Academic study and creative learning happen both in and outside of the classroom at The New School. Across campus, students and faculty come together in interactive, collaborative spaces to rethink, redesign, and reimagine the world. In these labs, centers, facilities, and institutes, scholarly rigor and intellectual freedom intersect, generating groundbreaking work that challenges the traditional approach to problem solving.
The views and statements of the centers and institutes are not intended to be and should not be construed as the university’s endorsement of any group’s political views, perspectives, or ideas.
The Center for the American Experience is a faculty-led initiative that brings together design, the performing arts, the social sciences, and the humanities to examine the complex past, present, and future of the United States and its place in the world and in our lives.
The Prototyping, Education, and Technology Lab (PETLab) is a public interest game design and research lab for interactive media.
The People's AI & Data Lab for Social Research, a hub for computational science at The New School, advances how the social sciences can lead responsible AI grounded in social justice and public purpose.
The Gromek Institute is an interdisciplinary hub that supports fashion business education, research, and professional engagement. It connects academia with industry across design, business, technology, and social impact, preparing future fashion and creative business leaders for the global fashion sector.
The Parsons Carelab is a research and educational initiative that centers care, health and wellbeing in the design of economies, organizations, communities, and relationships.
Africa Is a Country is a site of opinion, analysis, and new writing on and from the African left.
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility provides a forum for research and scholarship, policy debate, and discussion with activists and artists around issues of global migration and mobility, their economic impact, and political consequences.
WriteOn NYC seeks to make literature more accessible to underserved NYC children and prepares and supports MFA Creative Writing candidates for careers in teaching and nonprofit work.
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics is a research center and public forum for art, culture, and politics. Through compelling public programs, publications, exhibitions, curricula, and performances, the center develops and supports new roles for the arts and artists in advancing social justice.
The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies offers unique opportunities for advanced global research and cross-cultural collaboration to promote a general openness to hybridity and diversity in civil society and civic life.
The Tishman Environment and Design Center integrates bold design, policy, and social justice approaches to tackle the climate crisis and advance environmental justice.
The Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability (DESIS) Lab is an action research laboratory that applies interdisciplinary expertise to sustainable practices and social innovation.
The New School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
