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TOTUS INSTITUTE
The Totus Institute is an independent, non-profit think tank dedicated to advancing understanding at the intersection of business, political economy, technology, and society. Our work spans research, engineering, assurance, and engagement, with a focus on how artificial intelligence can be understood, assessed, and deployed responsibly.
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Multidisciplinary Approach
Totus Institute serves as a bridge between academic research and practical policy implementation. Our multidisciplinary approach examines how business practices, economic policies, technology, and social structures interact to shape outcomes for individuals, communities, and nations.
We believe that effective solutions emerge from comprehensive analysis that considers the full spectrum of stakeholder interests and long-term societal impact. Our work spans research, engineering, assurance, and engagement: we study the questions technology raises, build and test practical tools, assess safety, reliability and fitness for purpose, and involve institutions, practitioners, and the public in the conversation.
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Research · Engineering · Assurance · Deployment
Understanding AI, evaluating its risks and developing practical approaches to responsible deployment, alongside the wider social questions that shape how technology lands in business, political economy and society.
Research
Independent research into AI, governance, safety, technology and society.
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Technical experimentation, tools, benchmarks and systems supporting the responsible understanding of AI.
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Evaluation, assessment, testing, safety and reliability.
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Understanding how AI can be implemented responsibly in organisations and institutions.
ExploreFour connected dimensions of one approach, not four separate services. Research informs engineering, engineering makes assurance testable, and what deployment reveals returns as new research.
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Community · Advocacy · Reassurance · Engagement
Connecting people, institutions and communities to navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI, and the wider social change that comes with it.
Community
Connecting researchers, practitioners, institutions and wider society.
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Supporting informed discussion and responsible approaches to AI.
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Helping people understand AI risks and opportunities through evidence and clear communication.
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Events, sessions, consultations, presentations, calls and public dialogue.
ExploreFour connected dimensions of one approach: community builds the relationships that advocacy and reassurance depend on, and engagement carries all three outward.
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Ideas, Analysis & Dialogue
We envision a world where business, government, civil society, and the public work together to shape technology and create sustainable prosperity that benefits all members of society. Explore our research and browse our library of publications, commentaries, blog posts and more.
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The Polycrisis Tracker
Armed conflicts, famine and food insecurity, natural disasters, epidemics, cyber incidents and economic shocks rarely arrive one at a time. Our tracker keeps a running, sourced record of the crises shaping the world at once, plotted on a live globe so you can see where they overlap.
Every entry records where it is happening, how severe it is, what has changed since it was opened, and the sources it rests on.
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Global view
Severity plotted by country and point, with a dated tracking log behind every record.