Jobs at Heterodox Academy
Heterodox Academy is a New York City-based non-partisan, non-profit membership organization made up of thousands of faculty, administrators, staff, and students.
Our vibrant team is dedicated to advancing open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement to improve higher education and academic research. We are committed to constructive engagement across lines of difference and creating an organization that improves culture across the academy.
We welcome colleagues with a positive outlook who contribute their talents and energy to our critical mission. Join us to create a world where diverse people with diverse perspectives engage one another with intellectual humility and curiosity.
Open Inquiry
Open inquiry is the ability to ask questions, share ideas, and challenge existing orthodoxy without risk of censure. In an environment that is sufficiently open, people can explore facts, opinions, and beliefs; discover and create important innovations; solve problems; and flourish intellectually.
Viewpoint Diversity
Viewpoint diversity is when members of a group or community approach problems or questions from a range of perspectives, backgrounds, and personal experiences. When a community is marked by intellectual humility, empathy, trust, and curiosity, viewpoint diversity gives rise to engaged and respectful debate, constructive disagreement, and shared progress toward truth.
Constructive Disagreement
Constructive disagreement occurs when people who have different perspectives on an idea or issue are committed to collaboratively exploring and learning from one another. Rigorous, open, and responsible engagement across lines of difference is the foundation of healthy academic practice and is essential to make good ideas better.
Our research and work across the academy focuses on 12 issues that are central to advancing the principles of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity, and constructive disagreement to improve higher education and academic research. Discover what we’re working on today.