Research at the Watson Institute
The Watson Institute's research focuses in two areas: global security, and political economy and development. Over two decades, the Institute has become known for questioning settled policy prescriptions and thinking outside the range of conventional debate to identify new causes and cures for urgent international problems in these areas.
To do so, the Institute fosters collaboration across the range of social sciences - anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology - to establish deeper context and reach new levels of understanding. Its multidisciplinary team of academics and practitioners draws on Brown's strength as a major research university, on the experience of collaborators in the policy arena, and on the perspective of peers from around the world.
