ICPSR at University of Michigan Institute for Social Research | 2,744 followers on LinkedIn. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community. Established in 1962, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. ICPSR acquires, preserves, enhances, and distributes original behavioral and social science research data for research and instruction.