of the Association is to revive the study of free institutions and free societies as a major concern of American higher education and to promote civic education at all instructional levels.

The Association for the Study of Free Institutions encourages research and discussion on an interdisciplinary basis, encompassing political science, history, constitutional scholarship, philosophy, and economics, as well as other scholarly communities less traditionally focused on freedom, such as psychology, anthropology, education, and religion.

ASFI knits together scholars and programs sharing an interest in, and an appreciation of, free institutions, but also possessing the critical capacity to seek an understanding of the costs of freedom, the forces which work to unravel it, and why free institutions and free societies have failed to take strong root in much of the world.