Research at SOIS

Our Research Philosophy
We at SOIS understand that at the heart of our research lies curiosity, tenacity, commitment and creativity – all traits of our faculty members. By doing research we contribute to the international body of knowledge that can make a difference in the lives of people.

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Center for Information Policy Research

The CIPR's research agenda revolves around social, ethical, economic, legal, and technical aspects of information and information technologies with a focus on such key information policy issues as intellectual property (copyright, patents, etc.), privacy, equity of access to information, ethics of information use and service, censorship, cyberlaw, and government, corporate, and international information policies. Visit the CIPR site >>

Information Intelligence & Architecture Research Lab

With funding support from major government agencies, the IIA lab serves as a hub for research and education of new information technology design and evaluation. Located at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies, the Information Intelligence & Architecture (IIA) research lab is a research entity that provides interdisciplinary and international collaboration in the areas of information analysis, system designs, digital libraries, data mining and application, and usability studies. Learn More >>

Information Organization Research Group

The Information Organization Research Group was is designed to facilitate the discovery and development of knowledge in the field of information organization by established researchers and new scholars in library and information studies and related disciplines. Learn More >>

Research Group for Information Retrieval (RGIR)

The mission of RGIR is to promote and stimulate research in different aspects of information retrieval (IR) including: but not limited to: information behavior, human computer interaction with IR systems, IR evaluation, IR design, information visualization, and multimedia retrieval.