Conducting high-quality research at the state level is a vital enterprise serving multiple purposes for a variety of sectors.
Doing this work comes with opportunities and challenges that require collaborative thinking.
To contribute to this dialog, the team from the SSRS Center for Innovation in State Research (SCISR) released a report detailing the outcomes of the State Research Idea Group they led at the 81st Annual National Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) on May 12, 2026.
The report provides a summary of the discussion and recommendations that emerged from this engaged and dynamic conversation.
