Work with the Institute.
HSI works with universities, companies, foundations, and public institutions on defined research, field access, convening, and funding relationships.
HSI and NYU PREP
NYU Peace Research and Education Program
A co-published Special Report with NYU PREP on consultation, authority, and who is actually consulted when institutions claim a consultative process. PREP's Peace AI programme works on inclusive AI governance and community-centred approaches across Kenya, Malawi, and the Philippines. Pillar IV.
HSI lists a named institutional collaboration only after work has been agreed and begun. Individual contributors and their universities are credited on the People and publication pages; those affiliations are not presented as institutional partnerships.
Forms of collaboration
Partnerships begin with a research question, a defined contribution from each institution, and written terms covering the work and its independence.
Research and co-publication
Joint inquiry with a partner institution, published under both names. The research question is agreed at the outset; the findings are not. Co-publication means shared authorship and shared editorial standards, not shared approval rights.
Field and case-study partnerships
Access to a real institutional setting: a governance function being rebuilt, an AI deployment under supervision, a workforce transition in progress. Cases can be published named or anonymized, agreed before work begins.
Academic collaborations
Standing relationships with faculty and research centres: shared supervision of contributing researchers, seminar exchange, methods review, and joint work on questions that sit across a pillar boundary.
Convening partnerships
Co-hosting a salon, working session, or field session: venue, programming, and the invitation list built jointly. Convenings are held under the Chatham House Rule, and a partner's involvement is disclosed to those invited.
Foundation and institutional funding
Programme or project funding for a defined line of research. Grants are scoped to a question and a period, not to a conclusion. Contributions of $25,000 or more are disclosed in the HSI Outlook.
Data or subject-matter contributions
Datasets, survey access, technical review, or practitioner expertise contributed to a project. Contributors are credited; contribution does not carry review rights over the analysis it informs.
From inquiry to research agreement
The sequence is proportionate to the work. Timing depends on the research question, access, conflicts review, funding, and the responsibilities each institution assumes.
We start from a question, not a deliverable. If the question does not sit under one of the four research programs, or if HSI is not the right institution to answer it, we say so early. Our public research agenda is the fastest way to see where a partnership would land.
A short written scope covers the question, the contribution each side makes, the output and its timing, attribution, and how the work is disclosed. Editorial independence is stated explicitly rather than assumed.
Every partnership is screened against the Institute's conflict of interest policy and its entity separation policy. Funding from foreign government or state-linked entities is reviewed and disclosed regardless of size.
Partners see the work as it develops and can correct factual errors about their own institution. They do not review conclusions, approve publication, or receive editorial input. Where a partner disagrees with a finding, we will publish the disagreement alongside it.
The operating rule for every collaboration.
Partnership does not confer control over findings. A partner may contribute evidence, access, expertise, or funding and may correct factual statements about its own institution. It may not direct, approve, delay, or suppress HSI’s analysis.
Partners may correct factual statements about their own institution; they may not revise HSI analysis or judgment. Where a project is funded or otherwise supported by a partner, that relationship is disclosed with the publication.
Current policy sets a $25,000 disclosure threshold while permitting donor-elected anonymity. Funding from foreign-government or state-linked entities is reviewed and disclosed regardless of size. See Funding & Transparency for the complete current position.
Horizon Search Institute is the registered trade name of HSI Research Foundation, a Delaware nonprofit corporation (EIN 42-1954110). Tax-deductible contributions are received through the Foundation's fiscal sponsor, Fiscal Sponsorship Allies, Inc. (EIN 85-0839183), a 501(c)(3) public charity that retains variance power over donated funds as required by law.
Tell us the question you are working on.
The most useful first message is short: who you are, the question your institution is facing, and what you could contribute to answering it. Relevant inquiries are reviewed by the Institute; response timing depends on current research and operating capacity.