{"id":62,"date":"2023-09-18T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ist\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:16:41","slug":"research-and-data-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/ist\/research-and-data-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Data Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.UCEN_.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div 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research program on how emerging media and technology changes and challenges political, psychic, and social life.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish a regional repository of data and research on technology\u2019s role in local economic development (e.g. automation, robotics) by undertaking research on the changing nature of work in the region or technology\u2019s role in reshaping local manufacturing&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Institute for Society and Technology<br>526 French Hall<br><a href=\"mailto:Flint-IST@umich.edu\">Flint-IST@umich.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color\">Funding Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2\">The IST aims to support faculty research and grant funding through the following 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This will come in the form of small grants to fund proof-of-concept projects and smaller research-related endeavors as well as larger grant funding opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6e3740db0b881ffef9bb6ac7e6c42db9\">Flint Gig Work Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The IST is currently fielding a study of gig work in Flint and Genesee County. The survey includes a representative sample of 1500 respondents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with our partners at the Michigan Metro Area Communities Study (UM-Ann Arbor), we aim to examine the prevalence of gig work and its demographic reach. 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