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 | Next Call: August 2026 →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
Updates, opportunities, and events from JOPRO and our partners.
Our community newsletter curates research opportunities, funding calls, events, and project updates from across our network. Published biweekly.
Subscribe on SubstackCurrent 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 schedule →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.
Subscribe to the community newsletter. Follow on LinkedIn Browse the network directory. No commitment needed.
Subscribe →Attend a reading group session, salon, or workshop. Join the Discord. Many programs and groups have regular public sessions.
Upcoming events →Apply to a cohort program, propose a project, contribute to ongoing research. Structured engagement with real deliverables.
Current openings →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
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."