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Thank you for considering making a financial investment in next system studies. We welcome support from organizations and individuals whose goals and practices are consistent with transitioning to a truly democratic, sustainable, and fair society.

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You may give through our online payment system by clicking here (make sure you type "Next System" in the "Other" and "Please specify your chosen fund" fields of the payment form).

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Next System Studies c/o Center for Social Science Research
4400 University Drive 1H5
Fairfax, VA 22030

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Your support will expand the participation of students, faculty, and staff in impactful community engaged interdisciplinary research. With your help, this next generation of scholar-organizers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and researchers will develop the skills, expertise, and vision the coming decades require.

Your support will also help Next System Studies leap forward throughout academia. With your help, our public university will continue to lead in building networks of next system scholars and practitioners, creating conditions necessary for the widespread implementation of next system initiatives, and deepening the research capacities of those working in this new field.

Video: "The Next System and the Academy"

On Wednesday, April 21st, 2021, hundreds of leading policymakers, innovators, community organizers, and academics came together to take up the challenge of preparing our society for a transition to a system that provides the best outcomes for all. "The Next System and the Academy: Systemic Crises, Movements, and Change in the 2020s," featured keynote speaker U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (2nd CD, WI), Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson), Dr. Gar Alperovitz (Democracy Collaborative), Dr. Amy Best (George Mason University), Dr. Diane Fujino (UC Santa Barbara), Peter Knowlton (UE General President, retired), Dr. Ben Manski (George Mason University), and Mike Strode (U.S. Solidarity Economy Network).

Leading the Way in Next System Studies

"To borrow from Lev Tolstoy, ‘What then must society do?’ Or to paraphrase Gar Alperovitz, ‘system change is coming; what kind of system do we want and how do we get there?’ These are the questions at the center of next system studies.”