The Knowledge Lab

The Opportunity:

Sociologist James Evans wanted to understand how knowledge emerges, thrives, evolves, and dies out.  Through an iterative approach, Evans and Arete  worked to formulate and fund a multidisciplinary workshop composed of social scientists, computer scientists, and domain experts from several disciplines to explore the topic.   The process culminated in the formation of a research network as a resource for the study of knowledge about knowledge, or “metaknowledge.” With Arete’s assistance, this ambitious idea developed into a prominent new center of study, the Knowledge Lab, under the Computation Institute.

What we did for them:

• Convene interdisciplinary partnerships across the University
• Facilitate research feasibility and agenda-setting workshops
• Help funders achieve their funding visions
• Invest institutional support in early stage ideas
• Engage foundations 

Principal Investigator:  James Evans

Website: http://www.knowledgelab.org