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Research area

Preventive Governance

Most governance systems are built to respond, not to anticipate. We study the institutional design, incentives, and decision rules that allow governments and international organizations to act early — and the structural reasons they so often act late.

Questions we're asking

  • Why do institutions systematically act after the optimal window for intervention has closed?
  • What decision architectures shorten the gap between detection and action?
  • How can prevention be made politically and budgetarily legible?
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Working on preventive governance?

We collaborate with institutions and researchers across this domain. Reach out to discuss commissioned research or a fellowship.