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Centre for Finance and Development
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16
October
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Impact Seminar on Effective Altruism (E.A.) - Introductory Session

Find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.
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Maison de la paix, Ch. Eugène Rigot, 2, 1202 Geneva (room S11, at the Fab)

Effective altruism is a research field and practical community that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.

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About Effective Altruism

 

Effective Altruism is a research field and practical community that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice.  Some things Effective Altruists focus on include effective global health interventions, unconditional cash transfers in low-income countries, campaigning against factory farming, and researching technical and governance interventions to ensure positive impacts from new technologies like synthetic biotechnology and artificial intelligence.

 

Impact Seminar in Geneva

 

Fom October 9th to November 27, 2023, the Centre for Finance and Development, EA Lausanne and EA Geneva is jointly hosting a weekly Impact Seminar on Effective Altruism (E.A.) for students from the Geneva Graduate Institute.

The Impact Seminar is a 6-8-week programme centred on discussions around how to do good most effectively, including methodologies, key cause areas, and career planning.

 

Programme

 

The programme of the 6-8-session Impact Seminar is based on The Effective Altruism Handbook and consists of a series of articles which will introduce students to some of the core thinking tools behind effective altruism, share some of the arguments about which global problems are most pressing, and help students to reflect on how they personally can contribute.

 

Schedule

 

Mondays from 18:15 to 20:00:

  • Oct 9 (start of the 6-session seminar) room S11 (at the Fab)

  • Oct 16 (second session) room S10 (P3-506)

  • Oct 23 (third session) room S11 (at the Fab)

  • Oct 30 (fourth session) room S12 (at the Fab)

  • Nov 6 (fifth session) room S11 (at the Fab)

  • Nov 13 (end of the 6-session seminar) room S10 (P3-506)

  • Nov 20 (first additional session) room S10 (P3-506)

  • Nov 27 (second additional session) room S12 (at the Fab)

Students are expected to follow at least the first six sessions (Oct 9-Nov 13).

 

Instructor

 

Emanuele Zavanella was Research Fellow on AI governance for the 2023 Swiss Existential Risk Initiative, previously worked as ARP Tutor in Global Health and Environment and is the current GISA Vice President for PhD Programmes.

Contact information: emanuele.zavanella@protonmail.com

 

Registrations

 

Registrations are now open. Please email Patricia Arnold, Senior Coordinator, Centre for Finance and Development.

 

Jointly organised by

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