Tobias Sytsma

Assessing Risk to the National Critical Functions as a Result of Climate Change

National Critical Functions (NCFs) are government and private-sector functions so vital that their disruption would debilitate security, the economy, ...

How Can DoD Compare Damage Costs Against Resilience Investment Costs for Climate-Driven Natural Hazards?

Overview of an Analytic Approach, Its Advantages, and Its Limitations

This report assesses methods to compare the damage costs from climate change-related extreme weather events against the costs of investing in U.S. Dep...

Strategies to Mitigate the Risk to the National Critical Functions Generated by Climate Change

This report examines climate adaptation strategies for National Critical Functions at risk of disruption from climate change, focusing on strategies t...

Assessing Pittsburgh's Science- and Technology-Focused Workforce Ecosystem

Over the past decade, more than 10 billion dollars has been invested in Pittsburgh tech companies, with more than 3.5 billion invested in 2021 alone. ...

Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Force

A Data-Driven Approach to Identifying Exposed Occupations

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the labor force with new generative AI tools that are project...

Does the U.S. Economy Benefit from U.S. Alliances and Forward Military Presence?

The authors evaluate claims about the potential economic benefits of U.S. military engagement and find evidence that U.S. alliances increase bilateral...

Assessing Pittsburgh's Science- and Technology-Focused Workforce Ecosystem

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