Eric Kaufmann launched a Centre for Heterodox Social Science at the University of Buckingham, hosted a 'Post-Progressivism' conference, and issued a manifesto with articles slated for Theory and Society. This marks a coordinated, named movement to reorient social science away from DEI-era orthodoxies toward 'glasnost' and consilience with the natural sciences.
— If heterodox reform consolidates into institutions and journals, it could reshape research agendas, editorial standards, and speech norms across universities.
Lee Jussim
2025.08.04
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Creation of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science, the Buckingham conference, and the published 'Buckingham Manifesto' outlining the agenda.
Eric Kaufmann
2025.07.23
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The article details concrete steps—University of Buckingham conference, a Chronicle of Higher Education–published manifesto signed by Steven Pinker and Chris Rufo, a Theory and Society special issue, and a £100,000 research award—forming durable infrastructure for a heterodox social‑science movement.
Eric Kaufmann
2025.05.16
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The article explicitly promotes Kaufmann’s 'Post‑Progressive social science' conference at the University of Buckingham and cites his WSJ op‑ed and Theory and Society paper, evidencing a coordinated effort to formalize post‑progressive research and norms.