As part of our process for choosing focus areas, we’ve investigated a number of causes. This page lists all of the public writeups we have available from such investigations. More information on the role of these investigations is here.
Table of Contents
Policy
Shallow
- Advocacy for Improved or Increased U.S. Foreign Aid
- Alcohol Taxation
- Anthropogenic Climate Change
- Broadband Policy
- Cannabis Policy
- Federal Tax Reform
- Increasing the Supply of Organs for Transplantation in the U.S.
- International Labor Mobility
- Land Use Reform
- Software Patent Reform
- Treatment of Animals in Industrial Agriculture
- U.S. Health Care Reform
Medium-depth
Global catastrophic risks
Shallow
- Anthropogenic Climate Change
- Atomically Precise Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biosecurity
- Detection of Near-Earth Asteroids
- Geomagnetic Storms
- Global Catastrophic Risks (in general)
- Governance of Solar Radiation Management
- Large Volcanic Eruptions
- Nuclear Weapons Policy
Shallow investigations conducted by others
Medium-depth
- Geoengineering Research (see also our blog post on the topic)
- Research and Development to Decrease Biosecurity Risks from Viral Pathogens
Scientific research
Shallow
Medium-depth
International development
Shallow
- Aid to Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
- Environment for Business in Low-Income Countries
- Improving Funding Allocation within HIV/AIDS Programs in Developing Countries
- Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Seasonal Migration within Low-Income Countries
- Tobacco Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Traffic Safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
