MISSION STATEMENT

The Institute of Social Research at Indiana University was founded in 1963 by the Chair of the Department of Sociology, Karl F. Schuessler. Since that time, it has been a center of excellence for high-quality faculty research, an important venue for the training of graduate students in Sociology, and the home of several successful research centers  and projects (Center for Survey Research, Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research, Center for Education and Society, Sociological Research Practicum). In 2001, the Institute began offering a series of intensive summer workshops in qualitative and quantitative methods to bring advanced training in social science research methods to the Bloomington campus. In 2003, the Institute was renamed the Karl F. Schuessler Institute for Social Research, in honor of its founder.

The Institute has now entered a new stage of its development which involves expanding its mission to build on these successes by forging interdisciplinary alliances across the social sciences. The primary missions of the Institute are: (1) to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas within the Department of Sociology and across the social sciences; (2) to provide support for submitting proposals and for administering grants; (3) to coordinate the development of shared resources; and (4) to support the efforts of emerging and established scholars to obtain external funding. Further information about these efforts is available through links on this site.

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Last updated: 22 October 2007
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