AI Governance Research and Analysis

Academic and think tank research informing AI policy development. Ranges from technical governance (compute governance, hardware-enabled mechanisms) to political-institutional analysis (state capacity, regulatory design) to rights-based frameworks (algorithmic accountability, AI and human rights). Key institutions by focus: Technical governance — GovAI (compute governance, international strategy), IAPS (frontier security, fellowship pipeline). Rights and accountability — AI Now Institute (power concentration, annual landscape reports), AlgorithmWatch (algorithmic accountability journalism, EU focus), Algorithmic Justice League (bias auditing, TSA facial recognition). Policy design — Brennan Center (AI legislation tracking across all states, democracy and AI agenda), Brookings AI (most-cited DC think tank on AI policy), RAND (defense and national security AI), Carnegie AI (international affairs and AI geopolitics), Stanford HAI (AI Index, 200+ affiliated faculty). CDT bridges research and advocacy via its AI Governance Lab. Research effectiveness depends on translation to policy — GovAI and Brennan Center have among the highest cited-by-policymakers ratios in the field.