Polymarket establishes a research institute to fund academic studies on prediction markets

Odaily Planet Daily News: Prediction market platform Polymarket has announced the establishment of the Polymarket Institute, dedicated to funding independent academia to study how prediction markets can replace traditional polling and forecasting models in large-scale scenarios. The institute is fully funded by Polymarket, operates internally within the company, with Polymarket's Head of Data Kai Brusch serving as Executive Director and Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor of Economics and Technology Brian Jabarian as Scientific Director. Research directions include information aggregation, risk management, and intersections with AI, policy, and crypto markets.