Current Projects

Led by David Chalmers, this project explores the relationships between space, time , and consciousness.

This Project revisits the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the context of a world that has changed dramatically in the 65 years or so since it was passed.

Led by Michael Beckerman, this project consists of a working group of scholars, musicians, and arts administration professionals meeting to study the future of classical music, a future that these days is routinely said to be at risk.

Led by Benedict Kingsbury, this project brings together the serious historical study of forms of order beyond a single state with work on the current construction, adaptation or displacement of international legal orders.

Observers of the global economy have noted that investment in infrastructure —from airports in the U.S. to power plants in Nigeria — could help boost slow and declining growth throughout the world and address challenges in both advanced and emerging

Led by Gabrielle Starr, this project seeks to create fine-scale maps of neural activity for the broad domain of visual aesthetics.

Led by Andy Teirstein, a three-year exploration of intercultural dialogue, practice and exchange focusing on the role of dance and music at borders (geographic, cultural, socio-political, economic).

Led by Joshua Tucker, this project explores the role of social media in political participation.

Led by Pato Hebert, the Critical Collaboration Working Group will investigate the relationship between creativity and social change.

Led by Anthony Movshon, this project will study neural computations that are repeated in multiple species and brain regions and which bring the same set of algorithms to bear on a variety of different problems

NYU’s Global Institute of Public Health (GIPH), launched in 2012, is an innovative model for collaborative research. With over 110 faculty from 13 NYU schools and departments, it represents the wide range of methodologies and skillsets needed to address complex