Research Library

A growing collection of websites, papers, reports, articles, videos and case studies exploring the value humans bring in an age of increasingly capable machines.

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Browse the collection first. Use filters to narrow the library, then select sources when you want to generate an analysis prompt.

Customise filters

Choose which additional metadata fields appear as filters. Your choices are saved in this browser.

Customise table

Drag column headers to reorder them directly. You can also choose visible columns, move them left or right, and set column widths here. These table settings are saved in this browser.

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Create a synthesis view

Use this after browsing to compare sources by where the issue appears, what human value question you want to ask, and which evidence signals to include.

Where the issue appears

These are Observatory arenas: domains of human life such as work, care, education, creativity or civic life.

Question to ask

These are Observatory lenses: analytical questions about human value. Some matches are provisional until lens metadata is fully curated.

Human values involved
AI effects
Evidence strength
Framing
Source type

Open data

The Human Value Observatory research library is a growing public index of sources about human value, AI, work, care, creativity, judgement, agency and society.

Open access means publicly accessible to read or watch. It does not automatically mean the content can be republished, copied, embedded, or reused without permission.

Analyse selected sources

This version does not run AI analysis inside the website. It creates a structured prompt you can copy into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another AI tool, shaped by the Observatory Method. Future versions may support direct AI analysis, subscriptions, user-provided AI keys and RAG-based source interrogation. Read the method.

Observatory view

Choose where the issue appears and what kind of human value question to ask.

Where the issue appears

Question to ask

Select one or more human value questions, or leave blank for the general Observatory method.