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April 16, 2025
Grossmann Selected for 2025 Carnegie Fellowship
Grossmann Selected for 2025 Carnegie Fellowship IPPSR Director's project to focus on bipartisan cooperation
EAST LANSING, Mich., April 16, 2025 – The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today that Dr. Matt...
January 13, 2025
Michigan Political Leadership Program Announces 2025 Fellows
East LANSING, Mich., January 13, 2025 – Today, the Michigan Political Leadership Program (MPLP) announced its incoming cohort of fellows for the 2025...
October 24, 2024
MSU Survey: Harris Leading in Michigan
MSU Survey: Harris Leading in Michigan
Survey Shows Harris Leading Despite Being Perceived as Further Left than Biden...
September 04, 2024
New Grossmann Book Explores Political Polarization and Educational Attainment
"Polarized by Degrees"
New Grossmann Book Explores Political Polarization and Educational Attainment
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Michigan Political Leadership Program
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Blog
February 28, 2025
State Legislatures' Actions in the Face of Rising Anti-Trans Rhetoric
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March 28, 2024
The World is Hard to Change
Social science has its limits.
We live in a revolutionary time of social data expansion, methodological innovation and active...
January 17, 2024
Partisan Fairness and Minority Representation
In 2021, an Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission drew the district maps to be used in all elections to the Michigan legislature over the following...
December 21, 2023
Building a Holistic Political Case for Racial Equity through Unified Policy Transformation
Racial equity is a defining challenge in America, a deeply rooted issue that demands a unified, comprehensive approach from policymakers across ideological...