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Academics have spent thousands of hours trying to grapple with complex questions related to our mission to do the most good possible – but this research is often difficult to access without a technical background in multiple fields and a large time investment.

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Simple explanations of global priorities research.

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Riley Harris works at the global priorities institute at Oxford University where he works on research communications. Before that, he was an award winning student in economics and philosophy, and blogged about language learning and mental health.