Clay Routledge

Dr. Clay Routledge  is a former visiting fellow with the Mercatus Center's Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange. He is a leading expert in in existential psychology, the Arden and Donna Hetland Distinguished Professor of Business at North Dakota State University, and a senior research fellow at the Archbridge Institute. He has co-edited three books and authored two books, over 100 scholarly papers, and dozens of articles for popular outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, National Review, Entrepreneur, and Harvard Business Review. He is also an editor for Profectus, a periodic web-based magazine focused on civilizational progress and human flourishing.  

Fellowship focus: 

• The psychology of progress
• The emergence of tension between gains in technology, innovation, and economic growth vs anxiety, fear, and economic growth
• The cognitive attributes that sustain progress
• The human understanding of progress and its implications for liberalism