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Hoover Institution Congratulates Kevin Warsh On His Nomination As Next Federal Reserve Chair
The Hoover Institution congratulates Kevin Warsh, a distinguished visiting fellow at Hoover, for his nomination to serve as the next chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
2026 Edition Of The Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers And Business Leaders New Insights Into The Implications Of Frontier Technologies.
The 2026 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) report is now available, offering American policymakers and business leaders a comprehensive overview of how ten frontier technologies, from artificial intelligence (AI) and biotech to robotics and space tech, are transforming the world.
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Discover Hoover’s new platform for those who want more than headlines. The Freedom Frequency draws on the expertise of the Hoover fellowship, delivering clear, timely analysis and solutions that strengthen American liberty, leadership, and institutions. Stay informed, inspired, and connected.
2026 Fellowship Opportunities
Applications are now open for the 2026 Hoover Fellowship Programs with opportunities for early- to mid-career scholars. For more information on the Hoover Fellows program and National Fellows program, click the links below.
2025 Annual Report
The Hoover Institution is pleased to release its 2025 Annual Report, Why American Leadership Matters, which highlights how Hoover advanced impactful research addressing the most pressing challenges facing the United States and the world.
Ideas Advancing Freedom in 2025: The Scholarship of the Hoover Institution During a Pivotal Year in Public Policy
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Bio-Partisanship And Leadership At Launch Of Congressional Biotechnology Caucus
Hoover Science and Senior Fellow Drew Endy joined leaders from government, industry, charities, and academia in Washington, DC, for the public launch of the Congressional Biotechnology Caucus on…
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Featured Fellows
Thomas J. Sargent
Senior Fellow (adjunct)
Thomas Dee
Robert and Marion Oster Senior Fellow
Stephen Haber
Park L. Loughlin Senior Fellow
Ralph Richard Banks
Senior Fellow (courtesy)
Ross Levine
Booth Derbas Family/Edward Lazear Senior Fellow
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Thomas J. Sargent On Lifelong Learning And Intellectual Humility
Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Sargent discusses curiosity, his philosophy of education, life long learning, and intellectual humility.
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School Absenteeism: Missed Days & Missed Opportunities
The rise in chronic school absenteeism threatens not only academic achievement but America’s civic and economic future. Restoring daily attendance through local, data-driven solutions is essential to strengthening the nation’s human capital.
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What Is The Definition Of Use Of Force? Depends On Where You Live.
Police use of force policies shape life-and-death encounters, yet nationally they remain fragmented, inconsistent and largely hidden from public view.
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FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Strategika
An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.
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The Caravan
The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East
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California on Your Mind
Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State
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From Asia, With Skills And Aspirations
The United States has looked to Asia for software developers, scientists, engineers, and physicians in recent decades. How has that worked out for Americans? For other countries?
The Right Side Of History With Tyler Cowen
Trump at Davos. Globalists on edge. Do Trump and his critics have more in common than they admit?
Can Journalists Be Charged For Involvement In Protests? The Don Lemon Dilemma
Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer are joined by press freedom advocate Seth Stern to dissect the federal prosecution of journalist Don Lemon.
Thomas Sowell On School Choice And The Price Our Children Pay For Bad Ideas
Thomas Sowell delivers a sweeping critique of American education, affirmative action, and modern universities, drawing on his own life story, decades of research, and hard data.
Library & Archives
A World-Class Library & Archives
Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is home to some of the world's most renowned collections documenting war, revolution, peace, and political, economic, and social change in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Free and open to all, discover how to search the collections, arrange a research visit, or explore exhibitions by clicking below.
Exhibitions | Now On View
The exhibitions Un-Presidented: Watergate and Power in America (February 12–August 11, 2024) and Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century (ongoing) are open and free to all visitors to Hoover Tower, at the heart of Stanford University campus.
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Research Services
Planning an onsite visit to the reading room? Conducting your research from afar? Staff are ready to connect you with the most relevant materials through reference consultations, assisting with registration and material requests, digitization, and more.
Learn MoreThe Collections
Acquiring, preserving, and making accessible collections of enduring value, including more than one million library volumes and over six thousand archival collections.
Digital First Initiative
Our aim is to make full archival collections accessible to researchers around the world through the digitization of textual, graphical, sound, and moving-image materials.
Engagement & Outreach
Building connections to our collections by sparking curiosity in audiences interested in the meaning and role of history through exhibitions, classes, tours, and special programing.
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