Lauren Gilbert
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Selected publications, essays, and research across development policy, migration, and innovation.
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Lauren Policy
Lauren Policy — Substack
Migration, growth, and cost-effective policy wins. Living literature review funded by Open Philanthropy.
Essays & Longform
Works in Progress
The end of lead
With Clare Donaldson & James Hu.
Asterisk Magazine
Forecast: The Impact of USAID Nutrition Cuts
With Anna Gordon.
Asterisk Magazine
A Defense of Weird Research
With Deena Mousa.
Asterisk Magazine
Rarely Is the Question Asked: Is Our Children Learning?
Works in Progress
Every generator is a policy failure
Press & Commentary
Foreign Policy
Trump Has Put George W. Bush’s Lifesaving Legacy in Danger
With Tom Wein and Garrison Lovely.
The Economist
Taylor Swift, imperfect capitalist?
The Washington Post
If Fire Saga really wanted to win Eurovision, this is what they needed to know
The Washington Post
Ukraine's Eurovision victory was political. So is Eurovision itself.
Policy Reports
UKICE
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy
CBP
Air Conditioning: Saving Lives and Accelerating Net-Zero
With Ed Hezlet.
Energy for Growth
Cheap Electricity, Expensive Consequences
Energy for Growth
To Drive Structural Transformation, Stop Counting Connections — Focus First on Ensuring Reliable Electricity
Open Philanthropy
Telecommunications in LMICs
Open Philanthropy
Civil conflict reduction
Academic
J. Conflict Resolution
Power, Parity, Projection: How Distance and Uncertainty Condition the Balance of Power
With Erik Gartzke, Alex Braithwaite & Michael Hulme.
Rev. Econ. Household
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Treatment for Domestic Violence Injuries
With Susan Parker & Lauren Schechter.
Books
QI / Faber & Faber
222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions
Contributor.
QI / Faber & Faber
1,234 Facts to Leave You Speechless
Contributor.
Patents
Ericsson
Moderating a User's Sensory Experience with Respect to an Extended Reality
With Gregoire Phillips & Paul McLachlan.
Ericsson
Methods and Devices Related to Extended Reality
With Paul McLachlan.