Oxford Prioritisation Project

The Oxford Prioritisation Project was a cause prioritization project that ran from January to May 2017. The project was directed by Thomas Sittler.

History

The project officially began on January 21, 2017, with the announcement taking place on the project blog one day prior.1

In October 2017, a project review by Jacob Lagerros and Tom Sittler was posted to the Effective Altruism Forum.2

Team structure

Tom Sittler was the director of the project.3

Jacob Lagerros was the secretary.4

The fellows were:5

  • Grace Gliva
  • Qays Langan-Dathi
  • Sindy Li
  • Daniel May
  • Dominik Peters
  • Laurie Pycroft
  • Konstantin Sietzy
  • Lovisa Tengberg

Process

The goal of the project was to grant £10,000 (about $12,934 at the time of donation) to an organization.

Causes considered

Organizations considered

Organization Cause area
The Good Food Institute Animal welfare
Machine Intelligence Research Institute AI safety
80,000 Hours Career advice and effective altruism
StrongMinds Mental health
Animal Charity Evaluators Animal welfare (meta-charity)

Decision

The project granted the £10,000 to 80,000 Hours.6 The announcement took place on May 9.7

Funding

The Centre for Effective Altruism provided funding for the project.8

Reception

http://effective-altruism.com/ea/1fn/oxford_prioritisation_project_review/#comments

See also

External links

  1. Tom Sittler. “Introducing the Oxford Prioritisation Project Blog”. Oxford Prioritisation Project. January 21, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩

  2. Jacob Lagerros and Tom Sittler. “Oxford Prioritisation Project Review”. Effective Altruism Forum. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩

  3. Jacob Lagerros and Tom Sittler. “Oxford Prioritisation Project Review”. Effective Altruism Forum. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩

  4. Jacob Lagerros and Tom Sittler. “Oxford Prioritisation Project Review”. Effective Altruism Forum. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩

  5. “Our Team”. Oxford Prioritisation Project. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩

  6. Tom Sittler. “Four quantiative models, aggregation, and final decision”. Oxford Prioritisation Project. May 21, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩

  7. “£10,000 grant announcement and drinks reception”. Facebook. May 9, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩

  8. Jacob Lagerros and Tom Sittler. “Oxford Prioritisation Project Review”. Effective Altruism Forum. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.↩