Independent Research Organization
JOPRO supports interdisciplinary scholarship, cultivates emerging researchers, and builds the networks that connect them.
We run working groups, incubate research directions, mentor early-career scholars, and connect a growing network of people and organizations working on questions about knowledge, technology, and the future.
What we do
Research
Working groups, centers, and projects producing scholarship across interdisciplinary boundaries. Our research spans methodology, futures studies, cognition, and the sociology of knowledge.
Working groups & projects →Incubation
Supporting emerging ideas, research groups, and projects from early concept through structured development. Some grow into sustained programs; others launch independently into the broader ecosystem.
Submissions Closed →Formation & Mentoring
Cohort programs, mentorship, and structured learning for researchers and practitioners at every stage. We help people develop the skills and orientation to do meaningful work in complex spaces.
About formation →Community & Network
Connecting people and organizations across the landscape through events, shared resources, and a curated network of mission-aligned groups. New for 2026.
We're building infrastructure →What's happening now
Welcoming Tlamelo Makati as a Visiting Scholar
Tlamelo Makati returns to JOPRO as a Visiting Scholar in the Data x Direction program, bringing her research on AI, digital accessibility, and active inclusion.
Current openings
Cohorts, fellowships, calls for papers, and other ways to get involved with JOPRO and partner organizations.
View opportunities →Upcoming sessions
Reading groups, salons, workshops, and public conversations. Most are open to new participants.
See public calendar →Get involved
JOPRO is open to researchers, practitioners, students, and organizations at every stage. Here's how people typically engage, from first contact to ongoing collaboration.
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Subscribe for Updates →Sit in on a working group, reading group, or salon. Join the Discord. Many programs and groups have regular public sessions open to new participants.
See working groups →Apply to a cohort program, propose a project, contribute to ongoing research. Structured engagement with real deliverables.
See programs →Propose a collaboration, bring your organization into the network, co-host an event. We work with universities, nonprofits, and other groups.
Partnership info →From the Director
2025 Year in Review: Supporting researchers, cultivating ecosystems, and clarifying the upstream work this moment demands.
From Jes Parent: "This year, many of the people we worked with shared a similar concern: they were learning quickly, adopting new tools, and meeting expectations—yet many felt uncertain about how their work fit together, how to make decisions with long-term consequences, or how to grow into roles that require more than execution alone."