Research & Writing

Exploring AI collaboration, sustainable development, health financing, and innovative policy solutions.

May 2026 Working Paper

Context-maxxing: A path to cognitive agency with generative AI

with Jacob Taylor

Introduces "context-maxxing," a framework for user-controlled, open-source AI deployments that maximize individual command over human-AI interactions, arguing this path to cognitive agency requires new public investment and regulation to democratize AI capabilities globally.

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March 2026 Research Article

A constructive path to sustainable trade reform

with Jacob Taylor, Mari Pangestu, et al.

Proposing eight principles of "constructive incrementalism" for reforming the global trading system, where coalitions of willing nations can advance sustainable trade reform through regional agreements and phased implementation rather than requiring comprehensive multilateral consensus.

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