On June 1st and 2nd, the Tobin Project hosted a Conference on the History of American Democracy, convening eminent historians, political scientists, and law scholars to discuss the institutions, mechanisms, and social norms that have contributed to the foundation and evolution of American politics and democracy.

The 2016 Tobin Project Update is now available. It features new projects in our National Security and Institutions of Democracy initiatives, highlights from Corporations and American Democracy, and more.

The Tobin Project is now accepting applications for our 2017 Graduate Fellowship and Workshop and Prospectus Development Workshop from graduate students working on real-world problems related to the Tobin Project’s core research areas.

On August 4th and 5th, the Tobin Project convened a Conference on Inequality and Decision Making. Participants examined the ways in which rising economic inequality might influence the perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors of Americans.

On May 20th, the Tobin Project convened policymakers and scholars across a range of disciplines for a meeting in Washington, DC on “Reassessing Threat Assessment: Building a Better Framework for Evaluating Strategic Threats.” Participants explored where new academic scholarship on past threat assessments could help develop the tools we need to accurately and reliably assess threats we face today.

The Conference Advisory Board and the Tobin Project have selected the scholars that will present preliminary results at the Inequality and Decision Making conference in August.

How can the U.S. craft a sustainable security strategy in the face of shifting threats, sharp resource constraints, and a changing balance of power? The National Security initiative's work on this question, which will be published in an Oxford University Press edited volume, is now available for free download.

Through April 7th, the Tobin Project will be accepting additional Prospectus Development Workshop applications related to Tobin's National Security research area.

The 2015 Tobin Project Update has been published, featuring new projects in the Inequality and Decision Making initiative, highlights from Sustainable Security, and more.