The Political Theory Project (PTP) was an interdisciplinary research center at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
[1] The center's stated mission was to "investigate the ideas and institutions that make societies free, prosperous, and fair.
[3] According to Tomasi, the PTP focuses "on the interplay of democratic and market-based ideals, with a commitment to examining issues from a variety of ideological perspectives.
[4] Established in 2007, the lecture series hosted Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Paul Krugman, Jeffrey Sachs, and Glenn Greenwald, among others.
[7][8] Among the groups that donated to the Project are Atlas Network, Searle Freedom Trust, and the Charles Koch Foundation.