Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Michigan in Washington Application Deadline Winter 2023 (January 10, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/102775 102775-21806190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for the Fall 2023 semester and early admission to Winter 2024.
The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 20 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science, and technology). Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week, and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events.

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Other Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:33:50 -0500 2023-01-10T11:00:00-05:00 2023-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other MIW
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline Winter 2023 (January 10, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/102775 102775-21806191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for the Fall 2023 semester and early admission to Winter 2024.
The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 20 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science, and technology). Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week, and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events.

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Other Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:33:50 -0500 2023-01-10T11:00:00-05:00 2023-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other MIW
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - The Role of Data Collection in Population Science: Contemporary Studies from ABCD to HBCD (January 20, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103756 103756-21807773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
February 1, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 EST

The Role of Data Collection in Population Science: Contemporary Studies from ABCD to HBCD

Abstract

Recently nationwide consortiums of multiple research sites have conducted multi-modal, longitudinal cohort studies and provided unprecedented data sources for population science research. For example, the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study has collected data from 11,880 children ages 9-10 across 21 U.S. research sites, as the largest long-term study of brain development and child health; and the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study will enroll 7,500 pregnant women across 25 research sites and follow them from pregnancy through early childhood, as the largest long-term study of early brain and child development in the U.S. Both studies aim to reflect the sociodemographic diversity of the target population to enable characterization of natural variability and trajectories. Without probability sampling as the touchstone for randomization-based inferences, the data quality and analysis validity require rigorous evaluations and potentially rely on untestable assumptions. The data collection process also presents various challenges during practical operation.

In this talk, I look into both inference and design schemes to study the impact of data collection on population science. First, using the ABCD study as an example of secondary data analysis, I discuss inference approaches focusing on multilevel regression and poststratification for population generalizability and latent subgroup detection for population heterogeneity in brain activity and association studies. Second, I introduce the HBCD study design. HBCD also aims to include individuals demographically and behaviorally similar to those in the substance exposure group, but without exposure, to enable valid causal inference in a non-experimental study design. I discuss our proposed weighting, matching, and modeling strategies to leverage analysis goals to inform the design and dashboard monitoring for adaptive sample enrollment.

Bio

Yajuan Si is a Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Dr Si’s research lies in cutting-edge methodology development in streams of Bayesian statistics, linking design- and model-based approaches for survey inference, missing data analysis, confidentiality protection involving the creation and analysis of synthetic datasets, and causal inference with observational data.

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology was established in 2001 seeking to train future generations of survey and data scientists. In 2021, we changed our name to the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Our curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources including survey data, but also including social media posts, sensor data, and administrative records, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. And we bring to data science a focus on data quality — which is not at the center of traditional data science. The new name speaks to what we teach and work on at the intersection of social research and data. The program offers doctorate and master of science degrees and a certificate through the University of Michigan. The program's home is the Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academically-based social science research institute.

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (SISRT)
The mission of the Summer Institute is to provide rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948, and has offered such courses every summer since. Graduate-level courses through the Program in Survey and Data Science are offered from June 5 through July 28 and available to enroll in as a Summer Scholar.

The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business, public health, natural resources, law, medicine, nursing, social work, and many other domains of study.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:51:50 -0500 2023-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2023-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - The Role of Data Collection in Population Science: Contemporary Studies from ABCD to HBCD (January 20, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103756 103756-21807774@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
February 1, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 EST

The Role of Data Collection in Population Science: Contemporary Studies from ABCD to HBCD

Abstract

Recently nationwide consortiums of multiple research sites have conducted multi-modal, longitudinal cohort studies and provided unprecedented data sources for population science research. For example, the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study has collected data from 11,880 children ages 9-10 across 21 U.S. research sites, as the largest long-term study of brain development and child health; and the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study will enroll 7,500 pregnant women across 25 research sites and follow them from pregnancy through early childhood, as the largest long-term study of early brain and child development in the U.S. Both studies aim to reflect the sociodemographic diversity of the target population to enable characterization of natural variability and trajectories. Without probability sampling as the touchstone for randomization-based inferences, the data quality and analysis validity require rigorous evaluations and potentially rely on untestable assumptions. The data collection process also presents various challenges during practical operation.

In this talk, I look into both inference and design schemes to study the impact of data collection on population science. First, using the ABCD study as an example of secondary data analysis, I discuss inference approaches focusing on multilevel regression and poststratification for population generalizability and latent subgroup detection for population heterogeneity in brain activity and association studies. Second, I introduce the HBCD study design. HBCD also aims to include individuals demographically and behaviorally similar to those in the substance exposure group, but without exposure, to enable valid causal inference in a non-experimental study design. I discuss our proposed weighting, matching, and modeling strategies to leverage analysis goals to inform the design and dashboard monitoring for adaptive sample enrollment.

Bio

Yajuan Si is a Research Associate Professor in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Dr Si’s research lies in cutting-edge methodology development in streams of Bayesian statistics, linking design- and model-based approaches for survey inference, missing data analysis, confidentiality protection involving the creation and analysis of synthetic datasets, and causal inference with observational data.

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology was established in 2001 seeking to train future generations of survey and data scientists. In 2021, we changed our name to the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Our curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources including survey data, but also including social media posts, sensor data, and administrative records, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. And we bring to data science a focus on data quality — which is not at the center of traditional data science. The new name speaks to what we teach and work on at the intersection of social research and data. The program offers doctorate and master of science degrees and a certificate through the University of Michigan. The program's home is the Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academically-based social science research institute.

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (SISRT)
The mission of the Summer Institute is to provide rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948, and has offered such courses every summer since. Graduate-level courses through the Program in Survey and Data Science are offered from June 5 through July 28 and available to enroll in as a Summer Scholar.

The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business, public health, natural resources, law, medicine, nursing, social work, and many other domains of study.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:51:50 -0500 2023-01-20T14:00:00-05:00 2023-01-20T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
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.

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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
Michigan in Washington Info Session (January 25, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103179 103179-21806521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

Come learn more and ask questions about Michigan in Washington.

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Meeting Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:20:13 -0500 2023-01-25T18:00:00-05:00 2023-01-25T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
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.

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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?
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.

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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.

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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
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - The Evolution of the Use of Models in Survey Sampling (February 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103587 103587-21807518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
February 15, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 EST

Richard Valliant, PhD, is a research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, and at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, and has been an associate editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Official Statistics, and Survey Methodology.

The Evolution of the Use of Models in Survey Sampling

The use of models in survey estimation has evolved over the last five (or more) decades. This talk will trace some of the developments over time and attempt to review some of the history. Consideration of models for estimating descriptive statistics began as early as the 1940's when Cochran and Jessen proposed linear regression estimators of means. These were early examples of model-assisted estimation since the properties of the Cochran-Jessen estimators were calculated with respect to a random sampling distribution. Model-thinking was used informally through the 1960's to form ratio and linear regression estimators that could in some applications reduce design variances.

In a 1963 Australian Journal of Statistics paper, Brewer presented results for a ratio estimator that were entirely based on a super population model. Royall (Biometrika 1970 and later papers) formalized the theory for a more general prediction approach using linear models. Since that time, the use of models is ubiquitous in the survey estimation literature and has been extended to nonparametric, empirical likelihood, Bayesian, small area, machine learning, and other approaches. There remains a considerable gap between the more advanced techniques in the literature and the methods commonly used in practice.

In parallel to the model developments, the design-based, randomization approach was dominating official statistics in the US largely due to the efforts of Morris Hansen and his colleagues at the US Census Bureau. In 1937 Hansen and others at the Census Bureau designed a follow-on sample survey to a special census of the employed and partially employed because response to the census was incomplete and felt to be inaccurate. The sample estimates were judged to be more trustworthy than those of the census itself. This began Hansen’s career-long devotion to random sampling as the only trustworthy method for obtaining samples from finite populations and for making inferences.

Model-assisted estimation, as discussed in the 1992 book by Särndal, Swensson, and Wretman is a type of compromise where models are used to construct estimators while a randomization distribution is used to compute properties like means and variances. This thinking has led to the popularity of doubly robust approaches where the goal is to have estimators with good properties with respect to both a randomization and a model distribution.

The field has now reached a troubling crossroads in which response rates to many types of surveys have plummeted and nonprobability datasets are touted as a way of obtaining reasonable quality data at low cost. Sophisticated model-based mathematical methods have been developed for estimation from nonprobability samples. In some applications, e.g., administrative data files that are incomplete due to late reporting, these methods may work well. However, in others the quality of nonprobability sample data is irremediably bad as illustrated by Kennedy in her 2022 Hansen lecture. In some situations, we are back in Morris' 1937 situation where standard approaches no longer work. Methods are needed to evaluate whether acceptable estimates can be made from the most suspect data sets. Nonetheless. nonprobability datasets are readily available now, and it is up to the statistical profession to develop good methods for using them.

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology was established in 2001 seeking to train future generations of survey and data scientists. In 2021, we changed our name to the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Our curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources including survey data, but also including social media posts, sensor data, and administrative records, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. And we bring to data science a focus on data quality — which is not at the center of traditional data science. The new name speaks to what we teach and work on at the intersection of social research and data. The program offers doctorate and master of science degrees and a certificate through the University of Michigan. The program's home is the Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academically-based social science research institute.

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (SISRT)
The mission of the Summer Institute is to provide rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948, and has offered such courses every summer since. Graduate-level courses through the Program in Survey and Data Science are offered from June 5 through July 28 and available to enroll in as a Summer Scholar.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:55:19 -0500 2023-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Michigan in Washington Information Session (February 15, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103236 103236-21806522@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

Join us to ask questions and learn more about MIW!

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Meeting Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:58:11 -0500 2023-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T19:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Meeting
Michigan in Washington Application Deadline Winter 2023 (February 27, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/102775 102775-21805124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 27, 2023 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington Program is accepting applications for the Fall 2023 semester and early admission to Winter 2024.
The MIW program offers an opportunity each year for 20 undergraduates from any major to spend a semester (Fall or Winter) in Washington D.C. Students combine coursework with an internship that reflects their particular area of interest (such as American politics, international studies, history, the arts, public health, economics, the media, the environment, science, and technology). Students work four days a week, attend an elective one evening a week, and a research course on Friday mornings. They spend their weekends exploring the city and taking in cultural events.

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Other Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:33:50 -0500 2023-02-27T00:00:00-05:00 2023-02-27T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Other MIW
Governing for environmental justice (March 6, 2023 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104379 104379-21808979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Whether efficient public transit, climate change, or air and water pollution, marginalized communities are regularly denied access to healthy environments. Differences in power and political voice create differential impacts of our changing environment—natural and built—on these communities, compromising access to basic necessities like clean water and breathable air. Legislation to redress these differential impacts requires policymakers to work hand in glove with the communities they represent.

Join Dr. Abdul El-Sayed - physician, epidemiologist, and newly appointed Director of the Wayne County Health, Human & Veterans Services Department, and a former Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence - for a conversation with policymakers at the intersection of social justice and environmental concerns. Dr. El-Sayed will be joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Michigan Senator Stephanie Chang (MPP/MSW '14) to reflect on their work to address environmental injustice in Michigan and beyond, and the challenges and opportunities ahead.

At this event, the Ford School will also recognize Senator Chang with the prestigious Neil Staebler Distinguished Service Award for her dedication to excellence in public service. Read the announcement here.

Representative Rashida Tlaib is currently the Congresswoman for Michigan’s 12th Congressional District, which includes the city of Detroit and many surrounding communities. She made history in 2008 by becoming the first Muslim woman to ever serve in the Michigan Legislature.

Senator Stephanie Chang is a Ford School alumna and the first Asian American woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature. Chang worked as a community organizer in Detroit for nearly a decade before serving two terms in the Michigan House of Representatives.

Co-sponsored by the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:34:10 -0500 2023-03-06T16:30:00-05:00 2023-03-06T18:30:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Stephanie Chang and Rashida Tlaib
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Network Size: Measurement and Errors (March 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104021 104021-21808283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
March 8, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 EST

Abstract
Respondent driven sampling (RDS) is a sampling method that leverages the respondents' networks to reach more members of the target population. In RDS, the size of the respondents' social network (also known as personal network size (PNS), or respondent's degree) is important in both the study operations and in estimation. A commonly used estimation of degree is the self-reported data from the interview, which typically has substantial measurement error, and, specifically, is found to be frequently rounded to a multiple of five. Measurement error in the PNS can introduce biased estimates for RDS, especially if the misreporting of the degree is associated with the outcome to be estimated.

This brown bag will present two related studies on the measurement of PNS. The first study uses two sets of data; 1) semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted over Zoom with 19 adult respondents of various ages, gender identities (transgender, nonbinary, cisgender), race, and sexual orientations (gay, lesbian, bi), 2) an RDS web survey targeting the adult LGBT population (n = 394). Thematic analysis conducted on the semi-structured interview transcripts showed a large variation in how respondents define "knowing" someone; for some respondents, it covers a larger network than the "recruitable" network (the network of people respondents are likely to think of recruiting to an RDS study). Meanwhile, the web-RDS shows that the more restrictive PNS questions yielded more realistic ranges for a "recruitable" network, with less proportion of rounded responses on the more restrictive PNS questions.

Motivated by the desire to improve the degree estimation in RDS, the second study presents a latent variable model to make inferences about participants’ actual degrees and potential reporting behaviors. Specifically, individual-level degree estimation will be obtained by revealing the association between the actual degree and relevant personal characteristics and blending their response to “How many [a particular sub-population] do you know in the target population?” Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed method delivers sensible estimations about the individual degree.

Bios
Ai Rene Ong works at American Institutes for Research (AIR) as a Researcher/Survey Methodologist in the area of Education Statistics. She graduated with a PhD in Survey Methodology from the University of Michigan in 2022. Her dissertation research was on the measurement of network size and the mechanism of peer recruitment in Respondent Driven Sampling — a sampling method typically used for hard-to-sample populations.

Yibo Wang is a 3rd year Ph.D. candidate from the department of Biostatistics. She is now working with Dr. Sunghee Lee and Dr. Michael Elliott on measurement estimation in Respondent Driven Sampling

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology was established in 2001 seeking to train future generations of survey and data scientists. In 2021, we changed our name to the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Our curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources including survey data, but also including social media posts, sensor data, and administrative records, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. And we bring to data science a focus on data quality — which is not at the center of traditional data science. The new name speaks to what we teach and work on at the intersection of social research and data. The program offers doctorate and master of science degrees and a certificate through the University of Michigan. The program's home is the Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academically-based social science research institute.

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (SISRT)
The mission of the Summer Institute is to provide rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948, and has offered such courses every summer since. Graduate-level courses through the Program in Survey and Data Science are offered from June 5 through July 28 and available to enroll in as a Summer Scholar.

The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business, public health, natural resources, law, medicine, nursing, social work, and many other domains of study.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:08:47 -0500 2023-03-08T12:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
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.

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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
Michigan in Washington Deadline Extended (March 13, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105878 105878-21813190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 13, 2023 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The MIW deadline for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 has been extended until March 13th.

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Other Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:43:58 -0500 2023-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 2023-03-13T23:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Other
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - How to ask for consent to data linkage: Things we’ve learnt (March 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104312 104312-21808815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
March 15, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 EST

The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Annette Jäckle is Professor of Survey Methodology at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, UK and Associate Director of Innovations and Co-Investigator of the UK Household Longitudinal Study: Understanding Society. Her research interests are in methodology of data collection for longitudinal studies, mixed mode data collection, questionnaire design, respondent consent to data linkage, and new ways of using mobile devices for survey data collection.

Abstract
Data linkage usually requires informed consent of respondents, whether for legal or ethical reasons. A common problem is that when consent questions are asked in self-completion surveys, respondents are much less likely to consent than when they are asked for consent in interviewer administered surveys. In the existing literature, predictors of consent are mostly inconsistent, between studies, but also between different consents asked within one study. In addition, experiments with the wording of consent questions have often had no or inconsistent effects. Why is this? And what can be done to increase informed consent to data linkage? This presentation provides an overview of what we have learnt from qualitative in-depth interviews and a series of experiments implemented in two UK probability household panels (the Understanding Society Innovation Panel and COVID-19 study) and in the UK PopulusLive online access panel. We address the following questions. (1) How do respondents decide whether to consent to data linkage? (2) Why are respondents less likely to consent in web than CAPI surveys? (3) How best to ask for multiple consents within a survey? (4) Which wording and formats affect informed consent and why? We end the overview with a summary of the practical implications for how best to ask for consent to data linkage.

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology was established in 2001 seeking to train future generations of survey and data scientists. In 2021, we changed our name to the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Our curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources including survey data, but also including social media posts, sensor data, and administrative records, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. And we bring to data science a focus on data quality — which is not at the center of traditional data science. The new name speaks to what we teach and work on at the intersection of social research and data. The program offers doctorate and master of science degrees and a certificate through the University of Michigan. The program's home is the Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academically-based social science research institute.

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (SISRT)
The mission of the Summer Institute is to provide rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948, and has offered such courses every summer since. Graduate-level courses through the Program in Survey and Data Science are offered from June 5 through July 28 and available to enroll in as a Summer Scholar.

The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business, public health, natural resources, law, medicine, nursing, social work, and many other domains of study.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:14:34 -0400 2023-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
CSEAS Event. Making Sense of the 2022 Philippines Elections (March 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106015 106015-21813581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The 2022 Philippine presidential elections culminated with the election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr and Sara Duterte to the Philippine Presidency and Vice Presidency, respectively. Under the UniTeam Alliance, they now face numerous challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability, and political challenges in the South China Sea. Professor Allen Hicken of the University of Michigan and Professor Paul Hutchcroft of Australian National University will discuss the dynamics of the recent election, the electoral results, and observations on how the new administration of Marcos Jr. has been faring thus far.

Allen Hicken is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan. He studies political institutions and political economy in developing countries. His primary focus has been on political parties and party systems in developing democracies and their role in policymaking.

Paul Hutchcroft is a scholar of comparative and Southeast Asian politics who has written extensively on Philippine politics and political economy. He is a professor of political and social change at the Australia National University, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs (of which he was founding director, 2009-2013).

Register to the event: https://myumi.ch/73X4m

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:18:26 -0400 2023-03-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-20T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Philippine Flag
LACS Across Campus Interdisciplinary Events Series. Political Elites, Misinformation, and Mobilization: Evidence from Brazil (March 23, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105948 105948-21813302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Misinformation is a growing concern among the public and political elites. Yet we still lack a good understanding of the political effects of misinformation. We argue that misinformation contains politically motivated content that sends unambiguous signals in favor or against a political group, thus increasing the salience of political identities and making individuals more oriented towards political and partisan goals. Consequently, disseminating misinformation benefits politicians because this type of story is effective at mobilizing voters. We empirically test this argument using novel observational and experimental data from Brazil. We show that politicians' posts that contain misinformation have higher levels of seemingly positive interactions with social media users in Brazil. Furthermore, respondents who are exposed to misinformation show a lower willingness to participate in campaign-related activities in favor of the target of the misinformation and have lower levels of affect regarding that target. Although the effects we find are small, they indicate that misinformation may pay off by damaging the target of misinformation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:36:17 -0400 2023-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion Natalia Bueno, assistant professor of political science, Emory University.
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Assessing Cross-Cultural Comparability of Self-Rated Health and Its Conceptualization through Web Probing (April 5, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103497 103497-21807352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
April 5, 2022
12:00 - 1:00 EST

Stephanie Morales is a second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan's Program in Survey and Data Science. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Sociology. She is interested in cross-cultural surveys, measurement error in data collection with racial/ethnic minorities, and adaptive survey design.

Assessing Cross-Cultural Comparability of Self-Rated Health and Its Conceptualization through Web Probing

Self-rated health (SRH) is a widely used question across different fields, as it is simple to administer yet has been shown to predict mortality. SRH asks respondents to rate their overall health typically using Likert-type response scales (i.e., excellent, very good, good, fair, poor). Although SRH is commonly used, few studies have examined its conceptualization from the respondents’ point of view and even less so for differences in its conceptualization across diverse populations. We aim to assess the comparability of SRH across different cultural groups by investigating the factors that respondents consider when responding to the SRH question. We included an open-ended probe asking what respondents thought when responding to SRH in web surveys conducted in five countries: Great Britain, Germany, the U.S., Spain, and Mexico. In the U.S., we targeted six racial/ethnic and linguistic groups: English-dominant Koreans, Korean-dominant Koreans, English-dominant Latinos, Spanish-dominant Latinos, non-Latino Black Americans, and non-Latino White Americans. One novelty of our study is allowing multiple attribute codes (e.g., health behaviors, illness) per respondent and tone (e.g., in the direction of positive or negative health or neutral) of the probing responses for each attribute, allowing us 1) to assess respondents’ thinking process holistically and 2) to examine whether and how respondents mix attributes. Our study compares the number of reported attributes and tone by cultural groups and integrates SRH responses in the analysis. This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of SRH by revealing the cognitive processes among diverse populations and is expected to shed light on its cross-cultural comparability.

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS)
The University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology was established in 2001 seeking to train future generations of survey and data scientists. In 2021, we changed our name to the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science. Our curriculum is concerned with a broad set of data sources including survey data, but also including social media posts, sensor data, and administrative records, as well as analytic methods for working with these new data sources. And we bring to data science a focus on data quality — which is not at the center of traditional data science. The new name speaks to what we teach and work on at the intersection of social research and data. The program offers doctorate and master of science degrees and a certificate through the University of Michigan. The program's home is the Institute for Social Research, the world's largest academically-based social science research institute.

Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques (SISRT)
The mission of the Summer Institute is to provide rigorous and high quality graduate training in all phases of survey research. The program teaches state-of-the-art practice and theory in the design, implementation, and analysis of surveys. The Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques has presented courses on the sample survey since the summer of 1948, and has offered such courses every summer since. Graduate-level courses through the Program in Survey and Data Science are offered from June 5 through July 28 and available to enroll in as a Summer Scholar.

The Summer Institute uses the sample survey as the basic instrument for the scientific measurement of human activity. It presents sample survey methods in courses designed to meet the educational needs of those specializing in social and behavioral research such as professionals in business, public health, natural resources, law, medicine, nursing, social work, and many other domains of study.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:00:12 -0500 2023-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
ASC UMAPS Colloquium Series. Cyber Security, Infrastructures of Green Governance and Child Health in Africa (April 13, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105444 105444-21811854@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

Grace Njoki Maina (Kenya), “Re-thinking Complementarity in Leadership; The Place and Role of Women in Indigenous Systems of Governance”
Grace Njoki Maina is a tutorial fellow at KCA University, Kenya. She earned her Bachelor of Education and MA in history from Kenyatta University and is currently pursuing her PhD at Makerere University. She has worked in various research settings within universities and the NGO sphere. At U-M, she will work with David Temin (Political Science, LSA) on a project titled “Women in traditional governance of Kenya: Agikuyu women ‘Ndundu cia Aaka.”
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Daniel Ramotsoela (South Africa), “Verifiable Computation for Data-Oblivious Sequestered Encryption Applications”
Daniel Ramotsoela is a senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He holds a PhD in computer engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research interests include cyber security and machine learning, focusing on Internet of Things applications and cyber-physical systems. His research project at U-M, titled “A Framework for Intrusion Detection in Industrial Control Systems,” will focus on the development of a framework for host-based intrusion detection in industrial control systems. His U-M host is Todd Austin (College of Engineering).
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Meseret Azene (Ethiopia), “Epidemiology of diarrhea among children with diarrhea aged 6-59 months attending Health Centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”
Meseret Azene lectures at the Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. She received her BSc in pharmacology and MSc in food science, both from Addis Ababa University, where she is currently pursuing her PhD. Her research interests focus mainly on the nexus between nutrition and infection/non-communicable diseases. While at Michigan, she will work with Joseph Eisenberg (School of Public Health) on a project titled “Epidemiology of diarrhea among children of 6-59 months in community and hospital settings in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.”
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Bosena Yirga (Ethiopia), ”The Governance of Green Infrastructure Planning and Management in Hawassa, Ethiopia”
Bosena Yirga is a lecturer in the Department of Urban Sociology at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. She also completed a BA in sociology and an MA in social anthropology from Addis Ababa University, and is currently pursuing his PhD study in urban and regional development at the same institution. Her research interests include green infrastructure planning and management, urban poverty, governance approaches, and forest management. At Michigan, she will work on her project titled “Governance approaches for green infrastructure planning and management in selected Ethiopian urban areas” with U-M host Larissa Larsen (School of Urban and Regional Planning).

Register in advance at https://myumi.ch/p7d6X

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:19:11 -0500 2023-04-13T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Lecture / Discussion UMAPS Winter 2023 Cohort, group 3 presentation
How Do We Think of Social Diversity: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado (April 17, 2023 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106684 106684-21814695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Romance Languages & Literatures

Today’s call for diversity in the United States quite often reduces itself to body count. René Zavaleta Mercado (1937-1984), one of Latin America’s most imaginative social scientists, confronted the question of respecting diversity in the analysis of social reality in the twentieth century. *Towards a History of the National Popular in Bolivia*, now translated into English for the first time, confronts this question not only in terms of mere inclusion but in terms of a “motley” social situation, devising methodology to represent its demand.

Luis Tapia, our speaker, another imaginative Bolivian thinker and activist, is the leading expert on Zavaleta. In his own book, *The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado*, also translated into English for the first time, he lays out an epistemological program to make Zavaleta’s injunction real. Tapia’s talk will evolve from a crucial question: ‘How do we have to change ourselves so that the idea of a “motley” society does not turn into voting blocs, destroying democracy?

April 17th, 2023 4:00pm - 5:30pm in the RLL Commons
Join us for free coffee & cookies

Don't miss the book sale!
- *The Production of Local Knowledge: History and Politics in the Work of René Zavaleta Mercado* by Luis Tapia
- *Towards a History of the National Popular in Bolivia* by René Zavaleta Mercado

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Mar 2023 09:36:41 -0400 2023-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T17:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Romance Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Luis Tapia Poster
Movie Night in Trotter (April 20, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107298 107298-21815846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Please join students of POLSCI 489: Saving the World or Wasting Time: Social Movement Efficacy on April 20, 2023, at 6 pm at the Trotter Multicultural Center MPR for a screening of Hotel Rwanda with snacks, opening remarks, and a short discussion regarding global political prisoners, recently-freed Paul Rusesabagina, and the Rwanda Genocide.

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Film Screening Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:30:00 -0400 2023-04-20T18:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T20:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Department of Political Science Film Screening Event description with photo of Paul Rusesabagina and QR code for more information
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).

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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
Political Theory Workshop (September 8, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Michigan in Washington Information Session (September 12, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112101 112101-21828435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

Learn more about the Michigan in Washington program!

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Presentation Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:01:48 -0400 2023-09-12T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Presentation MIW
Political Theory Workshop (September 15, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Michigan in Washington Information Session (September 19, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112101 112101-21828436@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

Learn more about the Michigan in Washington program!

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Presentation Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:01:48 -0400 2023-09-19T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T19:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan in Washington Program Presentation MIW
Women's Caucus (September 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112447 112447-21828936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Every Thursday* from 12-2 p.m. this semester, the Women's Caucus hosts a hybrid "write together" event in the Pre-function room and on Zoom. Women at any stage in their careers are welcome to join, as are those supporting us. We encourage everyone to bring whatever they need to work on; while this is writing for most of us, it can also include data analysis, class assignments, grading, etc. There is time to socialize at the beginning and end of these sessions, but the focus is on completing our work together. If you have questions or want access to the Zoom link, please email Hilary Zedlitz at zedlitz@umich.edu.

*We do not have an event scheduled for the week of Emerging Scholars. We encourage everyone to instead participate in the Emerging Scholars event.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:05:17 -0400 2023-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Social / Informal Gathering White background with black bold letters spelling 'Women's Caucus'
Political Theory Workshop (September 22, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-09-22T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics (September 22, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112497 112497-21829007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Racial and ethnic identities play a key role in shaping behaviors, attitudes, institutions and social structures. As such, scholars across disciplines have been devoted to investigating how race and ethnicity feature in every aspect of social and political life. The purpose of I-REP (Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics) is to provide a space for scholars whose research centers race, ethnicity and politics across a number of fields to receive critical feedback on the early stages of their work (especially graduate students), build community with other researchers who share similar interests and offer an opportunity for participants to collaborate on a joint research project within the working group.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:00:35 -0400 2023-09-22T15:30:00-04:00 2023-09-22T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'I-REP'
Political Economy Workshop (September 26, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 112502-21829018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Tuesdays, 1-2:20 pm

Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall

Faculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley, Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Mark Dincecco, Iain Osgood

Graduate Student Coordinator: Jun Fang

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:42:19 -0400 2023-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-26T14:20:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PEW'
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Everything You Need to Know When Utilizing Probability Panels: Best Practices in Planning, Fielding, and Analysis (September 27, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112696 112696-21829462@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS SEMINAR SERIES
September 27, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm

IN PERSON AND VIA ZOOM
- In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research.
- Via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN UTILIZING PROBABILITY PANELS: BEST PRACTICES IN PLANNING, FIELDING, AND ANALYSIS

Speakers: David Dutwin & Ipek Bilgen

Probability-based panel survey research is more widespread than ever, as the continuing decline in survey response rates makes cross-sectional sample surveys less and less accessible both in terms of fit for purpose data quality and cost. The attraction of probability panels for surveys is their ability to attain, dependent upon their recruiting methods, comparable response rates to cross-section polls, but at a lower cost and more expeditious execution. Panels are a unique type of survey research platform: Unlike cross-sections, panels recruit respondents specifically for future participation in surveys. In return, panelists are financially compensated, typically to join the panel in the first place, and then secondarily for each survey in which they participate.

These differences to cross-sectional surveys have a range of potential implications. How does the method and effort of recruiting impact who joins, and as a consequence what is best practice? What do panels do to retain panelists over time and which strategies are more successful than others? How much of a concern is panel conditioning, that is, the impact of persons repetitively taking surveys over time, and what are the implications for how frequently panelists should take surveys? How do panels, which exclusively request that panelists take surveys on the Internet, deal with people who do not have or are not comfortable using the Internet? What is the impact of panelist attrition and what are best efforts to replenish retired panelists? How successful are panels are executing true longitudinal surveys? And, given the additional layers of complexity, how are panel surveys properly weighted and estimated?

This seminar is meant to serve two purposes. First, it will serve as a guide for consumers of probability-based panels to understand what, in short, they are working with: What questions to ask and what features to understand about probability panels in evaluating their use for data collections, and how to best use probability-based panel data. Second, it will serve as an exploration of best practices for the practitioners of surveys: Raising issues of data quality, cost, and execution.

Learning Objectives:

1. For consumers of panel data: Understanding the features of panels with which to be knowledgeable; to know the important questions to ask panel vendors when assessing their fit for purpose of your research.
2. For researchers and practitioners: To understand the many dimensions and decision points in the building, maintenance, deployment, and delivery of multi-client panels and panel data.

Bios:

David Dutwin, PhD, is Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Business Ventures and Initiatives and Chief Scientist of AmeriSpeak at NORC at the University of Chicago. David provides scientific and programmatic thought leadership in support of NORC’s ongoing innovations. In addition to identifying new business opportunities, he lends expertise on research design conceptualization, methodological innovation, and product development. He leads the panel operations and the statistics and methods divisions of AmeriSpeak. David assists in NORC strategic vision and strategy, project acquisition and management of advance research methods. Prior research has focused on election methodology, surveying of low-incidence populations, the use of big data in survey research, and data quality in survey panels. He is a senior fellow of the Program for Opinion Research and Election Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. An avid member of the AAPOR community, David served as president from 2018-2019. He previously served on AAPOR’s Executive Council as conference chair and has served full terms on several committees. For over twenty years, he has taught courses in survey research and design, political polling, research methods, rhetorical theory, media effects, and other courses as an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Arizona, and West Chester University.

Ipek Bilgen, PhD, is a Principal Research Methodologist in the Methodology and Quantitative Social Sciences Department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Ipek is the Deputy Director of NORC’s Center for Panel Survey Sciences. Additionally, she oversees AmeriSpeak’s methodological research and innovations. As part of her role within AmeriSpeak, she also provides survey design expertise, questionnaire development and review support, and leads cognitive interview and usability testing efforts for client studies. Ipek received both her Ph.D. and M.S. from the Survey Research and Methodology (SRAM) Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has published and co-authored articles in Journal of Official Statistics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, Survey Practice, Social Currents, Social Science Computer Review, Field Methods, Journal of Quantitative Methods, SAGE Research Methods, and Quality and Quantity on issues related to interviewing methodology, web surveys, online panels, internet sampling and recruitment approaches, nonresponse and measurement issues in surveys. In the past, she has served on AAPOR’s and MAPOR’s Executive Councils. Ipek is currently teaching at the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago and serving as Associate Editor of Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:29:30 -0400 2023-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Women's Caucus (September 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112447 112447-21828938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Every Thursday* from 12-2 p.m. this semester, the Women's Caucus hosts a hybrid "write together" event in the Pre-function room and on Zoom. Women at any stage in their careers are welcome to join, as are those supporting us. We encourage everyone to bring whatever they need to work on; while this is writing for most of us, it can also include data analysis, class assignments, grading, etc. There is time to socialize at the beginning and end of these sessions, but the focus is on completing our work together. If you have questions or want access to the Zoom link, please email Hilary Zedlitz at zedlitz@umich.edu.

*We do not have an event scheduled for the week of Emerging Scholars. We encourage everyone to instead participate in the Emerging Scholars event.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:05:17 -0400 2023-09-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-28T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Social / Informal Gathering White background with black bold letters spelling 'Women's Caucus'
Mark Tessler Symposium (September 29, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110853 110853-21825671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Join us for a research symposium honoring the career of Mark Tessler

Presentations by:
Michael D. Robbins, Project Director & Co-Principal Investigator, Arab Barometer, Princeton University

Amaney Jamal, Dean, Princeton School for Public and International Affairs, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

Diana Greenwald, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, City College of New York

Daniel Corstange, Associate Professor of Political Science and of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Lindsay Benstead, Associate Professor of Political Science, Director of the Middle East Studies Center, Portland State University

A reception will follow the event at 5 p.m. in the Institute for Social Research atrium

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:04:00 -0400 2023-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium Join us to celebrate the career of Mark Tessler. Friday, September 29, 2023 noon-5 p.m. 1430 ISR-Thompson 426 Thompson St. Ann Arbor, MI.
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (September 29, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 112863-21829674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research that provides comparative perspectives on the causes and effects of political and economic processes. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:45:34 -0400 2023-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWCP
Political Theory Workshop (September 29, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-09-29T14:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Michigan in Washington Fall 2023 Application Deadline (October 2, 2023 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110233 110233-21824612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 12:00am
Location:
Organized By: Michigan in Washington Program

The Michigan in Washington program is accepting applications for Winter 2024 and early admission to Fall 2024. The deadline is October 2nd and applications are available on M-Compass. Info Session: September 12th and 19th at 6:00 PM
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99157149437

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Meeting Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:35:22 -0400 2023-10-02T00:00:00-04:00 2023-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 Michigan in Washington Program Meeting MIW
Michigan in Washington Fall 2023 Application Deadline (October 2, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112789 112789-21829552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Michigan in Washington program accepts applications for Winter 2024 and early admission to Fall 2024. The deadline is October 2nd, and applications are available on M-Compass.

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Other Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:58:23 -0400 2023-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-02T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Political Science Other White background with U of M and Michigan in Washington Logos
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Using Partially Synthetic Frames to Evaluate Alternative Sample Designs for Estimating a Rare Business Characteristic (October 4, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113114 113114-21830116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 4, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Using Partially Synthetic Frames to Evaluate Alternative Sample Designs for Estimating a Rare Business Characteristic

Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
Hang Joon Kim (University of Cincinnati)
Stephen Kaputa (U.S. Census Bureau)

In the “traditional'” finite population sampling framework, the sample designer has a complete list (frame) of eligible units with classification information and auxiliary variables related to surveyed characteristics. In our setting, the frame auxiliary variables are weakly related to the survey characteristic, which is not present for most units. Hence, using frame auxiliary variables to assess survey design efficacy can be misleading. Instead, we propose generating multiple partially synthetic frames, modeling characteristic values for each unit on the frame, then drawing repeated samples from each synthetic frame using the candidate sample design(s) to assess finite sample performance for each design within and between the synthetic frames. Focusing on establishment survey data, we illustrate our proposed approach on a subset of industries surveyed annually by the Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey.

Katherine Jenny Thompson is the Senior Mathematical Statistician in the Economic Directorate of the Census Bureau. Jenny holds a masters of science degree in Applied Statistics from the George Washington University and an bachelor or arts degree in Mathematics from Oberlin College. She is an American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow, an elected member of the International Statistics Institute, and the Vice President Elect of the ASA. She is the Survey Statistics Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Official Statistics. She has published papers on a variety of topics related to complex surveys in several journals, including the Journal of Official Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series A), Survey Methodology, Annals of Applied Statistics, International Statistical Review, Journal of Survey Sampling and Methodology, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:43:03 -0400 2023-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-04T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Women's Caucus (October 5, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112447 112447-21828939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Every Thursday* from 12-2 p.m. this semester, the Women's Caucus hosts a hybrid "write together" event in the Pre-function room and on Zoom. Women at any stage in their careers are welcome to join, as are those supporting us. We encourage everyone to bring whatever they need to work on; while this is writing for most of us, it can also include data analysis, class assignments, grading, etc. There is time to socialize at the beginning and end of these sessions, but the focus is on completing our work together. If you have questions or want access to the Zoom link, please email Hilary Zedlitz at zedlitz@umich.edu.

*We do not have an event scheduled for the week of Emerging Scholars. We encourage everyone to instead participate in the Emerging Scholars event.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:05:17 -0400 2023-10-05T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-05T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Social / Informal Gathering White background with black bold letters spelling 'Women's Caucus'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (October 6, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 112863-21829675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research that provides comparative perspectives on the causes and effects of political and economic processes. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:45:34 -0400 2023-10-06T13:30:00-04:00 2023-10-06T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWCP
Political Theory Workshop (October 6, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-10-06T14:00:00-04:00 2023-10-06T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics (October 6, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112497 112497-21829011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 6, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Racial and ethnic identities play a key role in shaping behaviors, attitudes, institutions and social structures. As such, scholars across disciplines have been devoted to investigating how race and ethnicity feature in every aspect of social and political life. The purpose of I-REP (Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics) is to provide a space for scholars whose research centers race, ethnicity and politics across a number of fields to receive critical feedback on the early stages of their work (especially graduate students), build community with other researchers who share similar interests and offer an opportunity for participants to collaborate on a joint research project within the working group.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:00:35 -0400 2023-10-06T15:30:00-04:00 2023-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'I-REP'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Gender and Politics (October 9, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113294 113294-21830675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 9, 2023 11:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

IGAP is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop for those interested in the relationship between gender and political science. We will meet every other Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in ISR 1440. Our first meeting will be an introductory and social meeting on October 9. The rest of the dates for the Fall semester are October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20, and December 4.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-09T11:30:00-04:00 2023-10-09T12:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IGAP
Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics (October 10, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112497 112497-21831712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 1:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Racial and ethnic identities play a key role in shaping behaviors, attitudes, institutions and social structures. As such, scholars across disciplines have been devoted to investigating how race and ethnicity feature in every aspect of social and political life. The purpose of I-REP (Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics) is to provide a space for scholars whose research centers race, ethnicity and politics across a number of fields to receive critical feedback on the early stages of their work (especially graduate students), build community with other researchers who share similar interests and offer an opportunity for participants to collaborate on a joint research project within the working group.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:00:35 -0400 2023-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-10T14:00:00-04:00 Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'I-REP'
Political Economy Workshop (October 10, 2023 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 112502-21829019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 2:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Tuesdays, 1-2:20 pm

Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall

Faculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley, Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Mark Dincecco, Iain Osgood

Graduate Student Coordinator: Jun Fang

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:42:19 -0400 2023-10-10T14:30:00-04:00 2023-10-10T15:50:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PEW'
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - New data, new questions, old problems? Online behavioral data in social science research (October 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113445 113445-21831024@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 11, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

New data, new questions, old problems? Online behavioral data in social science research

Records of individuals’ online activities obtained from devices like personal computers and smartphones have received a lot of interest in the social sciences in recent years. Many have praised such data for allowing fine-grained observations of individuals’ online activities which would be impossible with more traditional data sources such as surveys. Recent work, however, warns that many data quality aspects of these novel data are so far poorly under- stood. As the number of observations can quickly reach several millions, researchers seem tempted to treat online behavioral data as gold standard, ignore what their data may be missing, and which other systematic biases may be present. In this talk, I present both applied and methodological work using online behavioral data in a typical social science setting. First, using within-between random effects models, I show how online behavioral data combined with a panel survey allows us to understand the effects of news media consumption from populist alternative news platforms on individuals’ political attitudes. Second, I show that online behavioral data, although containing detailed records of individuals’ social media use, are far from being complete. Using hidden Markov models, combined online behavioral data, survey records, and donated social media data, I show that the online behavioral data seem to completely fail in capturing social media use for about one third of the sample. I emphasize the need for researchers to navigate the complexities of online behavioral data, highlighting potentials and limitations.

Ruben Bach is a Research Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany. His research is concerned with data quality in social science data products and applied computational social science (media consumption, political attitudes, socially responsible AI). In the fall of 2023, he is a visitor with the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:29:09 -0400 2023-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Women's Caucus (October 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112447 112447-21828940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Every Thursday* from 12-2 p.m. this semester, the Women's Caucus hosts a hybrid "write together" event in the Pre-function room and on Zoom. Women at any stage in their careers are welcome to join, as are those supporting us. We encourage everyone to bring whatever they need to work on; while this is writing for most of us, it can also include data analysis, class assignments, grading, etc. There is time to socialize at the beginning and end of these sessions, but the focus is on completing our work together. If you have questions or want access to the Zoom link, please email Hilary Zedlitz at zedlitz@umich.edu.

*We do not have an event scheduled for the week of Emerging Scholars. We encourage everyone to instead participate in the Emerging Scholars event.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:05:17 -0400 2023-10-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-12T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Social / Informal Gathering White background with black bold letters spelling 'Women's Caucus'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (October 13, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113292 113292-21830672@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 13, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics hosts weekly research workshops, where graduate students present their research and receive feedback. These workshops are structured to function both as a means of improving research, and to provide graduate students with an opportunity to gain the professional skills necessary to an academic career.

Meetings are held in a hybrid format, in the Prefunction Room of Haven Hall and on zoom. Meetings take place every other Friday from 3:30-5pm, beginning 9/29/2023.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list or would like to provided with a Zoom link to join the workshop remotely, please reach out to the coordinators at either agoods@umich.edu, bengoehr@umich.edu or jrthorp@umich.edu

In addition to our weekly workshops, IWAP invites faculty from other universities to present their cutting-edge research. IWAP has a tradition of inviting and hosting many high-profile researchers from the nation’s top universities, thereby both broadening the interdisciplinary appeal of the workshop and introducing our students to the newest areas and methodologies of research.

IWAP is supported by the University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School and is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:36:52 -0400 2023-10-13T15:30:00-04:00 2023-10-13T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWAP
Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (October 20, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113292 113292-21830673@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 20, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics hosts weekly research workshops, where graduate students present their research and receive feedback. These workshops are structured to function both as a means of improving research, and to provide graduate students with an opportunity to gain the professional skills necessary to an academic career.

Meetings are held in a hybrid format, in the Prefunction Room of Haven Hall and on zoom. Meetings take place every other Friday from 3:30-5pm, beginning 9/29/2023.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list or would like to provided with a Zoom link to join the workshop remotely, please reach out to the coordinators at either agoods@umich.edu, bengoehr@umich.edu or jrthorp@umich.edu

In addition to our weekly workshops, IWAP invites faculty from other universities to present their cutting-edge research. IWAP has a tradition of inviting and hosting many high-profile researchers from the nation’s top universities, thereby both broadening the interdisciplinary appeal of the workshop and introducing our students to the newest areas and methodologies of research.

IWAP is supported by the University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School and is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:36:52 -0400 2023-10-20T15:30:00-04:00 2023-10-20T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWAP
Political Economy Workshop (October 24, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 112502-21829020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Tuesdays, 1-2:20 pm

Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall

Faculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley, Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Mark Dincecco, Iain Osgood

Graduate Student Coordinator: Jun Fang

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:42:19 -0400 2023-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 2023-10-24T14:20:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PEW'
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Investigating the quality of digital trace and data donation (October 25, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114041 114041-21832242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
October 25, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Investigating the quality of digital trace and data donation

Challenges to traditional survey data collection such as increased costs and decreasing non-response are leading survey researchers to explore new forms of data. Recently, two types of data have received increased focus as a possible replacements or enhancements of surveys: digital trace data and data donation. Digital trace data refers to data produced while individuals interact with digital platforms, such as apps and websites. Data donation, on the other hand, refers to the acquisition of data from online platforms, such as Facebook or Google, directly from users. In a recent study we use an experimental design in a non-probability panel in Germany to explore non-response bias in data donated from Facebook as well measurement error in digital trace data from PCs and mobile phones.

Alexandru Cernat is an associate professor in the social statistics department at the University of Manchester. He has a PhD in survey methodology from the University of Essex and was a post-doc at the National Centre for Research Methods and the Cathie Marsh Institute. His research and teaching focus on: survey methodology, longitudinal data, measurement error, latent variable modelling, new forms of data and missing data. You can find out more about him and his research at: www.alexcernat.com

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:39:03 -0400 2023-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Women's Caucus (October 26, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112447 112447-21828941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Every Thursday* from 12-2 p.m. this semester, the Women's Caucus hosts a hybrid "write together" event in the Pre-function room and on Zoom. Women at any stage in their careers are welcome to join, as are those supporting us. We encourage everyone to bring whatever they need to work on; while this is writing for most of us, it can also include data analysis, class assignments, grading, etc. There is time to socialize at the beginning and end of these sessions, but the focus is on completing our work together. If you have questions or want access to the Zoom link, please email Hilary Zedlitz at zedlitz@umich.edu.

*We do not have an event scheduled for the week of Emerging Scholars. We encourage everyone to instead participate in the Emerging Scholars event.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:05:17 -0400 2023-10-26T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Social / Informal Gathering White background with black bold letters spelling 'Women's Caucus'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (October 27, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 112863-21829676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research that provides comparative perspectives on the causes and effects of political and economic processes. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:45:34 -0400 2023-10-27T13:30:00-04:00 2023-10-27T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWCP
Political Theory Workshop (October 27, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825936@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-10-27T14:00:00-04:00 2023-10-27T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics (October 27, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112497 112497-21829013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 27, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Racial and ethnic identities play a key role in shaping behaviors, attitudes, institutions and social structures. As such, scholars across disciplines have been devoted to investigating how race and ethnicity feature in every aspect of social and political life. The purpose of I-REP (Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics) is to provide a space for scholars whose research centers race, ethnicity and politics across a number of fields to receive critical feedback on the early stages of their work (especially graduate students), build community with other researchers who share similar interests and offer an opportunity for participants to collaborate on a joint research project within the working group.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:00:35 -0400 2023-10-27T15:30:00-04:00 2023-10-27T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'I-REP'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Gender and Politics (October 30, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113294 113294-21830676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 30, 2023 11:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

IGAP is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop for those interested in the relationship between gender and political science. We will meet every other Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in ISR 1440. Our first meeting will be an introductory and social meeting on October 9. The rest of the dates for the Fall semester are October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20, and December 4.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-10-30T11:30:00-04:00 2023-10-30T12:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IGAP
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Flexible Formal Privacy for Public Data Curation (November 1, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114344 114344-21832762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 1, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
November 1, 2023
12;00 - 1:00 pm EDT

In person, room 1070 Institute for Social Research, and via Zoom.
The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

Flexible Formal Privacy for Public Data Curation

Researchers rely extensively on public datasets disseminated by official statistics agencies, universities, non-governmental organizations, and other data curators. With the increasing availability of data and computing power comes increased threats to privacy, as published statistics can more easily be used to reconstruct sensitive personal data. Formal privacy (FP) methods, like differential privacy (DP), provably limit such information leakage by injecting carefully chosen randomized noise into published statistics. However, the way DP accounts for privacy degradation requires this noise be injected into every statistic dependent on the confidential dataset. This fails to reflect data curator needs, social, legal or ethical requirements, and complex dependency structures between public and confidential datasets. In this talk, I'll discuss statistical methodology that addresses these problems. We propose a FP framework with novel characterizations of disclosure risk when assessing collections of statistics wherein only some statistics are published with DP guarantees. We demonstrate FP properties maintained by our proposed framework, propose data release mechanisms which satisfy our proposed definition, and prove the optimality properties of downstream statistical estimators based on these mechanism outputs. For this talk, I'll discuss a few end-to-end data analysis examples in public health and surveys, showing how theoretical trade-offs between privacy, utility, and computation time manifest in practice when assessing disclosure risks and statistical utility. I'll conclude with a discussion on the implications of this work for survey researchers, focusing on opportunities to incorporate privacy by design in survey planning, experimental design, and other data collection operations.

Jeremy Seeman is a Michigan Data Science Fellow at the Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) and MPSDS. He recently graduated with his PhD in statistics from Penn State University. Jeremy's research focuses on statistical data privacy, quantitative methods in the social sciences, and social values in data governance. He is the recipient of the U.S Census Bureau Dissertation Fellowship and the ASA Pride Scholarship. Prior to joining Penn State, Jeremy completed his BS in Physics and MS in Statistics at the University of Chicago, where he was a research fellow at the Center for Data Science and Public Policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:35:41 -0400 2023-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2023-11-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Women's Caucus (November 2, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112447 112447-21828942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Every Thursday* from 12-2 p.m. this semester, the Women's Caucus hosts a hybrid "write together" event in the Pre-function room and on Zoom. Women at any stage in their careers are welcome to join, as are those supporting us. We encourage everyone to bring whatever they need to work on; while this is writing for most of us, it can also include data analysis, class assignments, grading, etc. There is time to socialize at the beginning and end of these sessions, but the focus is on completing our work together. If you have questions or want access to the Zoom link, please email Hilary Zedlitz at zedlitz@umich.edu.

*We do not have an event scheduled for the week of Emerging Scholars. We encourage everyone to instead participate in the Emerging Scholars event.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:05:17 -0400 2023-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2023-11-02T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Social / Informal Gathering White background with black bold letters spelling 'Women's Caucus'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (November 3, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 112863-21829677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research that provides comparative perspectives on the causes and effects of political and economic processes. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:45:34 -0400 2023-11-03T13:30:00-04:00 2023-11-03T15:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWCP
Political Theory Workshop (November 3, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-11-03T14:00:00-04:00 2023-11-03T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics (November 3, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112497 112497-21829014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 3, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Racial and ethnic identities play a key role in shaping behaviors, attitudes, institutions and social structures. As such, scholars across disciplines have been devoted to investigating how race and ethnicity feature in every aspect of social and political life. The purpose of I-REP (Interdisciplinary Workshop in Race, Ethnicity and Politics) is to provide a space for scholars whose research centers race, ethnicity and politics across a number of fields to receive critical feedback on the early stages of their work (especially graduate students), build community with other researchers who share similar interests and offer an opportunity for participants to collaborate on a joint research project within the working group.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:00:35 -0400 2023-11-03T15:30:00-04:00 2023-11-03T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'I-REP'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Gender and Politics (November 6, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113294 113294-21830677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 6, 2023 11:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

IGAP is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop for those interested in the relationship between gender and political science. We will meet every other Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in ISR 1440. Our first meeting will be an introductory and social meeting on October 9. The rest of the dates for the Fall semester are October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20, and December 4.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-06T11:30:00-05:00 2023-11-06T12:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IGAP
MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - 2020 California Neighborhoods Count: A validation of U.S. Census Population Counts and Housing Characteristic Estimates within California (November 8, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/114648 114648-21833254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series
November 8, 2023
12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
The seminar will be locked 10 minutes after the start of the presentation.

2020 California Neighborhoods Count: A validation of U.S. Census Population Counts and Housing Characteristic Estimates within California

In response to long-standing concerns about the accuracy of census data and about a possible undercount, we conducted the California Neighborhoods Count (CNC) study — the first-ever independent, survey-based enumeration to directly evaluate the accuracy of the U.S. Census Bureau's population totals for a subset of California census blocks. This 2020 research was intended to produce parallel estimates of the 2020 Census population and housing unit totals at the census block level, employing the same survey items as the census and using enhanced data collection strategies and exploration of imputation methods. The CNC block-level population estimates were sensitive to the imputation method used to account for non-responding households, likely in part due to limited availability of administrative data to assist the imputations. CNC identified more housing units than Census (23,929 versus 22,668), which may be due to CNC’s in-person address canvassing. Despite advancements in geospatial imaging software, as well as many other approaches used by the U.S. Census Bureau to assess coverage and validate addresses, in-field address verification might yield a more complete accounting of inhabited housing units than partially conducting address canvassing with in-office approaches.

Lane Burgette is a Senior Statistician at the RAND Corporation. Dr. Burgette’s applied research is primarily focused on health policy, especially Medicare’s physician payment policies. Other recent research projects include an evaluation of the 2020 Census in California, gun policy research, and recidivism risk estimation for employer background checks. Dr. Burgette’s methodological research focuses on causal inference, methods for missing data, and Bayesian modeling. Prior to RAND, he earned his Ph.D. in Statistics at the University of Wisconsin, and was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:38:46 -0400 2023-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Flyer
Women's Caucus (November 9, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112447 112447-21828943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 9, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Every Thursday* from 12-2 p.m. this semester, the Women's Caucus hosts a hybrid "write together" event in the Pre-function room and on Zoom. Women at any stage in their careers are welcome to join, as are those supporting us. We encourage everyone to bring whatever they need to work on; while this is writing for most of us, it can also include data analysis, class assignments, grading, etc. There is time to socialize at the beginning and end of these sessions, but the focus is on completing our work together. If you have questions or want access to the Zoom link, please email Hilary Zedlitz at zedlitz@umich.edu.

*We do not have an event scheduled for the week of Emerging Scholars. We encourage everyone to instead participate in the Emerging Scholars event.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:05:17 -0400 2023-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 2023-11-09T14:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Social / Informal Gathering White background with black bold letters spelling 'Women's Caucus'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (November 10, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 112863-21829678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research that provides comparative perspectives on the causes and effects of political and economic processes. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:45:34 -0400 2023-11-10T13:30:00-05:00 2023-11-10T15:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWCP
Political Theory Workshop (November 10, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110968 110968-21825938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 10, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

September 8 Welcome back, Fall 2023: gather with colleagues to catch up and meet our new theory students. Refreshments provided!

September 15 Matt McManus, “The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism: Oxymoron or the Real Deal?”
Comment: Andy Murphy

September 22 Guido Parietti, Michigan State: “Power and Political Realism”
(Walker Room, 5664 Haven Hall)

September 29 Elisabeth Anker, George Washington University: “The Sovereign's Wrath”
Comment: Maria Lovetere

October 6 Book party! Celebrating the publication of David Temin’s Remapping Sovereignty: Decolonization and Self-Determination in North American Indigenous Political Thought (participants and format TBA)

October 13 No workshop: APT Conference weekend
October 20 No workshop: We encourage everyone to attend the Emerging
Scholars Conference happening that day!

October 27 Maria Lovetere, “Environmentalist Approaches to Geoengineering”

November 3 Charlotte Boucher, “Citizenship is as Citizenship Does”
Comment: Merisa Sahin

November 10 Erin Pineda, Smith College: Title TBA
Comment: Jess Hasper

November 17 NO WORKSHOP

November 24 NO WORKSHOP: THANKSGIVING BREAK

December 1 Amir Fleischmann, “The Sword and the Trowel: Workers Councils and the Rule of the Poor”

Questions? Contact the co-organizers, Annie Heffernan (akheff@umich.edu) or Andy Murphy (murphyan@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:45:15 -0400 2023-11-10T14:00:00-05:00 2023-11-10T15:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PTW'
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Gender and Politics (November 13, 2023 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113294 113294-21830678@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 13, 2023 11:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

IGAP is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop for those interested in the relationship between gender and political science. We will meet every other Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in ISR 1440. Our first meeting will be an introductory and social meeting on October 9. The rest of the dates for the Fall semester are October 9, October 23, November 6, November 20, and December 4.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:58:28 -0400 2023-11-13T11:30:00-05:00 2023-11-13T12:30:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IGAP
16th Annual Inside China Automotive Conference (November 15, 2023 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/113888 113888-21831995@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 9:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: Automotive Futures

This hybrid conference will feature Keith Bradsher, New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing bureau chief. He will be joined by Chinese researchers studying BYD's vertical integration, a local Chinese lidar supplier, and US International Trade Commission speakers to discuss automotive trade issues with China. Our focus will be the current and future Chinese auto industry.

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 08 Nov 2023 22:19:18 -0500 2023-11-15T09:00:00-05:00 2023-11-15T12:30:00-05:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 18 Automotive Futures Conference / Symposium Automotive Futures Inside China Conference Logo
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics (November 17, 2023 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112863 112863-21829679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2023 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research that provides comparative perspectives on the causes and effects of political and economic processes. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:45:34 -0400 2023-11-17T13:30:00-05:00 2023-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWCP
Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (November 17, 2023 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/113292 113292-21830674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 17, 2023 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

The Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics hosts weekly research workshops, where graduate students present their research and receive feedback. These workshops are structured to function both as a means of improving research, and to provide graduate students with an opportunity to gain the professional skills necessary to an academic career.

Meetings are held in a hybrid format, in the Prefunction Room of Haven Hall and on zoom. Meetings take place every other Friday from 3:30-5pm, beginning 9/29/2023.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list or would like to provided with a Zoom link to join the workshop remotely, please reach out to the coordinators at either agoods@umich.edu, bengoehr@umich.edu or jrthorp@umich.edu

In addition to our weekly workshops, IWAP invites faculty from other universities to present their cutting-edge research. IWAP has a tradition of inviting and hosting many high-profile researchers from the nation’s top universities, thereby both broadening the interdisciplinary appeal of the workshop and introducing our students to the newest areas and methodologies of research.

IWAP is supported by the University of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School and is a Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 29 Sep 2023 10:36:52 -0400 2023-11-17T15:30:00-05:00 2023-11-17T17:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling IWAP
Political Economy Workshop (November 28, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112502 112502-21829022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Tuesdays, 1-2:20 pm

Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall

Faculty Coordinators: Hoyt Bleakley, Edgar Franco-Vivanco, Mark Dincecco, Iain Osgood

Graduate Student Coordinator: Jun Fang

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:42:19 -0400 2023-11-28T13:00:00-05:00 2023-11-28T14:20:00-05:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Workshop / Seminar White background with black bold letters spelling 'PEW'