The Institute for Human Worth was founded to bring serious social research and cultural analysis to some of the most consequential questions of our time: the worth of human life, the health of the family, and the conditions under which both can flourish. We serve scholars, policymakers, and church leaders by producing work that is rigorous enough to withstand scrutiny, accessible enough to inform public understanding, and useful enough to guide real institutional decisions.
Our work is grounded in careful methodology, transparent sourcing, and conclusions proportionate to the evidence.
We translate complex findings into language that policymakers, pastors, and other leaders can understand and use.
We publish work that helps institutions make better decisions, frame better arguments, and respond more wisely to the issues they face.
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Alex Ward serves as Director of Research for the Institute for Human Worth. He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Mississippi, and holds degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, and Mississippi State University. His writing has appeared at Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Religion News Service, and The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
Research worth trusting requires a process worth examining. IHW follows a consistent methodology across all of our publications, grounded in three commitments.
Where possible, we conduct our own surveys, interviews, and data collection rather than repackaging existing studies. When we do synthesize external research, we disclose our sources and our selection criteria.
Every research report and white paper we publish includes a methodology section that describes how the data was gathered, how the sample was constructed, and what the limitations are.
We report findings as they are, not as we wish they were. If the data complicates a popular narrative, we say so. If a study raises more questions than it answers, we say that too.
