Fellow
Researchers, scholars and experienced practitioners whose work contributes to one or more areas of the Institute's research agenda. Appointments are made for a defined period and may be renewed based on continued engagement.
Fellowships
Join an interdisciplinary community of policy thinkers.
The Systems Policy Institute is building a community of researchers, scholars and experienced practitioners working on complex public challenges across disciplines, institutions and geographies.
Why SPI?
A place to develop ideas across boundaries.
Many consequential policy questions do not fit neatly within a single discipline or institution. SPI provides an intellectual home for researchers and practitioners interested in exploring these intersections and connecting their expertise with wider policy conversations.
Fellows can engage with colleagues across SPI's areas of work, develop and publish research and policy analysis, participate in convenings, contribute to programs and help shape new initiatives.
Fellowship pathways
Non-Resident Fellow
Contribute to SPI while maintaining a primary professional or academic affiliation elsewhere — suited to those who want to contribute research and expertise while remaining based at another institution.
Senior Fellow
Established scholars, policy leaders and practitioners whose expertise makes a significant contribution to SPI's intellectual and programmatic agenda. Appointments are generally made by invitation.
Who we are looking for
Expertise matters. So does perspective.
We are interested in researchers and practitioners whose work connects with one or more of SPI's six areas, and in work that cuts across them — particularly around climate and sustainability, technological change, institutions and governance, and inequality and inclusion.
SPI is particularly interested in people who bring strong subject expertise, demonstrate an ability to produce rigorous and accessible analysis, connect research with consequential policy questions, contribute perspectives from different geographic and institutional contexts, and value intellectual exchange and collaboration across disciplines.
What Fellows do
- Develop research and policy analysis.
- Publish research, policy briefs and commentary through SPI.
- Contribute to collaborative research projects.
- Participate in seminars, workshops and policy convenings.