Founded in 1991, the Institute for Justice is concerned with protecting civil liberties around the United States, and is currently involved in a number of projects, including investigating the use and application of eminent domain laws and the issue of free speech in the state of Washington. The Institute's homepage provides a good place to start exploring the content offered within their site, as...

The Institute for Security, Technology, and Society (ISTS) at Dartmouth College "is dedicated to pursuing research that addresses critical national needs for security technology and policy in cyber and emergency response environments." Its interdisciplinary research draws from science, engineering, social science and policy perspectives to investigate critical security problems using existing...

The work at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) comes out of its predecessor institution, the Bureau for Applied Social Research, which was established at Columbia University in 1944. Today, ISERP continues in this tradition, serving as the research arm of the social sciences at Columbia, and offering a host of online resources to the general public. From the...

The Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of Michigan is one of the most well-regarded academic and social research organizations in the world, and has been in existence for more than 50 years. Employing close to one hundred researchers, the ISR informs both theoretical discussions and policy debates with its strong track record of empirical research in the disciplines of...

The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) is an independent think-tank working with leaders in government, media and the private sector. Their goal is to "challenge long-range threats to international and communal peace and to enhance Europe's capacity to act strategically in the global arena." The ISD was started in 1996, and lately their new work has included creating a network of Muslim...

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) was established as an independent educational charity in 1958 "to carry out research, publish and collect resources on race relations throughout the world." The mission of the IRR changed in 1972 quite dramatically as it began to focus on responding directly to institutionalized racism in Britain and the rest of Europe. Today, interested parties can look over...

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), which bills itself as "the voice of the recycling industry," is a nonprofit trade association that represents about 1,300 recycling companies operating in the United States and in 41 countries worldwide. ISRI offers its digital visitors an overview about and resources on various recycling commodities, including its 96-page 2018 Scrap Recycling...

Organized in 1991, the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at the University of California-Davis has become an internationally recognized center for both applied research and overall scholarship in the field of transportation, serving as a home for 50 affiliated faculty members and a number of graduate students. Here visitors can learn about the Institute, read about educational...

Since 1983, the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) has worked on research which looks "into the causes of international conflict and cooperation." The Institute draws on scholars from around the University of California system, and they also have a number of visiting scholars from different parts of the world. On their homepage, visitors will notice four...

If you love a good debate, or are interested in considering a variety of contested issues in depth, Intelligence Squared, "the world's premier forum for debate and discussion," may appeal. Founded in the United Kingdom and currently based out of seven countries (including the U.S. Australia, Hong Kong, Greece, Chile, and Israel), the series features "Oxford style" debates between two teams of...