Incite at Columbia University
Insights thrive in unlikely company
Insights thrive in unlikely company
At Incite Institute, scholars, changemakers, artists, and others unite to engage the social world in surprising new ways.
A home for unconventional ideas
Together with our collaborators, we ask and pursue ambitious questions, embracing experimentation even at the risk of failure.
Latest news
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go to the Center for the Study of Social Difference seeks proposals for new working groups news
Center for the Study of Social Difference seeks proposals for new working groupsThe Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University welcomes proposals for new working groups to begin in Fall 2025. -
go to the Incite's new Hard Questions grants seed bold Columbia initiatives news
Incite's new Hard Questions grants seed bold Columbia initiativesOur new grants seed up to $75,000 for Columbia Arts and Sciences research initiatives that tackle hard questions with innovative, risky, and promising approaches. -
go to the Who profits when prison life becomes reality TV? news
Who profits when prison life becomes reality TV?As the popularity of incarcerated reality shows have increased, one grassroots organization is working to expose and dismantle the exploitation of incarcerated individuals as a result of what they call the “prison-televisual complex.” -
go to the How Nashville artists are taking their fight for equity to the airwaves news
How Nashville artists are taking their fight for equity to the airwavesIn a city where just twenty large arts organizations receive roughly 80% of public arts funding, a grassroots collective is creating their own media platform to tell the story that local outlets won't.
Because social issues need social insights
The biggest issues of our time aren't just technical—they're social. We bring together partners from inside and outside the academy who approach these issues with different forms of expertise.
Featured Projects
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go to the The Elders Project project
The Elders Project Capturing the stories of elders who have shaped America—from Civil Rights activists to tribal leaders to survivors of Stonewall—before they’re lost to history. -
go to the Movements Against Mass Incarceration project
Movements Against Mass Incarceration
Building the United States' first archive to center the political ideas and movement-building of incarcerated people.
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go to the Obama Presidency Oral History project
Obama Presidency Oral History
Creating a comprehensive oral history of the Obama years with over 450 officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life.
Building new capacities
Through our projects, funding opportunities, training programs, and public events, we strive to build capacity in people and organizations so that they can drive transformation on their own terms.
Upcoming events
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go to the INHIYAR (BREAKDOWN) Noise from the Underground news
INHIYAR (BREAKDOWN) Noise from the Underground Leading artists in experimental–underground Noise scenes deploying poetic practices to resist and denounce politics of total destruction. -
go to the A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars Information Session news
A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars Information Session Join us for a virtual information session covering the A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars program.
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go to the Narrativizing Crisis and Agency in Personal Appeals news
Narrative Workshop Narrativizing Crisis and Agency in Personal Appeals Amy Weissenbach joins us for the Narrative Workshop to discuss how storytelling narrativizes crisis and agency in personal appeals. Workshop
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go to the A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars Showcase & Networking Mixer news
A'Lelia Bundles Community Scholars Showcase & Networking Mixer Join us to celebrate the work and community impact of our Bundles scholars.