Harms Research provides research support to organizations working on AI safety and AI governance, including research institutions, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations. This work focuses on strengthening research quality, clarity, and execution through methodological support, analysis, and collaborative research services.
Examples of research support services include:
- Research question development and scoping
- Study and methodology design
- Research planning and project structuring
- Literature reviews and research synthesis
- Field mapping and landscape analyses
- Survey design and instrument development
- Research interviews and data collection
- Textual, thematic, and discourse analysis
- Research feedback, review, and project advising
- Editing and development of research papers, reports, and memos
- Research translation for policy and advocacy audiences
Harms Research designs and carries out process and impact evaluations to help organizations understand what is working, why, and how to adapt in a rapidly evolving field. Evaluation work emphasizes rigor, learning, and practical insight, and is tailored to both individual programs and broader field-building efforts.
Examples of evaluation services include:
- Process evaluation
- Impact Evaluation
- Theory of change and logic-model development
- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems
- Program assessment and outcome tracking
- Field-building and ecosystem evaluation
- Learning agendas and adaptive-strategy support
Harms Research supports policy and advocacy efforts through research translation, strategic analysis, and evidence development. This work focuses on helping organizations communicate effectively, engage decision-makers, and contribute to a stronger, more coordinated AI safety field.
Examples of policy and advocacy services include:
- Research translation and synthesis
- Policy landscape and stakeholder analysis
- Evidence development for advocacy
- Strategic memos, briefs, and white papers
- Governance and regulatory research support
- Background research for advocacy campaigns
- Communications strategy for policy and advocacy initiatives
- Narrative development and research-grounded messaging
- Field-building research and coordination support
- Ecosystem mapping and gap analysis
- Cross-organizational strategy and collaboration support
Harms Research helps AI safety nonprofits build the internal systems, strategies, and learning practices needed to operate effectively and sustainably. This work draws on extensive experience in nonprofit operations, research infrastructure, and organizational support.
Examples of operations and strategy services include:
- Data and measurement systems design
- Research operations and internal workflows
- Reporting and organizational learning frameworks
- Program design and implementation support
- Organizational strategy and capacity-building
- Evaluation infrastructure development
- Grant writing and proposal development
- Grant reporting, compliance, and management systems
- Funder communications and impact documentation
- Internal research and impact systems
Engagement Models
Harms Research offers flexible engagement structures depending on the scope, duration, and goals of each collaboration. Engagements may be structured on an hourly, project-based, or retainer basis.
Hourly
Hourly engagements are well-suited for short-term support, advising, research design input, strategic consultations, and limited-scope projects where flexibility is most important.
Project-Based
Project-based engagements are structured around a defined scope of work, timeline, and deliverables, and are typically priced as a fixed fee or through milestone-based payments. These engagements are well-suited for research projects, evaluations, landscape analyses, and systems design.
Retainer
Retainer engagements provide ongoing, prioritized support across research, evaluation, policy, and nonprofit strategy. These partnerships are ideal for organizations seeking embedded or long-term collaboration.
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