Closing America’s Front Door

What recent immigration rules mean for US science.

Nov 5 • Connor O'Brien

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October 2026

John Van Reenen on Innovation Policy

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 8

Oct 23 • Matthew Esche

10

2

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Eight Questions About Metascience Units

How to build innovation support structures with staying power.

Oct 19 • Andrew Gerard and Jenn Gustetic

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Kevin Bryan on AI and Innovation

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 7

Oct 8 • Matthew Esche

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4

September 2026

Debate: National Labs vs. New Science Institutions

Teaching an old dog new tricks vs. getting a new dog.

Sep 29 • Dan Recht, Ben Reinhardt, and Jordi Cabana

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Matt Clancy on Science and the Returns to R&D

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 6

Sep 24 • Andrew Gerard

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Kyle Myers on the Direction of Science

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 5

Sep 10 • Andrew Gerard

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What We’ve Been Reading, Vol. 2

Your back to school reading list from the IFP metascience team.

Sep 4 • Andrew Gerard, Jenn Gustetic, Matthew Esche, Dan Turner-Evans, and Hunter Wieman

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4

August 2026

Pierre Azoulay on Open Science as an Economic Institution

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 4

Aug 28 • Andrew Gerard

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Ina Ganguli on the Supply of Innovators

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 3.

Aug 14 • Andrew Gerard

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4

America Already Built the World's Largest Science-Vetting Machine

We barely use it.

Aug 11 • Sandeep Patel, Stuart Buck, Ian Banks, and Amit Gupta

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July 2026

Chad Jones on Idea-Based Models of Economic Growth

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Lecture 2.

Jul 30 • Andrew Gerard

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