Today's top story in @theconversation.com shares research on the effect of rising house prices that have widened the White-Black wealth gap in recent decades. Read more from @um-psc.bsky.social @umichstonecid.bsky.social affiliate @joelabriola.bsky.social! #Econsky #UMichResearch
New today from me @us.theconversation.com: I talk about my research on how rising housing prices have widened the White-Black wealth gap over the past several decades. theconversation.com/rising-house...
Rising house prices don’t just make it harder to become a homeowner – they also widen the racial wealth gap
Housing market appreciation has been the primary driver of growing white-Black wealth disparities since the mid-1980s.
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February 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Today's top story in @theconversation.com shares research on the effect of rising house prices that have widened the White-Black wealth gap in recent decades. Read more from @um-psc.bsky.social @umichstonecid.bsky.social affiliate @joelabriola.bsky.social! #Econsky #UMichResearch
@dbroockman.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social shares experimental findings from an unconditional income study revealed to have no effects on political participation or engagement. 🧵refers to related findings from coauthors @smiller.bsky.social et al #EconSky #UmichResearch
🚨 NEW PAPER: When low-income Americans get $1,000/month for 3 years, what happens to their political views & behavior?
The OpenResearch Unconditional income Study reveals surprising findings about the effects of income on politics... 🧵
The OpenResearch Unconditional income Study reveals surprising findings about the effects of income on politics... 🧵
December 2, 2024 at 7:45 PM
@dbroockman.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social shares experimental findings from an unconditional income study revealed to have no effects on political participation or engagement. 🧵refers to related findings from coauthors @smiller.bsky.social et al #EconSky #UmichResearch
Welcome to Bluesky, @yunjulietzhou.bsky.social! Follow Yun Zhou for insights on gender and population politics and news on her forthcoming book on childbearing decisions in China. #Sociology #Demography #UmichResearch #umisr
December 8, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Welcome to Bluesky, @yunjulietzhou.bsky.social! Follow Yun Zhou for insights on gender and population politics and news on her forthcoming book on childbearing decisions in China. #Sociology #Demography #UmichResearch #umisr
Thanks to @maggiefrye.bsky.social for presenting at our brown bag seminar today, on how educational differentiation in birth timing has changed in Africa over time, and across educational context. #UMichResearch #Demography
January 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Thanks to @maggiefrye.bsky.social for presenting at our brown bag seminar today, on how educational differentiation in birth timing has changed in Africa over time, and across educational context. #UMichResearch #Demography
ICYMI: This is the most talked-about research output out of ISR this week. This national database on US sundown towns will be a valuable resource for scholars investigating the outcomes and legacies of historic racism. #UMichResearch
New database alert! "A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis", based on work by @rigbydavid.bsky.social and many Landscapes Labs collaborators is now available! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis
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January 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
ICYMI: This is the most talked-about research output out of ISR this week. This national database on US sundown towns will be a valuable resource for scholars investigating the outcomes and legacies of historic racism. #UMichResearch
With a new R01, @emilytreleaven.bsky.social will leverage multi-generational data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study #CVFS to reveal the effects of persistent disadvantage on young children's health. #UmichResearch #EpiSky #HealthEquity
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December 9, 2024 at 5:16 PM
With a new R01, @emilytreleaven.bsky.social will leverage multi-generational data from the Chitwan Valley Family Study #CVFS to reveal the effects of persistent disadvantage on young children's health. #UmichResearch #EpiSky #HealthEquity
psc.isr.umich.edu/news/multi-g...
psc.isr.umich.edu/news/multi-g...
Myles Durkee, @rcgd-isr.bsky.social James Jackson Emerging Scholar, describes racial code-switching as a double-edged sword, with major psychological and occupational costs and benefits. #UmichResearch #blacksky #umisr #PsychSciSky
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Myles Durkee, @rcgd-isr.bsky.social James Jackson Emerging Scholar, describes racial code-switching as a double-edged sword, with major psychological and occupational costs and benefits. #UmichResearch #blacksky #umisr #PsychSciSky
A self-introduction from behavior modeling + transport and urban studies expert @atiyyashaw.bsky.social! Welcome and give a follow! @umengineering.bsky.social #AcademicSky #UMichResearch
Hi! Time for an official introduction here. I’m an assistant professor of transportation at UMich CEE @rcgd-isr.bsky.social. I study data and methods for advancing user-centered outcomes in transport and urban studies. I’m especially interested in data: quality, biases, and integration methods.
December 19, 2024 at 7:42 PM
A self-introduction from behavior modeling + transport and urban studies expert @atiyyashaw.bsky.social! Welcome and give a follow! @umengineering.bsky.social #AcademicSky #UMichResearch
A study by Matea Mustafaj and Sonya Dal Cin @rcgd-isr.bsky.social finds viewers who endorse intelligence-related stereotypes may find brilliant characters more believable when they are white males. #CommSky #UmichResearch
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December 9, 2024 at 2:55 PM
A study by Matea Mustafaj and Sonya Dal Cin @rcgd-isr.bsky.social finds viewers who endorse intelligence-related stereotypes may find brilliant characters more believable when they are white males. #CommSky #UmichResearch
rcgd.isr.umich.edu/news-events/...
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Finding your social science people? This starter pack of #umich ISR affiliates continues to grow! Comment to be added. #UMichResearch
Get connected with this starter pack of ISR affiliates -- comment if we should add or subtract you, please! go.bsky.app/JcQbemD
November 27, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Finding your social science people? This starter pack of #umich ISR affiliates continues to grow! Comment to be added. #UMichResearch
"How people think about being alone shapes their experience of loneliness." This is the top-mentioned research out of ISR @umisr.bsky.social this week. From RCGD's Ethan Kross et al: @nature.com #UMichResearch #PsychSky
Alone time can present opportunities to reflect, recharge, and relax, but the US news is 10x more likely to describe being alone as harmful than beneficial. Is this framing exacerbating loneliness? RCGD researcher Ethan Kross coauthors in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How people think about being alone shapes their experience of loneliness - Nature Communications
Loneliness is a widespread problem that the media and public health campaigns frequently address. Here, the authors show that negative media portrayals of being alone may inadvertently make matters wo...
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February 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"How people think about being alone shapes their experience of loneliness." This is the top-mentioned research out of ISR @umisr.bsky.social this week. From RCGD's Ethan Kross et al: @nature.com #UMichResearch #PsychSky
Today! The talk will cover the meaning of displaying, and removing, confederate monuments, and will be an invitation to discuss whether and, how social scientists can contribute to socially, culturally, politically fraught issues. All are welcome. #UMichResearch #umisr
The last in @rcgd-isr.bsky.social's outstanding fall seminar series on systemic racism, organized by @ncamp.bsky.social: Sophie Trawalter presents Monday on the social psychology of confederate monuments. Join us!
events.umich.edu/event/123170
events.umich.edu/event/123170
December 9, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Today! The talk will cover the meaning of displaying, and removing, confederate monuments, and will be an invitation to discuss whether and, how social scientists can contribute to socially, culturally, politically fraught issues. All are welcome. #UMichResearch #umisr
🇺🇸 Work by Amanda Kowalski @um-psc.bsky.social was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find important work from our center in Chapter 4, on expanding and strengthening US health insurance coverage. #EconSky #umichresearch @umisr.bsky.social myumi.ch/bEPjx
January 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🇺🇸 Work by Amanda Kowalski @um-psc.bsky.social was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find important work from our center in Chapter 4, on expanding and strengthening US health insurance coverage. #EconSky #umichresearch @umisr.bsky.social myumi.ch/bEPjx
A new #umichresearch study by @um-psc.bsky.social trainee @spencerallen.bsky.social found that broadband connection was a key factor in reducing mortality and incidence during the early COVID pandemic. From Michigan News: news.umich.edu/digital-life...
Digital lifeline: High-speed internet linked to drop in COVID-19 death rates
The mortality rate from COVID-19 was about 50% lower in U.S. counties with higher internet access in the summer and early fall of 2020.
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January 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A new #umichresearch study by @um-psc.bsky.social trainee @spencerallen.bsky.social found that broadband connection was a key factor in reducing mortality and incidence during the early COVID pandemic. From Michigan News: news.umich.edu/digital-life...
ICYMI: @meganastewart.bsky.social identifies a mechanism through which revolutionaries change societies: "the
the enforcement of programs to forge new social organizations that align with revolutionary values." The working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #PoliSky #UMichResearch
the enforcement of programs to forge new social organizations that align with revolutionary values." The working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #PoliSky #UMichResearch
January 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
ICYMI: @meganastewart.bsky.social identifies a mechanism through which revolutionaries change societies: "the
the enforcement of programs to forge new social organizations that align with revolutionary values." The working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #PoliSky #UMichResearch
the enforcement of programs to forge new social organizations that align with revolutionary values." The working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #PoliSky #UMichResearch
Little has been known about whether temperament plays a role in the development of parent-child attachment relationships. The study team behind this much-discussed research includes RCGD's Brenda Volling. #PsychSky #umichresearch @carloschuengel.bsky.social
theconversation.com/difficult-ch...
theconversation.com/difficult-ch...
‘Difficult’ children are only slightly more likely to have insecure attachments with parents
The quality of a child’s attachments to caregivers influences healthy development. And most kids with difficult temperaments do form secure attachments with their parents.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Little has been known about whether temperament plays a role in the development of parent-child attachment relationships. The study team behind this much-discussed research includes RCGD's Brenda Volling. #PsychSky #umichresearch @carloschuengel.bsky.social
theconversation.com/difficult-ch...
theconversation.com/difficult-ch...
1/ New research from our group @umich.edu in collaboration with MI DNR investigated if climate change is altering fish body size. Our team analyzed data from 13 species and 1,497 lakes from 1945-2020.
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Long‐Term and Regional‐Scale Data Reveal Divergent Trends of Different Climate Variables on Fish Body Size Over 75 Years
This research demonstrated that over the past 75 years many ages of multiple species of freshwater fishes were decreasing in length through time and with increasing water temperatures. The largest de...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
1/ New research from our group @umich.edu in collaboration with MI DNR investigated if climate change is altering fish body size. Our team analyzed data from 13 species and 1,497 lakes from 1945-2020.
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#climatescience #umichresearch
#blueskyscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🇺🇸 Several papers by @smiller.bsky.social were cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find these and more from @um-psc.bsky.social in Chapter 4, on expanding and strengthening US health insurance coverage. #EconSky #umichresearch @umisr.bsky.social myumi.ch/bEPjx
January 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🇺🇸 Several papers by @smiller.bsky.social were cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find these and more from @um-psc.bsky.social in Chapter 4, on expanding and strengthening US health insurance coverage. #EconSky #umichresearch @umisr.bsky.social myumi.ch/bEPjx
Christine Exley: Women face a "mission impossible" when it comes to male-stereotyped traits like ambition and confidence: Her research finds participants expect society to praise *and* criticize women for holding these traits, while men have a clear path for approval. #UMichResearch #EconSky #umisr
December 2, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Christine Exley: Women face a "mission impossible" when it comes to male-stereotyped traits like ambition and confidence: Her research finds participants expect society to praise *and* criticize women for holding these traits, while men have a clear path for approval. #UMichResearch #EconSky #umisr
New #NSALData findings on subjective well-being of African Americans reveal factors impacting happiness and life satisfaction among Black Americans. Myles Moody, Robert J. Taylor, and Linda Chatters #UMichResearch #BlackSky #AcademicSky: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Subjective Well-Being Among African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life
Life satisfaction and happiness are related but distinct assessments of life quality with established links to sociodemographic and health factors. Despite a rich literature on quality of life, the...
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December 2, 2024 at 4:37 PM
New #NSALData findings on subjective well-being of African Americans reveal factors impacting happiness and life satisfaction among Black Americans. Myles Moody, Robert J. Taylor, and Linda Chatters #UMichResearch #BlackSky #AcademicSky: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#ISRNextGeneration awards are now open! @umisrcps.bsky.social offers #Umich grad students and scholars numerous fellowships and awards to support research and training for the next generation of social scientists. #UMichResearch Browse the awards and criteria: isr.umich.edu/training-opp...
Fellowships & Awards | Institute for Social Research
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December 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM
#ISRNextGeneration awards are now open! @umisrcps.bsky.social offers #Umich grad students and scholars numerous fellowships and awards to support research and training for the next generation of social scientists. #UMichResearch Browse the awards and criteria: isr.umich.edu/training-opp...
🇺🇸 Work by @um-psc.bsky.social alum Andrew Goodman-Bacon was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find his contributions on Medicaid, insurance, and mortality in Chapter 4. #EconSky #umichresearch @umisr.bsky.social myumi.ch/bEPjx
January 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🇺🇸 Work by @um-psc.bsky.social alum Andrew Goodman-Bacon was cited in the 2025 Economic Report of the President. Find his contributions on Medicaid, insurance, and mortality in Chapter 4. #EconSky #umichresearch @umisr.bsky.social myumi.ch/bEPjx