Skip to main content

Research Archive

September 22, 2025

New Approaches to Characterize Industries: AI as a Framework and a Use Case

About the Compendium New Approaches to Characterize Industries: AI as a Framework and a Use…

June 11, 2024

The Social Workplace: A Compendium

Key Points Executive Summary In an era marked by a decline in social capital across…

April 3, 2024

The Social Workplace: Social Capital, Human Dignity, and Work in America, Volume III 

Executive Summary In this report, we analyze 41 interviews of participants in an earlier quantitative…

February 29, 2024

The Age of Uncertainty—and Opportunity: Work in the Age of AI

Abstract The question of how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, skills, and the future of work is…

January 29, 2024

The Value of a Bachelor’s Degree

As public confidence in higher education has declined, Americans have become less sanguine about the bachelor’s degree and skeptical of its potential return on investment. Nonetheless, four-year degrees continue to be associated with significant economic and noneconomic benefits for individuals and communities. Predominant narratives about the bachelor’s degree—that say either “BAs for everyone!” or “Don’t bother with college”—are misguided because they lack important nuance.

August 8, 2023

Bad Hoosiers

A new book tells a strange tale of political extremism in the Midwest. “Why Hitler?”…

August 3, 2023

Expanding Economic Opportunities Through Evidence-Based Sector Training

Read the PDF. Introduction The Workforce Futures Initiative is a research collaboration among the American…

March 2, 2023

The Lost World of Ecumenical Republicanism

As improbable as it may sound, one of the more interesting books on the market…