Getting Genetic Ancestry Right for Science & Society
In this white paper, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and JHD Initiative Fellow, Anna Lewis, and her co-authors, examine the pitfalls of using categories of genetic ancestry in biomedicine.
Digital Public Goods: Guidance for Development, Governance, and Stewardship
As digital public goods (DPGs) become more common we must recognize the ethical considerations of how and by whom these systems are built. We’ve released guidance in the form of an ethics playbook.
A New Foundation for Justice, Safety, and Equity: Key Principles
Our overarching societal goals of delivering safety and well-being for all require securing the foundations of mental and physical health, freedom from violence, freedom of movement, housing security, food security, access to opportunity, and undistorted recognition of one’s full personhood.
Welcome Message from the Infection Prevention & Control Taskforce
Danielle Allen, chair of the Infection Prevention and Control and Schools task force, shares about the work that the task force has done over the past few months to support leaders at the state, local, and school level in safely and sustainably reopening schools for in-person learning.
Federalism Is an Asset
The U.S. is designed to be centralized and decentralized at the same time, which is exactly the structure we need right now to fight COVID-19. The ideological battles between conservatives and liberals always assume “either/or”—it is either the federal government or the states/localities that we need to steer policy, when actually it is both/and.
The Mechanics of the COVID-19 Testing Supply Chain: Version 2.0
To deliver a safe social opening by June 30, we need to deliver 5 million tests per day with results returned in 12-24 hours. The number of test results delivered will need to increase to 20 million per day by July 30 to fully remobilize the economy.
When Can We Go Out?: Evaluating Policy Paradigms for Responding to the COVID-19 Threat
Our second white paper exploring the impact of the pandemic on public policy is “When Can We Go Out?: Evaluating Policy Paradigms for Responding to the COVID-19 Threat,” by Danielle Allen, Lucas Stanczyk, Rajiv Sethi, and Glen Weyl.
Securing Justice, Health, and Democracy
against the COVID-19 Threat
The first white paper examining the impact of the pandemic on democracy is Securing Justice, Health, and Democracy against the COVID-19 Threat, by Danielle Allen, Lucas Stanczyk, I. Glenn Cohen, Carmel Shachar, Rajiv Sethi, Glen Weyl, and Rosa Brooks. You can also find Danielle Allen’s associated op-ed in the Washington Post, “America Needs to Be on a War Footing,” […]
