Research agenda
Consequential questions at the intersection of technology and society.
Five programs organize the Institute's research on innovation, governance, industrial capability, security, and institutional change.
Innovation and Economics
Innovation, markets, and sociotechnical change
Examines how institutions, infrastructures, investments, labor, knowledge, and public policy shape technological development and distribute its benefits and costs.
AI, Data, and Public Policy
AI, data, and public governance
Examines how algorithms, data infrastructures, organizational practices, expertise, standards, and legal authority shape automated decisions and public accountability.
Manufacturing Technologies
Production, infrastructure, and industrial systems
Examines how technologies, skills, standards, supply chains, organizational practices, and public investment convert scientific knowledge and technical design into productive capability.
Military Technologies
Military technology, institutions, and security
Examines how acquisition, doctrine, training, logistics, force employment, political control, and organizational learning transform technical systems into military capabilities.
Regulation and Society
Technology governance, expertise, and publics
Examines how laws, standards, classifications, measurements, regulatory institutions, and public contestation shape technological systems, distribute authority, and establish legitimacy.
Across the programs