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ISR Receives Frontiers of Knowledge Award

The ceremony of the 18th edition of the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards celebrated “the transformative power of science and culture to expand opportunities for progress in a world marked by complexity and uncertainty.” This was the message conveyed by Carlos Torres Vila, the President of the BBVA Foundation and Chair of the BBVA Group, during the event held at Euskalduna Bilbao, which honored 10 individuals and two organizations in the global vanguard of scientific research and artistic creation.

In the Social Sciences category, the award was collected by René Bautista, Director of the General Social Survey (GSS), representing NORC at the University of Chicago, and Kate Cagney, Director of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR).

Accepting the award, Kate Cagney described it as a recognition of ISR’s commitment to “evidence-based science and methodological rigor in service to the public.”

Read more about this award.

Watch Kate Cagney’s award acceptance speech.

Watch an interview with Kate Cagney – “High quality data collection is essential to producing the social facts that inform personal and policy decision-making”

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