IHW Research Library

Featured Research

Current Research Project

The work featured here reflects IHW’s most active area of inquiry. These projects address urgent questions related to human dignity, life issues, and family flourishing, and they represent the research currently shaping our publications, events, and public engagement.

As new studies are completed, this section will highlight the findings most relevant to scholars, policymakers, and church leaders seeking careful analysis and practical insight. 

Article

When Technology Obscures Life

New IHW research shows that many Christians affirm the sanctity of life in principle but lack the moral categories to apply it to abortion pills, emergency contraception, and IVF.

Alex Ward

Book Notes

Can Pessimism Solve the Fertility Problem?

Alex Ward

Article

A Church with Convictions, but Not Formation

Institute for Human Worth

Featured

The Pulpit-Pew Divide

Institute for Human Worth

The library

Research and Analysis in One Place

Some readers come looking for a major study with original data. Others need a concise analysis of a current issue, a curated overview of the week’s most important developments, or a thoughtful engagement with a significant new book. The library is designed to serve each of those needs with clarity and ease.

The IHW Research Library is the central hub for our published work. It brings together our major research reports, white papers, articles, weekly roundups, and book notes in a single place so readers can find the resources most relevant to their work.

Book Notes

Can Pessimism Solve the Fertility Problem?

Alex Ward

Article

A Church with Convictions, but Not Formation

Institute for Human Worth

Featured

The Pulpit-Pew Divide

Institute for Human Worth

Research Report

Understanding Their Path to Choose

Institute for Human Worth

Research Reports

Major studies featuring original research, transparent methodology, and full analysis.

IHW research reports are our flagship publications, designed to hold up under scrutiny through sustained research and original data collection. They are rigorous analyses produced to clarify contested questions and provide a stronger evidentiary basis for public and institutional decision-making.

Every report is built to the highest standard, ensuring claims are documented and conclusions are proportional to the evidence. For scholars, policymakers, and ministry practitioners, these reports offer a foundation for judgment far beyond intuition or anecdote.

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Book Notes

Can Pessimism Solve the Fertility Problem?

The general fertility rate for the United States reached its lowest number this year, continuing a….

Alex Ward

Article

A Church with Convictions, but Not Formation

New research shows that churches cannot assume that pro-life belief has become pro-life discipleship Something is….

Institute for Human Worth

Featured

The Pulpit-Pew Divide

Executive Summary Much of the public debate over abortion treats the issue primarily as a matter….

Institute for Human Worth

Book Notes

Can Pessimism Solve the Fertility Problem?

The general fertility rate for the United States reached its lowest number this year, continuing a….

Alex Ward

Article

A Church with Convictions, but Not Formation

New research shows that churches cannot assume that pro-life belief has become pro-life discipleship Something is….

Institute for Human Worth

Featured

The Pulpit-Pew Divide

Executive Summary Much of the public debate over abortion treats the issue primarily as a matter….

Institute for Human Worth

Insights

When Technology Obscures Life

Which of these would make IVF morally problematic?

The Pulpit-Pew Divide

Do you think abortion should be legal?

Annual Reports

Article

When Technology Obscures Life

Alex Ward

Book Notes

Can Pessimism Solve the Fertility Problem?

Alex Ward

Article

A Church with Convictions, but Not Formation

Institute for Human Worth
Maternal Support and Family Flourishing
Bioethics and Emerging Technologies
Abortion and Public Attitudes