Welcome to ISSR!

Our mission is to promote excellence in social science research across the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Institute for Social Science Research provides resources and support for researchers using social science methods, seeking to take part in collaborative and interdisciplinary research, doing publicly engaged research, and seeking external funding for research. We are delighted to serve faculty and students across campus, including those from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Education, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Isenberg School of Management, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, and College of Nursing.

ISSR Seminar | High Prescription Drug Prices in the US: Origins and Options for Reform

Monday, April 22, 2019 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm

E20 Machmer Hall | UMass Amherst

ADVANCE Workshop | Understanding the Challenges Facing Queer and Trans Faculty, with Jason Garvey (University of Vermont)

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Campus Center Hadley Room | UMass Amherst

Summer Methodology Workshops | Registration now open!

From photovoice to computational modeling, ISSR has advanced methodology workshops to expand your research and persuasion toolkit this summer. Since 2012, ISSR has offered a varied program of advanced research methods training each summer, through hands-on workshops taught by specialists in their fields. These two- and three-day courses are designed and priced to be accessible for faculty, graduate students and research professionals seeking to expand their methodological skills.

CANCELED | ISSR Methodology Workshop | Applied Econometrics using Python

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

E20 Machmer Hall | UMass Amherst

CANCELED | ISSR Methodology Workshop | Exploring Data on Python

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

E20 Machmer Hall | UMass Amherst

Gender in the Social Science Professions | Four Views on Diversity and Progress in the Social Sciences

On February 21 2019, a full house packed the ISSR lab to explore research on how gender affects the conduct of research and professional life more broadly for social scientists. This article summarizes the discussion highlights, and shares valuable resources for those interested in the topic. This seminar was the second in our Social Science and Social Location series which focuses on the ‘positionality’ of researchers, asking how our social location informs the way in which we go about our scholarly lives, the questions we ask, the approaches we take to inquiry, and the way that we conduct our scholarship more broadly.