This page is a project of the Next System Studies Initiative at George Mason University. State socialism and corporate capitalism appear to be past their end dates. New systems of societal organization are coming. But what will those systems bring? Next system studies necessarily involve research into questions of systemic design, change, and movements – or put another way, “where are we going, ho
w will we get there, and what must we do to get there?”
As a new area or study, one purpose of next system studies is to establish space, resources, and recognition for scholarship and public engagement on next system questions. Another is influencing and to some extent reorienting established disciplines around next system questions. Thus, next system scholarship involves:
* Production of practical knowledge of use to policymakers, communities, activists, and others about systemic design, change, and movements;
* Community engaged research uniting practitioners, students, and senior scholars in collaborative work; and,
* The raising of new cohorts of community leaders, policymakers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, managers, academics, and other specialists educated in the methodology and theory of next system studies.
