Working with the global scientific community to assess the risks that humanity faces in the Anthropocene and identify ways to manage and mitigate the risks.

Examining the relationship between prosperity and economic growth: and seeking to develop a new vision of the capability of humanity to flourish within the ecological limits of the planet.

Mapping the causes, consequences and potential responses to climate change.

The contentious issues and potential paths to long-term, sustainable peace in the Middle East.

Developing a comprehensive visual overview of the obesity challenge in the UK—including the causes, impacts, policy actors, proposed interventions, evidence, guidance, and barriers to change.

A map exploring some issues concerning the nature of time that lie at the boundary of physics and philosophy.

Identifying improved control and elimination strategies for persistent infectious diseases (such as malaria, influenza, HIV, Dengue, Influenza, TB and Polio).

How to help policy makers understand science and scientists understand the policy making process.

Analyzing the European Union's strategy for a flourishing digital economy by 2020.

Connect here with each other – as well as with us – and share news about your projects and results; ideas about ways to grow our community; potential topics to map; suggestions for new features and enhancements; and anything else that springs to mind! 

The White House's Open Government Brainstorming on Transparency, Participation and Collaboration led by the OSTP's Open Government team.

Exploring the international issues around civil and military nuclear proliferation.

Exploring the immediate and long-term causes, consequences and potential responses to the global financial crisis.

What does the digital era mean for newspapers and for the public interest journalism they enable and support?

Exploring the background to the unfolding crisis in Syria and the potential for a sustainable political resolution.

The map of our work with Christiane Amanpour, exploring the ideas discussed in Christiane's live global interview series on CNN.

Tax reform has emerged as a major bone of contention in the 2012 Presidential election campaign. While President Obama has identified some tax changes, Governor Romney proposes major systemic reform. But is Governor Romney's plan – and particularly the proposal for individual taxation – viable?


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The challenges around the governance of cyberspace and of building and sustaining a secure, resilient and trusted global digital medium and infrastructure.

Robert Horn's pioneering debate map of 50 years of philosophical argument about the Turing Test and the possibility of computer thought