Research
The Center has established a Research Institute to coordinate the research of distinguished scholars and social critics from around world, many of whom are appointed CFI research fellows or post-doctoral fellows. These include Professor Richard Wiseman, a parapsychological researcher at University of Hertsfordshire; Ibn Warraq, noted Islamic scholar; Professor Gerd Lüdemann, noted biblical scholar from Göttingen, Germany; Professor Victor Stenger, astrophysicist at the University of Colorado; and others.
Fellows of CSI include E. O. Wilson, Steven Weinberg, Richard Dawkins, Leon Jaroff, Martin Gardner, Susan Blackmore, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Joe Nickell, and Steven Pinker.
Humanist Laureates appointed by the Council for Secular Humanism include Umberto Eco, Arthur C. Clarke, Betty Friedan, Arthur Schlesinger, Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermas, Peter Singer, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Gore Vidal, Simone Weil, Thomas Szasz, and Lionel Tiger.
Each academic year, the Center for Inquiry announces visiting research fellows and post doctoral fellows on a given program of inquiry selected by the Center (for example, the efficacy of medical prayer, the connection between theology and cosmology, or philosophical implications of neuro-science). Fellows who are appointed may use the SUNY Buffalo facilities, where they can interact with the university community, deliver guest lectures, and attend graduate seminars and colloquia. The results of their research are published and advertised to the public and media by the Center for Inquiry.
