Louis O. Kelso Fellowships

The Employee Ownership Foundation/Louis O. Kelso Fellowships are awarded to outstanding scholars studying the topic of broadened ownership of capital in a democratic society in the United States. Ph.D. candidates, postdoctoral scholars, or visiting professors in the areas of business/economics/labor studies/management, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, public policy, or sociology may apply.

The Kelso Fellowships are supported by the Employee Ownership Foundation.

The general theme of the fellowship includes the study of the idea and practice and public policy of broadening the ownership of capital assets in society such as the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), which broadens the ownership of corporations, as well as approaches whereby consumers may have capital ownership of enterprises and individual citizens may have access to opportunities for capital acquisition. The relevance of these and other related ideas to the concept of economic democracy and democratic capitalism can also be pursued.

These ideas were explored in the writings of Louis O. Kelso. The fellowship would permit the scholars to conduct their own work and also associate with several faculty members at Rutgers engaged in this area of research and receive mentoring and support. The fellow will be part of the network facilitated by SMLR at Rutgers University, but is not required to be in residence at Rutgers.