808094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Fighting Phantoms: Disagreement vs. Disdain in the American Body Politic
Monday, April 3, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Eli Finkel
Professor of Psychology
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University

According to legend, Ben Franklin informed a Philadelphia lady in 1787 that the Constitutional Convention had created a republic rather than a monarchy—“if you can keep it.” But what can individual citizens do to “keep” a republic? In his Farewell Address nine years later, George Washington offered a potential answer: resist extreme partisanship.

This presentation considers whether partisanship in America today poses a threat to the Republic. Ideological and policy disagreement among American partisans is modest, but feelings toward opposing partisans is curdling from dislike into hatred. A major foundation for this hatred is a distorted perception of opposing partisans, which means that we may be fighting phantoms rather than adversaries.

There are many ways to mitigate the most corrosive elements of our politics, but they will be difficult to implement insofar as we—the individuals who make up America’s body politic—prize partisan victory over democratic norms.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:58:49 -0500 2023-04-03T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Fighting Phantoms: Disagreement vs. Disdain in the American Body Politic
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (April 10, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-04-10T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Selective Exposure and Partisan Echo Chambers In Television News Consumption: Evidence from Linked Viewership, Administrative, and Survey Data (April 10, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106045 106045-21813623@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

Selective Exposure and Partisan Echo Chambers In Television News Consumption: Evidence from Linked Viewership, Administrative, and Survey Data
Monday, April 10, 2023 (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Joshua Kalla
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Yale University

Many scholars doubt that televised partisan media’s audience is large enough, persuadable enough, or sufficiently isolated from cross-cutting sources for partisan media to meaningfully influence public opinion. However, limitations of survey measures of media consumption have left such doubts difficult to assess. We report findings from four novel data sources which each link behavioral measures of television consumption to political administrative and survey data. First, approximately 1 in 7 Americans consume over 8 hours/month of partisan television, outnumbering the US Black population. Second, consistent with selective exposure, about two-thirds of partisan media viewers are aligned partisans; however, partisan media viewers have fairly similar attitudes to partisans generally, suggesting partisan media’s audience is not likely to be less persuadable than partisans generally. Finally, few partisan media consumers consume cross-cutting television channels, consistent with partisan echo chambers. Concerns about partisan media’s potential to further polarize Americans cannot be easily dismissed.

Joshua Kalla is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University with a secondary appointment in Statistics and Data Science. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018. His research studies political persuasion, prejudice reduction, and decision-making among voters and political elites, primarily through the use of randomized field experiments.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:05:54 -0500 2023-04-10T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: Selective Exposure and Partisan Echo Chambers In Television News Consumption: Evidence from Linked Viewership, Administrative, and Survey Data
RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization (April 17, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101884 101884-21802610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

The U.S. is experiencing unprecedented levels of political polarization relative to the past few decades, especially in terms of affective polarization, or feelings of dislike and distrust towards members of the opposing political party. In this winter talk series, we will hear from experts across disciplines (social psychology, political science, sociology, communication) in order to better understand why political polarization is so high and what, if anything, can we do about it.

1/23 - Billy Brady (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
1/30 - Ken Kollman (Political Science Department, University of Michigan)
2/6 - Mara Ostfeld (Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan)
2/13 - David Dunning (Psychology Department, University of Michigan)
2/20 - Jennifer Wolak (Political Science Department, Michigan State University)
3/6 - Yanna Krupnikov (Communication and Media Department, University of Michigan)
3/13 - Anne Wilson (Psychology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University)
3/20 - Shanto Iyengar (Political Science Department, Stanford University)
3/27 - Delia Baldassarri (Sociology Department, New York University)
4/3 - Eli Finkel (Psychology Department & Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
4/10 - Joshua Kalla (Political Science Department, Yale University)
4/17 - Yphtach Lelkes (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)

Talks are Mondays at 3:30 p.m. at ISR Thompson Room 1430, and will be recorded.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:45:01 -0500 2023-04-17T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Seminar Series: Political Polarization
RCGD Winter Seminar Series: American partisans misperceive the diversity, not the extremity, of other partisans' attitudes (April 17, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104906 104906-21810429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)

A popular explanation for rising partisan animosity and declining faith in democracy in the United States is that Republicans and Democrats misperceive each other to hold extreme policy attitudes. Yet, perceptions of group attitudes vary along other dimensions, and these perceptions are likely as important to democracy. In particular, Americans may underestimate the diversity of Democrats' and Republicans' attitudes to harmful effect. This paper uses surveys and pre-registered experiments with representative and convenience samples (N = 6,158) to assess the extent to which Americans misperceive that each party holds ``all the same'' attitudes and, furthermore, the consequences of these perceptions. Contrary to existing research, we find that American partisans do not consistently overestimate how radical the ``average'' Republican or Democrat is. However, Republicans and Democrats do vastly underestimate the diversity of each party's attitudes. Correcting these misperceptions of within-party attitude diversity reduces partisan animosity and the perceived threat posed by the opposing party.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:26:44 -0500 2023-04-17T15:30:00-04:00 2023-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD) Workshop / Seminar RCGD Winter Seminar Series: American partisans misperceive the diversity, not the extremity, of other partisans' attitudes
Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series (April 18, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102363 102363-21811243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Social science increasingly uses data that requires advanced tools and algorithms. Preparing text, audio, and video data for analysis and running those analyses involves linking contemporary computational tools with datasets and major research challenges in ways that cut across disciplines. Building bridges between data scientists who develop the tools to analyze these data and social scientists who have datasets to address research questions in unprecedented ways that could benefit from them is critical for both opening the world of these new data and refining the tools for analysis.

The Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series, jointly sponsored by MIDAS, the AI Lab and ISR, is designed to build connections between social scientists and data scientists to improve scholarship in both arenas. Scholars in both groups present research vision and cutting-edge methodology that could benefit from additional interdisciplinary collaboration and theorizing. The series connects faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral, and graduate students to help build major research projects from their vision, find the right methods for their data, identify collaborators, or find scholars who can help trial run the tools they have developed.

Events will be held from 2:00-3:30 PM in ISR 6050 (426 Thompson Street), with meetings in January, February, March, April, and May. Refreshments provided. We encourage you to sign up ahead of time: https://myumi.ch/7eZWG For more information, or if you are interested in presenting work in progress at this series, please contact Beth Uberseder (ubersbe@umich.edu).

Speakers TBA.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:38:10 -0400 2023-04-18T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-18T15:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar
Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series (May 5, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/102363 102363-21814602@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 5, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Social science increasingly uses data that requires advanced tools and algorithms. Preparing text, audio, and video data for analysis and running those analyses involves linking contemporary computational tools with datasets and major research challenges in ways that cut across disciplines. Building bridges between data scientists who develop the tools to analyze these data and social scientists who have datasets to address research questions in unprecedented ways that could benefit from them is critical for both opening the world of these new data and refining the tools for analysis.

The Social Research with Unstructured Data: Connection Series, jointly sponsored by MIDAS, the AI Lab and ISR, is designed to build connections between social scientists and data scientists to improve scholarship in both arenas. Scholars in both groups present research vision and cutting-edge methodology that could benefit from additional interdisciplinary collaboration and theorizing. The series connects faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral, and graduate students to help build major research projects from their vision, find the right methods for their data, identify collaborators, or find scholars who can help trial run the tools they have developed.

Events will be held from 2:00-3:30 PM in ISR 6050 (426 Thompson Street), with meetings in January, February, March, April, and May. Refreshments provided. We encourage you to sign up ahead of time: https://myumi.ch/7eZWG For more information, or if you are interested in presenting work in progress at this series, please contact Beth Uberseder (ubersbe@umich.edu).

Speakers TBA.

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:38:10 -0400 2023-05-05T14:00:00-04:00 2023-05-05T15:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar
Seminar: Explaining Variation of Colonial Narratives in Postcolonial States: Denunciation and Valorization in Southeast Asia (May 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108048 108048-21818884@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Research on the negative impacts of colonialism is well-established across the social sciences. In spite of this, considerable variation exists in how postcolonial states situate their colonial histories within national narratives. Some states frame their colonial experience negatively, denouncing their former colonizers and highlighting anticolonialism as inherent to nationalism. Yet other states highlight the positive elements of colonial rule, valorizing imperial institutions and situating their national identity in continuity with the colonial past. We argue that the way independence was achieved explains this variation: Countries that achieved independence through conflict developed negative frames denouncing their colonial past, while countries that achieved independence through peaceful transition developed positive frames valorizing their former colonizers. Qualitative evidence from three Southeast Asian countries and quantitative analysis on a global dataset of postcolonial states corroborates the theory.

Join us at ISR Thompson Room 6080 on Wednesday, May 17 from 12 to 1:30. A graduate discussion follows from 1:30 to 2:30.

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research (CPS) and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS).

]]>
Workshop / Seminar Thu, 11 May 2023 16:43:36 -0400 2023-05-17T12:00:00-04:00 2023-05-17T13:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Explaining Variation of Colonial Narratives in Postcolonial States: Denunciation and Valorization in Southeast Asia
Symposium honoring the career of David Lam (May 19, 2023 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106361 106361-21814128@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 19, 2023 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Institute for Social Research will host a symposium on economic demography and economic development honoring the career of David Lam. This one-day conference featuring papers by world-renowned scholars whose work has been inspired or influenced by David Lam.

This hybrid event will take place at the Institute for Social Research (426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321) with an option to participate remotely via Zoom. Lunch will be served to in-person attendees.

Friday, May 19, 2023
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Institute for Social Research
426 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321

Symposium Program Overview
8:30 a.m.   Continental breakfast
9:00 a.m.   Welcome and opening remarks
9:40 a.m.   Coffee Break
10:00 a.m.  Session 1: Brazil - The Early Years
10:40 a.m.  Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.  Session 2: Labor markets in Low-income countries
11:40 a.m.  Open mic 1
12:00 p.m.  Lunch
1:30 p.m.   Session 3: Fertility around the world
2:10 p.m.   Coffee Break
2:30 p.m.   Session 4: South Africa
3:10 p.m.   Open mic 2 
3:50 p.m.   Remarks by Tina Lam
4:00 p.m.   Remarks by David Lam
4:20 p.m.   Closing remarks

]]>
Conference / Symposium Wed, 17 May 2023 10:10:59 -0400 2023-05-19T08:30:00-04:00 2023-05-19T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium David Lam