National Science Foundation’s Norman Bradburn to talk on Sept. 15

ANN ARBOR&#8212Norman M. Bradburn, assistant director of the National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, will lecture on “Privacy and Research: How Do We Strike the Balance?” on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at the Michigan League on the University of Michigan campus. Co-sponsored by the U-M Institute for Social Research and the President’s Information Revolution Commission, the lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture will be followed by commentary, discussion, and a reception.

Formerly senior vice president for research and director of the National Opinion Research Center, Bradburn served as provost of the University of Chicago in 1984-89. His research interests include social psychology, statistics, and survey methodology. Past president of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, he is a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences and the co-author of four books on survey methodology.

Established in 1948, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) is among the world’s oldest survey research organizations, and a world leader in the development and application of social science methodology. ISR conducts some of the most widely-cited studies in the nation, including the Survey of Consumer Attitudes, the National Election Studies, the Monitoring the Future Study, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the Health and Retirement Study, and the National Survey of Black Americans. ISR researchers also collaborate with social scientists in more than 60 nations on the World Values Surveys and other projects, and the Institute has established formal ties with universities in Poland, China, and South Africa. Visit the ISR Web site at www.isr.umich.edu for more information.