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Arctic Institute of North America
Based at the University of Calgary, it strives to "advance the study of the North American and circumpolar Arctic through the natural and social sciences, the arts and humanities and...
Bibliotheca Alexandrina/New Library of Alexandria
It aims to be the "center of excellence in the production and dissemination of knowledge and a place of dialogue, learning, and understanding between cultures and peoples." To this end,...
Brookings Institution
Seeks to conduct high-quality, independent research and to provide innovative, practical recommendations that strengthen US democracy, foster economic and social welfare of all Americans, and secure “a more open, safe,...
Center for Climate Change Communication
Works in tight cooperation with Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. It focuses on climate change communication and education. Their mission is to "develop and apply social science insights to...
Center for Contemporary South Asia
Center for Contemporary South Asia (2012, Providence RI; 2 staff, 18 faculty, 8 visiting scholars, 66 fellows; watson.brown.edu/southasia) Based at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown...
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a private college "that provides a useful, innovative, and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of...
Global Priorities Institute
An interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Oxford. Aims to conduct foundational research that informs the decision-making of individuals and institutions. Its vision is "a world in which global...
Humanities for the Environment
A global initiative of regional observatories seeking to uncover "how the humanities may contribute to pro-environmental behaviour." As a networking tool fueled by concerns about the role of the humanities...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
A research institute "dedicated to applying leading-edge thinking from the social and physical sciences to global economic challenges." For this reason, "conducts theoretical and empirical research on economic issues using...
International Social Science Council
Is a "membership-based international scientific organization that represents the social, economic, and behavioral sciences at a global level, and aims to bring the best social science to bear on the...
London School of Economics and Political Science
A social science university that "has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence." Its research and teaching span "the full breadth of the social sciences; from economics, politics, and law to...
Polity Books
Is an independent "publisher in the social sciences and humanities." It publishes a "systematic program of textbooks and course books for students and scholars in higher education." It also publishes...
Transformations to Sustainability Programme
It seeks to promote research on the fundamental and innovative processes of social transformations needed to secure effective, equitable and durable solutions to some of the most urgent problems of...