The Adam Smith Research Trust

THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY RESEARCH INTO APPLIED ECONOMICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY, PUBLIC AND POLICY OPTIONS AND THE POLICYMAKING PROCESS; THE PUBLISHING AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:- (A) BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN RESEARCH INTO APPLIED ECONOMICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY, PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS AND POLICYMAKING PROCESS; (B) BY ADVANCING RESEARCH INTO AND KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MORAL, ECONOMIC, PHILISOPHICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS AND THE FORMULATION, PRINCIPLES, AND EFFECTS OF POLICY OPTIONS; (C) BY ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC POLICIES AND ECONOMIC, PHILISOPHICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE; (D) BY JOINING WITH, COLLABORATING WITH, AND SUPPORTING OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES ENGAGED IN SIMILAR OR COMPATIBLE ACTIVITIES.