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This MacArthur Foundation initiative is relevant to AI safety discussions around socioeconomic impacts of automation, labor displacement, and policy responses, though it is not focused on technical AI safety or alignment research.
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Summary
The MacArthur Foundation's 'New Work' initiative addresses the economic and social disruptions caused by automation and technological change in the labor market. It funds research and policy efforts to understand how work is evolving and to support workers and communities affected by these transitions. The initiative explores policy responses to ensure economic security and opportunity in an automated economy.
Key Points
- •Funds research into how automation and AI are reshaping labor markets and employment patterns
- •Supports policy development aimed at protecting workers displaced by technological change
- •Examines economic security mechanisms such as wage support, retraining, and social safety nets
- •Connects philanthropic resources to academics, policymakers, and advocacy organizations working on future-of-work issues
- •Focuses on equity dimensions of automation, particularly impacts on low-wage and vulnerable workers
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# New Work
Exploring new work, guided by our values and mission.
### **Why We’re Looking to Support New Work**
Beginning in 2015, MacArthur established a roadmap for grantmaking via three new modes: [Big Bets](https://www.macfound.org/programs/bigbets/), aimed at audacious solutions to era-defining challenges; [Enduring Commitments](https://www.macfound.org/programs/enduring-commitments/), designed to support areas intrinsic to the Foundation’s identity; and [Field Support](https://www.macfound.org/programs/field-support/), focused on entrenched social considerations in broad fields essential to our philanthropy. The first round of Big Bet strategies has begun to come to a close: [Nuclear Challenges](https://www.macfound.org/programs/pastwork/nuclear_challenge/) (2023), [On Nigeria](https://www.macfound.org/programs/pastwork/on-nigeria/) (2024), [Criminal Justice](https://www.macfound.org/programs/bigbets/criminal-justice/) (2025), and [Climate Solutions](https://www.macfound.org/programs/bigbets/climate-solutions/) (2026).
As each of our Big Bet strategies approaches its scheduled end, we are developing new work and strategies to respond to similar or persistent challenges, guided by our mission to build a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. [Local News](https://www.macfound.org/programs/bigbets/local-news/) was the first new program to launch in 2024, and others will follow.
### **Our Approach**
The New Work team—established in 2022—is exploring and bringing onboard new areas of work, looking for new ways of working, and encouraging more cross-program collaboration as we strive for greater impact.
Our process of exploring new work is iterative and rooted in participatory practices, and incorporates feedback and ideas from inside and outside the Foundation. We use grantmaking and administrative resources to explore and experiment. The Board of Directors makes the final decision about new areas of work.
We will not reinstate program strategies that have ended, but we will leverage our assets, networks, and lessons learned to identify new areas and modes of work that respond to the moment and where we can make the greatest impact. New work may be related to our current areas of work, but it will not be a direct extension of it.
The Board has expressed an interest in identifying work that is ambitious, bold, creative, and strategic. We want to ensure new work aligns with our values and mission and advances equity.
[View all New Work Grants ](https://www.macfound.org/grants/?program=330786)
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