For too long, conversations about Islam and the West have overlooked the past, shortchanged the present, and offered scant hope for a shared future. Such conversations have tragically prevented the West and the Islamic world from growing together, from learning together, and from building progress together.
That, in turn, has held back global growth and prosperity more broadly.
Our world deserves better.
At the Eden Institute, we believe there is remarkable overlap between the West and the Islamic world, including a tremendous shared history, the dynamic contributions of Western Muslims, and the numerous common traditions, practices, and ambitions that continue to shape and inspire the West and the Islamic world today.
We are a community of forward-facing scholars, thinkers, and leaders focused on advancing peace, nurturing pluralism, and promoting principled prosperity. Pluralistic societies are peaceful societies, and there cannot be principled prosperity without either peace or pluralism. As the West and the Islamic world advance towards better outcomes, each benefit–and the wider world benefits as well, a virtuous circle of growth and empowerment.
We pursue pluralism, peace, and prosperity between the West and the Islamic world through
- Incubating and supporting original and critical research, ideas, and policy prescriptions;
- Educating, empowering and amplifying dynamic leaders; and
- Advancing arts, culture, and intellectual exchange.
Our areas of focus include human dignity, economic growth and development, and sustainable social and environmental policy.
We are a not-for-profit and non-partisan institution. Given the importance of faith in the West and the Islamic world, we engage religious communities, considerations, and conversations, but from a neutral perspective.
We are a secular project that respectfully considers how economic policy, cultural change, human geography, social organization, ethical and faith-based frameworks, and cutting-edge science and innovation can positively affect peace, pluralism, and prosperity.
