[Problem profile] “Global priorities research” by Roman Duda

Global priorities research seeks to use new methods to determine in which causes funding to improve the world can have the biggest impact, and make a convincing case about this to people in a position to redirect large amounts of money.

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Outline:

(00:13) How would you spend $500 billion?

(01:54) Summary

(02:25) Our overall view

(03:36) What is global priorities research?

(04:15) Foundational global priorities research

(05:37) Applied global priorities research

(07:32) Why work on global priorities research?

(07:37) 1. Some problems are far more pressing than others

(09:12) 2. We may discover new, even more pressing global problems

(10:09) 3. Billions of dollars could be redirected to more pressing problems

(12:25) 4. Global priorities research is a highly neglected field

(13:23) 5. The field has a track record of success in redirecting hundreds of millions of dollars

(14:35) What are the major arguments against this problem being pressing?

(14:40) The research may be too difficult

(15:59) The research may be ignored

(16:26) What is most needed to solve this problem?

(17:27) What can you concretely do to help?

(17:31) Want to work on global priorities research? We want to help.

(17:52) How to enter

(19:10) What are some top career options within this area?

(19:16) Research paths

(20:38) Non-research paths

(21:17) Example of someone pursuing this path: Luisa Rodriguez

(21:53) Which organisations could you work at?

(24:55) Find opportunities on our job board

(25:06) Where can you donate to help global priorities research?

(25:38) Learn more

(25:41) Top recommendations

(26:04) Further recommendations

(26:09) Research

(26:36) Podcast episodes with global priorities researchers

(27:33) Other articles and podcasts

(29:04) Want to work on global priorities research? We want to help.

The original text contained 9 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
April 5th, 2016

Last updated:
June 21st, 2023

Source:
https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/global-priorities-research

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