The Next Society Institute Limited (in foundation) conducts and supports research on the structures and semantics of modern societies, with a particular focus on social systems theory and its contemporary extensions.
The Institute provides a platform for theoretical innovation, interdisciplinary exchange, and advanced research training, while also contributing to the public understanding of social theory. Its formal establishment will be marked by an inaugural meeting held at Clare College, University of Cambridge, reflecting the Institute’s roots in international academic exchange and its orientation toward research conducted in the public interest and with a view toward charitable status.

Directors

• Dr Vincent Lien, Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 1TL
• Professor Steffen Roth, Wolfson College, Barton Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB3 9BB

Guarantors

• Mr Lars Clausen, UCL University College, Denmark
• Professor Michal Kaczmarczyk, University of Gdansk, Poland
• Professor Franz Kasper Krönig, Technische Hochschule Köln, Germany
• Professor Augusto Sales, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Brazil, and Yale University, United States of America