
We currently focus on four cause areas: law and governance of advanced artificial intelligence, biosecurity & pandemic preparedness, institutional design, and meta-research.
More about our researchThe Legal Priorities Project is an independent, global research and field-building project founded by researchers at Harvard University. We conduct strategic legal research that mitigates existential risk and promotes the flourishing of future generations, and we build a field that shares these priorities.
More about usWe currently focus on four cause areas: law and governance of advanced artificial intelligence, biosecurity & pandemic preparedness, institutional design, and meta-research.
More about our research
We’re excited to share our Annual Report for 2022! Our report outlines key successes, statistics, bottlenecks, and issues from our work in 2022. It also summarizes our priorities for 2023 and our methodology for updating our priorities.
Thank you for your continued support as we work toward our goals for 2023 and beyond!
We just launched the Legal Priorities Blog. Our blog will feature shorter pieces by LPP teammates and invited authors, as well as some organizational updates. Have a look at some of the pieces published:
Stay tuned for more updates!
Have a look at some of our latest publications:
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We are excited to announce the winners of our writing competition! The competition sought practical guidance on how US cost-benefit analysis protocols affecting federal agencies could more fully account for the interests of future generations and catastrophic and existential risks. Congratulations to all winners!
Blog post submissions to the 2022 Multidisciplinary Forum on Longtermism and the Law, co-organized by LPP and the University of Hamburg, will be published as a Blog Symposium on Verfassungsblog throughout August. Verfassungsblog is considered to be one of the most influential forums for constitutional law and policy in the world. The series includes submissions by researchers at LPP and elsewhere.
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