Ria Bahadur.
Explore her work

She writes laws, designs games, builds tools, and studies institutions.

Two major commitments—prevention and science policy—connect a wider practice across research, education, strategic simulation, and invention.

01 / Legislation

Mission 5355

Two enacted state laws. More than twenty legislative adaptations. A prevention model carried into international discussions.

Mission 5355
02 / Science policy

Research security & scientific governance

NASEM, federal consultations, Kyoto STS Forum, and Hoover’s Project Innovation.

Science policy
Wargaming

Credibility by Design

Stanford STS Honors, SERI, NATO CCDCOE, and Stanford FACES.

Wargaming
STS Forum

Kyoto to synthesis

Rapporteur responsibilities, selected leadership convenings, and the FUSE Fellowship.

STS Forum
Hoover Institution

Project Innovation

Science, technology, national security, and the institutions supporting discovery.

Project Innovation
Neuroscience

Before policy, the lab

Research, clinical neurology, and neuroethics.

Neuroscience
Education

Prevention before policy

Open curriculum, a school seminar, and the Washington SANE Guide.

Education
Building

Projects & invention

Applied AI client work, independent invention, and a venture in development.

Projects