Who are you?
Individually, a bunch of people invested in growing, handling and sharing knowledge.
As a group, something not entirely unlike a research institute, although one that is equally friendly to independent scholars as to tenured academics.
What is it that you do?
This whole page about our mission will explain it more eloquently.
Can I become a member?
You are very welcome to visit us as part of a residency, attend one of our events, register to our mailing list, and become a supporter of INTP.
If you want to become part of the team, come visit us and dream up some project with us and we will see how things go!
What does your name mean?
We are the Institute for the Natural and Theoretical sciences in the Pyrenees. You could have guessed.
No, really, what is up with your name?
The Institut Natura e Teoria en Pirenèus gets its name from Occitan (lenga d'òc), the Romance language once widely and still sparsely spoken in our corner of the world. We also happened to like the initials INTP, for mysterious reasons.
What is independent scholarship?
The way science used to be done and the way it is headed again, for better and for worse.
Are there other organizations fostering independent scholarship?
A few significant ones include international networks Ronin Institute and IGDORE, and national networks NCIS (unrelated) and Campus Orleon.
Our purpose is different: we aim to be a physical and virtual laboratory, not an all-encompassing network. This requires working at a smaller scale, with a limited and more tightly-knit local team.
