At the heart of the Ordered Liberty Project is a commitment to make WashU a beacon for viewpoint diversity and open debate, values that will define not just one department or center, but the spirit of our entire campus.
To that end, the project is cultivating a distinguished community of scholars whose work exemplifies intellectual openness and rigorous inquiry. We will engage current faculty committed to free expression, freedom of thought, and the open exchange of ideas across a wide range of perspectives. We also will recruit new faculty whose heterodox viewpoints advance the university’s scholarly ecosystem.
Co-chairs
Andrew Reeves
Professor of Political Science
Director, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy
Faculty Affiliates
Peter Boumgarden
Koch Professor of Practice for Family Enterprise
Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education; Director, Koch Center for Family Enterprise
Francisco (Paco) Buera
Sam B. Cook Professor of Economics
Associate Chair of Economics; Co-Director of Center for Dynamic Economics (CEDEC)
Hilary Elfenbein
John K. Wallace, Jr. and Ellen A. Wallace Distinguished Professor and Professor of Organizational Behavior
George-Levi Gayle
Chair and Professor of Economics
John H. Biggs Distinguished Professorship in Economics
Clarissa Rile Hayward
Associate Chair of Political Science
Professor of Political Science; Professor of Philosophy (By Courtesy) and American Culture Studies (Affiliate)
This initiative will be grounded in a fearless approach to inquiry that, at least in our little corner of academia, builds on a ferocious intellectual environment that lets us get to truth via rigorous science. The political scientists at Washington University have cutthroat empirical skills and a deep reservoir of statistical prowess, and we are still growing. Our commitment to each other, to our field, and to our world is for our research to get it exactly right.
Betsy Sinclair