Institute For Social Research

The University of Michigan is home to the Institute for Social Research (ISR), the world's largest university-based social research unit, with a budget of $33 million that supports over 350 professional and administrative staff and collaborators in 40 countries. Researchers at the Institute have made seminal contributions to social psychology, political science, methodology, statistics, and survey research. ISR has been the site for major recent studies of culture and cognition, racism, psychiatric epidemiology, and the effects of social factors on mental health.

Randolph Nesse, M.D., previous Associate Chair for Education and Academic Affairs in Psychiatry, has recently established a new program at ISR to further develop evolutionary studies of human adaptation and to advance related studies of psychiatric epidemiology and education programs for future researchers in these areas. This offers a special opportunity for residents who want to pursue social science studies of psychopathology and those who have an interest in Darwinian medicine. If you have a special interest in these areas, please ask to see Dr. Nesse when you interview.