Engage in Scholarly Discourse

Overview

How can immigration scholars and university-based research centers collaborate more effectively to advance understanding, inform policy, and share resources? The Institute for Humane Studies is committed to fostering deeper collaboration across academic institutions engaged in immigration research—bridging silos and advancing the field through shared insight and cooperation.

This program invites researchers and leaders from university centers focused on immigration to discuss how they are currently engaging with these issues and to explore new possibilities for cross-institutional collaboration.

Participants will hear from Dr. Duncan Lawrence who will introduce the mission of the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University, highlight ongoing projects, and reflect on practical strategies and opportunities for building stronger academic networks. Following the opening remarks, we will transition into a broader group discussion about how centers and academics can support one another and fill gaps in the field.

This event will take place on September 25 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM Eastern Time, and will be hosted via Zoom. If you are engaged in immigration research or support such work through your center, we welcome your application to join this conversation.

Speaker

• Duncan Lawrence, Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University

Overview

The Institute for Humane Studies is pleased to invite scholars to an online proposals workshop on innovation in health care and in health policy. As conversations abound on how to improve health care, IHS offers scholars an opportunity to workshop ideas and receive feedback on working proposals on health innovation from other health scholars. The program will feature opening remarks from Anthony Lo Sasso.

If your research relates to market-based solutions to health care and health insurance, technological innovation in health care, or about access to innovative treatments, we encourage you to apply to participate in this proposals workshop. Please include an abstract or working proposal in your application.

All participants will be expected to submit a working proposal and to read and provide comments or feedback on other participants’ proposals. This event will take place on October 21, 2025, from 12:00 to 4:30 PM Eastern Time, and will be hosted via Zoom.

Overview

The Institute for Humane Studies is pleased to invite scholars to a papers workshop on contemporary challenges in trade. As conversations and policies around trade continue to lean into economic protectionism and nationalism, IHS offers scholars an opportunity to workshop ideas and receive feedback on working papers around trade liberalization from other trade scholars.

If your research is related to economic nationalism, attitudes toward trade, the intersection of international relations and trade, or the role of public beliefs and narratives about trade’s impact on the US economy, we encourage you to apply to participate in this papers workshop. Please include an abstract or working paper in your application.

All participants will be expected to submit a working paper and to read and provide feedback on other participants’ proposals. In addition to providing a stipend to offset travel expenses for the in-person event, IHS will provide two nights of hotel accommodations and an honorarium for full participation in the event.

The program will kick off with registration at 5:00 PM ET on Friday, November 7, and continue
through the day on Saturday, November 8.

Overview

The “Theory of the Adjacent Possible” was first developed by theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman to explain sudden surges in innovation, such as the explosion of global economic growth over the last several hundred years.

Economist Roger Koppl will be hosting an in-person workshop for papers further developing the TAP model on November 7–9 in Washington, DC. Travel, meals, and accommodations will be arranged for participants.

If interested, please apply below and provide a short abstract of your paper idea. This workshop is organized by Syracuse University’s Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society and made possible by a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.