The archive

Perrin & Fidutam

Before Perrin Research, and briefly Ad Ventures, this organization was the think tank Perrin & Fidutam. Perrin, founded in 2023 in Charlottesville, Virginia, fully merged with Fidutam and operated under that name until 2026. Perrin & Fidutam is closed and lives here.

The record

Active research labs

380+

Published works

250+

Researchers in network

Agencies advised

$3M

Scholarships secured

48K

TikTok followers

15,000

Maestro users

$400K

Financed across Africa

Institutional partners

By subject

300+ published works

Subject	Works	Share %	Peak month
International Affairs	100	26	Jul
Domestic Affairs	64	17	Jul
Economics	44	11	Aug
AI	44	11	Jul
Education	36	9	Aug
Technology	25	7	Jun
Health	22	6	Jul

Up to date as of Aug 2026

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Recognition

U.S. Senate

“…your initiative sets a powerful example of how passion and purpose can drive meaningful change…”

Senator Chris Van Hollen, Official Letter of Commendation

BBC International

Kashaf Alvi, former Policy Director at Perrin, on the BBC discussing technology governance.

Watch the interview

Policy advisory

Perrin & Fidutam submitted policy recommendations and research to U.S. government departments:

Environmental Protection Agency

Climate Policy Research

Department of Energy

Energy Infrastructure Analysis

Department of Education

Educational Technology Policy

Department of State

International Relations Policy

Department of Justice

Legal Framework Analysis

NASA

Space Technology Governance

Research labs

Ten labs, each on one area of policy:

AI Governance

Policy / Regulation

Inclusive Policy

Access / Equity

Climate Action

Climate / Energy

Deliberative Democracy

Institutions

Foreign Policy

International Affairs

Economic Policy

Economics / Development

Legal Analysis

Law / Regulation

Financial Infrastructure

Fintech / Access

Applied Machine Learning

Research / ML

EdTech & Community Platforms

Education / Access

Programs

Scholarship Center

Free advising that connected low-income and first-generation students with scholarships, internships, and application support: over $3M in scholarships secured.

Maestro

An education and community platform with 15,000 users.

Financial access

SIM-card microloans and digital identity, financing $400K across Africa with 8+ partners.

Oxford Policy Meetup

A three-day academic exchange at the Blavatnik School of Government, where Perrin & Fidutam researchers met with Oxford faculty on shared policy research interests. (May 2023 · Oxford, UK)

Financial access impact

Fidutam's SIM-card-based microlending served unbanked communities across Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, and Nicaragua, with U.S. pilots in Chicago, the Bronx, and Allentown.

1,139

Unbanked individuals served

12,615

People reached

$400K+

In microloans issued

$250K+

In awards won