# The Overedge Catalog: New Types of Research Organizations

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/the-overedge-catalog-new-types-of-research-organizations/1340>\
**Category:** Academia\
**Tags:** new-academia, igdore, ronin-institute\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/the-overedge-catalog-new-types-of-research-organizations/1340 "2021-05-07T20:56:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gavin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/the-overedge-catalog-new-types-of-research-organizations/1340/1 "2021-05-07T20:56:43Z")

</div>

[Sam Arbesman](https://arbesman.net/) created a catalogue of ‘organizations and institutions that lie at **the intersection of the worlds of research and academia, non-profits, and tech startups** ’. IGDORE and the Ronin Institute both get a mention!

[https://arbesman.net/overedge/](https://arbesman.net/overedge/)

> Research organizations and institutions often are shoehorned into a set of well-established categories: universities, public companies, tech startups, and certain types of non-profits, such as think tanks. But there is the need for innovation here, particularly when it comes to encouraging the development of new ideas and the ability to operate on long timescales. We need new types of research organizations.
> 
> In cartography, most maps are bound by the straight lines at their borders. But occasionally, there are parts of the map that don’t quite fit. They bleed over the edge and yet still cry out for being included in a map. These are the _overedges_. The **Overedge Catalog** is devoted to collecting the intriguing new types of organizations and institutions that lie at **the intersection of the worlds of research and academia, non-profits, and tech startups**. This is a small but growing number of organizations, but hopefully by collecting and highlighting all of these here, it can spur further institutional innovation.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rebecca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/rebecca/32/520_2.png) [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/the-overedge-catalog-new-types-of-research-organizations/1340/2 "2021-05-16T09:19:33Z")

</div>

Nice list to be mentioned in! Center for Open Science ([cos.io/](http://cos.io/)) is also listed.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![keithtse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/keithtse/32/224_2.png) [@keithtse](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/keithtse)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/the-overedge-catalog-new-types-of-research-organizations/1340/3 "2022-03-25T17:54:38Z")

</div>

Ronin Institute has been mentioned along other research organisations in the Overedge catalogue:

[https://arbesman.net/overedge/](https://arbesman.net/overedge/)