Rethink Priorities aims to drive critical global improvements by conducting in-depth research and consultancy to improve the lives of humans and animals both in the present and in the future — through guiding evidence-based allocation of resources and neutering the development of organisations addressing these essential priorities.
Rethink Priorities is a research and implementation organization that identifies pressing opportunities and solutions to improve global wellbeing. Its work covers important and neglected cause areas, including animal welfare, artificial intelligence, climate change, global health and development, worldview investigations, as well as surveys and data analyses to understand movements focused on these issues. Rethink Priorities increases the impact of a variety of stakeholders, including policymakers, foundations, and nonprofits.
Rethink Priorities works to uncover insights that can help address the most pressing issues facing the world today. As a think-and-do tank, it
Its research and strategic advisory empowers other organizations to achieve measurable and sustainable results.
As part of this work, Rethink Priorities has:
To learn more, check out all of Rethink Priorities' published work and updates about its strategy.
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