Establish a Community
Through a growing cadre of Visiting Fellows, micro-grant recipients, and participants in our Pluralist Lab events, we are establishing a community of confident pluralists from across the ideological spectrum who will demonstrate tolerance, freedom of expression, and mutual forbearance within their communities and institutions.

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The Mercatus Center's Pluralist Lab is an effort to foster open mindedness while actively demonstrating how we can exchange ideas and coexist with our fellow citizens across deep divides.
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The Mercatus Center seeks to support scholars, thinkers, writers, and doers addressing the challenge of sustaining liberal democratic pluralism and institutions.


Quote from F. A. Hayek
"If old truths are to retain their hold on men’s minds, they must be restated in the language and concepts of successive generations."
Our Visiting Fellows
Tevi Troy, PhD
Dr. Troy’s work focuses on the historical lessons from previous challenges to liberalism that are relevant to today.
Ilana Redstone
Dr. Redstone's work focuses on value of viewpoint diversity in liberal democracy, applying the uncertainty principle in civil exchange, and more.
Dr. Seth Kaplan
Dr. Kaplan is working to understand fragilities in local communities that impede pluralism and approaches to community building to enhance e a pluralistic ethos.
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Forum on Free Speech and Content Moderation
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Forum on Healthcare Policy Perspectives
Apply Today Should healthcare be nationalized, privatized, a mix of both? Do private firms, civil society organizations, or

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Cultivating an Ethos of Tempered Liberalism | Discourse
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Building Strong Neighborhoods: How Local Initiatives Contribute to Public Safety, Health, and Prosperity
American neighborhoods have declined over the past few decades, contributing to many social ills, such as steadily rising
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Mercatus’ Program on Pluralism & Civil Exchange Announces Fourth Cohort of Grant Recipients
Arlington, VA—The Mercatus Center’s Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange is pleased to announce its fourth cohort of micro
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Is Neighborhood Fragmentation Polarizing America? | The UnPopulist
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Discussion on Christian Nationalism | C-SPAN
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Having the Tough Conversations | Discourse
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Strong Neighborhoods: Key to Reviving America and Building a Flourishing Society
Abstract: American neighborhoods have declined over the past few decades, contributing to rising isolation, mistrust, and
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Forum on Obstacles to Socioeconomic Mobility
In today’s politically polarized society, it is more important than ever to aim to understand those with whom we disagree. This

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Toward Racelessness | Discourse
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Racial Classification in America | Discourse
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Religion, Liberalism and Equality | Discourse
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