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Overview
The eight lions heads that adorn the top of the Hoover Tower, dedicated June 20, 1941, symbolize the strength and vision of the Hoover Institution—a unique center of scholarship and public policy research, committed to generating ideas defining a free society.
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The Hoover Institution operates an extensive research program that relies on the expertise and drive of its scholars. To focus the work of the Institution around common themes and priorities, the director has set out various programs for coordinating scholarly research.
Research Scope
The Institution's five founding principles—individual freedom, private enterprise, representative government, peace and prosperity, and leadership and ingenuity—help explain the aim of our research.
Programmatic Themes
Ideas defining a free society are conceived and disseminated within the framework of three programs: American Institutions and Economic Performance, Democracy and Free Markets, and International Rivalries and Global Cooperation.
Institutional Initiatives
Substantial financial and intellectual resources are directed to seven institutional initiatives, multiyear projects in which Hoover fellows and other scholars focus on specific and important topics pertaining to our mission:
Task Forces
The task forces emphasize a collective approach (rather than the more traditional individual methodology) to work on commonly defined topics and projects.
Projects & Programs
Facts on Policy
Here the Institution highlights facts relevant to current issues of public interest, adding context to the world of opinion, commentary, and policy dialogue.
Symposia
The Institution continues to build its presence and identity in Washington, D.C., and the greater Bay Area by hosting and sponsoring a variety of symposia and conferences, including the Hoover Collective Choice Seminar.
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