Research Program

The CISL research program focuses on the

• Development of conceptual and operational frameworks that rely on and/or integrate with existing and emerging computational techniques;
• Establishment of a transdisciplinary perspective on institutional analysis by integrating diverse disciplines (such as legal, policy, economics, behavioral studies) and computational approaches for the study of institutions;
• Design of standards & protocols that may aid in developing methodological consistency for existing and novel computational approaches to institutional analysis, specifically in support of comparative research;
• Development of software and tools as relevant to support institutional analysis within or across different disciplines;
• Training of young and emerging scholars interested in computational approaches to institutional analysis.

Area of interest working groups 

Area-of-interest working groups corresponding to each aspect of the scientific program:

• Standardization & Protocols Working Group
• Computing Working Group
• Software Development Working Group
• Applications Working Group