Vision
We aim to empower individuals and communities to gain greater understanding of themselves and the world, fostering cooperation in actions that promote a positive common life.
Mission
To develop and implement policies in core areas for the benefit of individuals and communities.
Values
We believe that human flourishing is a high-order good that is facilitated by the creation and implementation of policies that align with truth and that promote trust among persons and groups. We are convinced that greater participation on the part of a wide variety of people, as stakeholders in policy outcomes that impact our common life, will result in better data about the problems we face and improved conditions of possibility for finding and enacting optimal and workable solutions. We champion the use of modes of data gathering and analysis, ratiocination, and public discourse that enable not only the best outcomes but also broad participation in the construction and deployment of policies.