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 was 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

• Professor Michal Kaczmarczyk, Uniwersytet Gdański, Gdansk, Poland
• Professor Franz Kasper Krönig, Technische Hochschule Köln, Cologne, Germany
• Professor Augusto Sales, Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Yale University, United States of America
• Professor Tilia Stingl de Vasconcelos Guedes, Fachhochschule der Wirtschaftskammer Wien, Vienna, Austria