The Center for the Study of Economy and Society's (CSES) mission is to extend the core ideas and insights pioneered by Max Weber in a new institutionalist approach to the study of economy, society, and polity. CSES focuses on supporting advances in theory and research on institutions, organizations, networks, norms, beliefs, and rationality. Based in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, CSES draws on the talents of leading figures from other disciplines and colleges across the University who participate as advisory committee members, speakers for events, collaborators in research, and contributors to the Center's working groups. Cornell departments and schools represented include Economics, Anthropology, Government, the Law School, the Johnson Graduate School of Management, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and Policy Analysis and Management.