Welcome to the Gruter Institute
ADVANCING INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
The Gruter Institute is a research community that fosters collaboration across disciplines in order advance our understanding of the interplay between law, institutions and human behavior. The goal of the Institute is to build a richer understanding of the underlying behaviors at the heart of society’s most pressing problems and to improve our understanding of how law and other institutions facilitate or hinder those behaviors. To that end, the Institute brings together academics and practitioners from diverse fields ranging from evolutionary biology, economics, anthropology, finance and law to exchange knowledge from the diverse disciplines, collaborate on core questions, and develop tangible outputs, including publications, policy recommendations and the architecture of innovative institutional and legal regimes.
The Gruter Institute Program on Understanding Innovation
THE GRUTER INSTITUTE’S PROGRAM ON UNDERSTANDING INNOVATION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE INSTITUTE’S INTERDISCIPLINARY TOOLKIT TO THE STUDY OF INNOVATION AND GROWTH.
The Gruter Institute will continue to bring together academics and practitioners across a wide spectrum of disciplines to build a systems-level theory of innovation and growth. Just as we are better able to refine legal systems with an improved understanding of that which law is meant to regulate — human behavior, so too we are better able to refine institutions with an informed understanding of that which we are trying to facilitate – innovative behavior. There is a wealth of knowledge about how innovation occurs in a range of complex systems, from evolutionary biology, to anthropology, law and economics.
Taking a systems-level approach to analyze what constitutes a system receptive to innovation versus hostile to innovation, we are best equipped to positively foster and support specific legal regimes, economic policies, and business approaches that facilitate innovation and growth and advance global quality of life. The Program convenes select scholars and practitioners to 1. exchange relevant knowledge and questions within the diverse disciplines, 2. collaborate on the core questions at the heart of better understanding productive innovation, and 3. develop tangible outputs of publications, policy recommendations and the architecture of innovative institutions and legal regimes.
Gruter Institute Focus Areas
2018 -2019
The Role of Money in Innovation and Growth. Read more ..
Evolution of Regulation and its Impact on Innovation. Read more ..
Embedding of Law in Technology. Read more ..
Human Prosperity, Employment Rates and Innovation: an Interdisciplinary Analysis.
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Human Behavior and Leadership. Read more ..
Conferences
An updated list of past conferences sponsored by the Gruter Institute can be accessed through the following link:
Recent News
The Gruter Institute Welcomes Charles R. Taylor as Research Fellow – The Gruter Institute is pleased to welcome Charles R. Taylor, Executive Fellow in the Office of Financial Research of the U.S. Department of Treasury. (Read more)