Inspired by the Academy of Plato, The Institute R&D Centers are where students and experts come together to discuss, teach, and research ideas specific to the five focus areas – leadership, the future, scholarship, wellbeing, and the living arts.

Just as Ancient Greek philosophy addressed free will, ethics, and the meaning of a purposeful life, the questions posed within the R&D Centers empower the discussions about what it means to be a conscious global citizen of the 21st century – both philosophically and practically.