We’ve investigated a number of topics to inform the causes we choose to focus on. This page includes the public writeups we have available from our cause investigations, as well as research reports we have written on topics related to our established focus areas.
Research Reports
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Title
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Date
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Focus Area
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Author(s)
August 01, 2013
Title
Environment for Business in Low-Income Countries
Date
August 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
September 01, 2016
Title
Evaluation of some technology forecasts from “The Year 2000”
Date
September 2016
Focus Area
Author
Luke Muehlhauser
April 01, 2016
August 01, 2015
Title
Excerpts from Emails About ARNOVA Grant
Date
August 2015
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
November 23, 2013
March 10, 2016
September 16, 2013
July 05, 2015
February 01, 2014
October 01, 2015
Title
Governance of Solar Radiation Management
Date
October 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
May 16, 2022
Title
History of Philanthropy: Work We’ve Commissioned
Date
May 2022
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
Author
September 11, 2020
Title
How Much Computational Power Does It Take to Match the Human Brain?
Date
September 2020
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Author
Joseph Carlsmith
September 15, 2017
Title
How Will Hen Welfare Be Impacted by the Transition to Cage-Free Housing?
Date
September 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Author
Ajeya Cotra
February 01, 2014
Title
Improving Disaster Shelters to Increase the Chances of Recovery from a Global Catastrophe
Date
February 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author
February 01, 2014
Title
Improving Funding Allocation within HIV/AIDS Programs in Developing Countries
Date
February 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
January 10, 2014
Title
Increasing the Supply of Organs for Transplantation in the U.S.
Date
January 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Author
December 10, 2015
Title
Informal Writeup on DRACOs as Potential Antiviral Treatment
Date
December 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Author
August 01, 2013
Title
Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Date
August 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Author
May 11, 2013
March 11, 2015
June 01, 2013
May 12, 2014
May 01, 2017
Title
May 2017 Update on Grant to Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
May 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Author
September 13, 2017
June 15, 2020