Apply to come to Invisible College

Our new residential seminar for 18 to 22-year-olds, during August 2024

In August Works in Progress is hosting a week-long residential seminar in Cambridge for people aged 18–22. During this week, we aim to give attendees a thorough grounding in three of the topics most important to us: how the world got rich; what is going wrong with science today; and how to design public policies so they have a chance of being implemented.

This will involve lectures, discussions, and other classes led by the people that we think are making the biggest impacts on these subjects today, including Works in Progress authors such as Saloni Dattani, Stuart Ritchie, and Anton Howes.

The programme’s name comes from the supposed group of seventeenth century thinkers known as the Invisible College, led by the Irish chemist Robert Boyle and the English economist Sir William Petty.

Attendance is open to anyone around the world who will be aged 18–22 in August 2024. The main requirement is that you are thirsty for knowledge, curious about new ideas, and excited about shaping the world of the future. Please forward this invitation on to anyone you know whom you think might fit the bill.

It is free to attend, including food and accommodation, and we can fund travel within the UK if you can demonstrate hardship.

The exact dates are 26th to 31st August: students will arrive on the Monday afternoon and leave on the Saturday morning.

To apply, simply fill out this very short application form. If you have any other questions, feel free to email me (Ben Southwood) at bswud@stripe.com.

We look forward to hearing from you!