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IHS invites scholars to submit proposals related to nuclear energy! We are particularly interested in funding work that tackles questions concerning regulation, institutional design, and public perception.
Submit your proposal by July 1. hubs.la/Q04l21890
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Last week in Oslo, the Institute for Humane Studies joined @HRF for the 18th annual Oslo Freedom Forum, a three-day gathering of human rights defenders, and advocates for free and open societies from across the globe.
Here, HRF Chief Legal and Policy Officer Javier El-Hage explains what the IHS relationship means to the people doing this work.
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What if your students could have a Socratic exchange with Hayek, Smith, or Arendt, drawing on their actual works?
Classical Liberal Mind lets your students converse with 29 canonical thinkers.
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IHS is calling for proposals related to e-governance methods and digital technologies! If your research explores ways that technology can promote freedom and institutional reform, visit our website to learn more about this funding opportunity.
Submit your proposal by July 1.
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On June 17, IHS is hosting a discussion in Washington, DC, on whether the IEEPA can justify broad presidential tariff authority.
Aaron Ross Powell will sit down with @IlyaSomin co-counsel in the recent case, to discuss the Supreme Court's landmark ruling.
Doors open at 6 PM. Apply here for a spot: hubs.la/Q04jzgtF0
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Cuba ran out of oil on May 14. Solar won't fix the problem—not because the sun isn't shining, but because a Cuban solar transition just trades one type of foreign dependency for another. IHS affiliated scholar Luisa Blanco and coauthor Isabella Elias explain why only a long-term solution will do at @ConversationUS.
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What does it take to keep a society capable of building solutions to problems that don't exist yet? Flourishing House was IHS's day-long gathering at @sxsw where scholars, builders, and entrepreneurs sat down together to work through that question across health care, AI, energy, and policy. A free society is the most powerful engine for human flourishing ever built. But it doesn't run on its own. Read what came out of the day.
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Most "dark patterns" are annoying, not illegal. Gregory M. Dickinson explains why consumer protection law draws a careful line between hard selling and genuine deception, and why that distinction matters for anyone who wants digital regulation to actually work.
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217 new professors. Nearly 100 Supreme Court citations. One million Americans with better access to health care.
Those aren't separate wins. They're what happens when you invest early in the right people and give their ideas room to travel.
The IHS Annual Report 2025 is live. See how the network is working.
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Are you developing a program for students about self-governance, civic responsibility, and pluralism in a free society? If so, you may be eligible for Free Society Grants for Undergraduate Programming. These grants support faculty running innovative programs including reading groups, discussion colloquia, research workshops, and more. Apply by June 15.
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At an event with the Heterodox Academy at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, @ECWIHS discussed the danger of "The Great Forgetting"—when a free society functions well for long enough but loses the ability to articulate and defend the very foundations that made it possible.
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IHS has opened new research funding. We're inviting scholars to examine one of three defining questions in American life right now: the rising cost of living, digital governance, and nuclear energy's regulatory future. Learn more and apply:
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When NBC's Chuck Todd asked about a young person losing faith in democracy, @ECWIHS had a direct answer: the system has to become worthy of trust. Her remarks at Beyond the Noise II explored what that standard actually requires. Read more:
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When the US conducted strikes on Iran, Congress was largely absent from the decision. IHS-supported scholar Sarah Burns and Robert Haswell argue that this wasn't an aberration but the latest step in a seven-decade erosion of legislative war authority.
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Institute for Humane Studies retweeted
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Hosted by @rootsofprogress with @abundanceinst @foresightinst @JoinFAI @HumanProgress @IFP @TheIHS and @WorksInProgMag.
Speakers include @tylercowen @dmitri_dolgov Michael Kremer, John Martinis, Stephen Winchell.
Oct 8-11 • Berkeley, CA
Other fantastic speakers: @A_G_I_Joe @jasoncrawford @erika_alden_d @kesvelt @_alice_evans @bobbyfijan @Gena_I_Gorlin @akoustov @moxie @AndrewMillerYYZ @Brendan_McCord @patio11 @ryanzip @UrbanCourtyard @KelseyTuoc @brianpotter @rSanti97 @noor_siddiqui @mspringut @Vernon3Austin @Scott_Wiener … and more to come.
A big thanks to our early sponsors: @coeff_giving @AsteraInstitute @JaneStreetGroup Ken Broad @WorksInProgMag @LENSDetect @MNX_fi @ArchbridgeInst @GoodSciProject @TheIHS @CirculateSD @feeonline (Sponsorship opportunities still available).
Four days of intellectual exploration, inspiration, and interaction that will help shape the progress movement into a cultural force.
Tracks this year explore Human Talent & Potential, AI & Robotics, and Security & Resilience. Participants will attend talks on topics ranging from drone delivery to housing construction to psychology and philosophy of builders, organize and run unconference sessions, mingle in garden, and more. Thursday and Sunday are add-on days, with optional gatherings for interest groups and other activities like factory tours to Bay Area startups.
We're excited to continue this regular gathering of the progress community. Let's get together again in Berkeley this fall!
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The debate over AI and jobs often assumes a zero-sum trade-off. Christos Makridis finds that industries most exposed to AI are actually seeing stronger employment and wage growth.
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The Constitution divides war powers between Congress and the president, but according to Sarah Burns, one branch has largely walked away from that responsibility. Read more:
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Moral panics keep failing to bring about the collapse they promise.
In a recent @liberalismorg piece, Jason Kuznicki makes a compelling case that many of the things people fear will unravel society are far harder to disrupt than the panic-merchants suggest. Read more 👇
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Human societies can be incredibly resilient, or they can fall apart. Drawing on cultural anthropology, evolutionary biology, and economics, Jason Kuznicki argues that our ability to imagine disaster runs way ahead of the disasters we meet in the real world.
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Congratulations to JP Bastos (PhD, Texas Tech, '26), winner of the ninth annual Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Prize—sponsored by IHS and awarded at the Public Choice Society conference for the best combined graduate student paper and presentation.
JP's winning paper, "The Private Gains from Political Office: Evidence from Close Mayoral Elections in Brazil," was shaped in part by feedback he received at an IHS Job Market Papers Workshop at the Southern Economic Association conference.
This fall, JP joins the faculty at the University of Austin. Congratulations, JP!
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