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Research & Updates
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July 2017
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The Economist: A promising means of pest control meets some evolutionary truths
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July 22, 2017
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Scientific Research
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July 2017
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Alan Durning, Founder and Executive Director, Sightline Institute
Date
July 12, 2017
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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June 2017
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Can We Knock Out Factory Farming’s Supports?
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June 28, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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June 2017
June 2017
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Kristie De Peña, Immigration Policy Counsel, and Matthew La Corte, Immigration Policy Analyst, Niskanen Center
Date
June 22, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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June 2017
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Updating My Risk Estimate for the Geomagnetic “Big One”
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June 21, 2017
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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June 2017
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The New York Times: New Electrical Brain Stimulation Technique Shows Promise in Mice
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June 15, 2017
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Scientific Research
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June 2017
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The Open Philanthropy Project Is Now an Independent Organization
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June 12, 2017
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June 2017
June 2017
June 2017
May 2017
May 2017
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Why This Could Be the Year of the Broiler Chicken
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May 14, 2017
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Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2017
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May 2017 Update on Grant to Pew Charitable Trusts
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May 01, 2017
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Criminal Justice Reform
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April 2017
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New Report on Early Field Growth
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April 26, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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April 2017
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Carolina Macedo, Director of Farm Animal Campaigns, Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal
Date
April 14, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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April 2017
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Why Are the US Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns Succeeding?
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April 11, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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April 2017
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Some Case Studies in Early Field Growth
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April 09, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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April 2017
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Professor Trevor Gaunt, Emeritus Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town
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April 04, 2017
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Other Areas
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April 2017
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April 2017 Update on Grant to the Future of Life Institute for Artificial Intelligence RFP
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April 01, 2017
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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March 2017
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Bruce Friedrich, Executive Director, and Clare Bland, Development Director, The Good Food Institute (GFI)
Date
March 27, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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March 2017
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The Scientist: Pathway to Polio Virulence Revealed
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March 23, 2017
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Scientific Research
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March 2017
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David Alpert, President, and Sarah Guidi, Managing Director, Greater Greater Washington
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March 22, 2017
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Land Use Reform
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March 2017
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Dr. Josh Bivens, Director of Research, Economic Policy Institute
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March 21, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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March 2017
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Dr. Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
March 21, 2017
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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March 2017
March 2017
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Professor Simon Nicholson, Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Date
March 10, 2017
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Other Areas
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March 2017
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Sonja Trauss, Co-founder, California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA)
Date
March 06, 2017
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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March 2017
Title
Technical and Philosophical Questions That Might Affect Our Grantmaking
Date
March 02, 2017
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February 2017
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David Coman-Hidy, President; Michelle Kucerak, Vice President, Development; and Aaron Ross, Vice President, Policy & Strategy, The Humane League
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February 28, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2017
Title
Lewis Bollard, Program Officer, Farm Animal Welfare, Open Philanthropy Project
Date
February 23, 2017
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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February 2017
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How Can We Achieve Breakthrough Change For Farm Animals?
Date
February 22, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2017
February 2017
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Dr. Chetana Mirle, Director, Farm Animals, and Elissa Lane, Deputy Director, Farm Animals, Humane Society International
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February 15, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2017
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Joe Coon, Kristie De Peña, Matthew La Corte, and Andrew Mills, Niskanen Center
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February 14, 2017
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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February 2017
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Nick Cooney, Executive Vice President, Mercy for Animals
Date
February 10, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2017
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Josh Balk, Vice President, Farm Animal Protection, The Humane Society of the United States
Date
February 09, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2017
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Jaya Bhumitra, International Director of Corporate Outreach, and Sharon Nuñez Gough, Executive Director, Animal Equality
Date
February 09, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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February 2017
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Giving Suggestions Pertaining to Recent Executive Actions
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February 09, 2017
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February 2017
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Gauri Maulekhi, Trustee, People for Animals
Date
February 06, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2017
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Professor Keith Frankish, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, The Open University
Date
January 24, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2017
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Dr. Derek Shiller, Software Engineer, DailyPay
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January 24, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2017
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How Can We Improve US Policy for Farm Animals?
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January 20, 2017
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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January 2017
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Nature: The new face of US science
Date
January 05, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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December 2016
Title
Good Ventures and Giving Now vs. Later (2016 Update)
Date
December 28, 2016
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
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December 2016
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Suggestions for Individual Donors from Open Philanthropy Project Staff – 2016
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December 14, 2016
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December 2016
November 2016
November 2016
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Dr. James D. Rose, Professor Emeritus of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming
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November 18, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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November 2016
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Marc Jarsulic, Vice President, Economic Policy, and Michael Madowitz, Economics, Center for American Progress
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November 17, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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November 2016
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David Alpert, Founder and Board President; Sarah Guidi, Managing Director; and David Whitehead, Housing Program Organizer, Greater Greater Washington
Date
November 16, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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November 2016
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Dr. Christopher Pickett, Director, Rescuing Biomedical Research
Date
November 16, 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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November 2016
Title
Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Head Fellow, and Kathy Smith, Director, Institutional Advancement, Center for Global Development
Date
November 15, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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November 2016
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Dr. Josh Bivens, Research and Policy Director, and Dr. Ben Zipperer, Economist, Economic Policy Institute
Date
November 14, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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November 2016
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Dr. Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
November 14, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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November 2016
Title
Anne Malleau, Executive Director, Global Animal Partnership
Date
November 08, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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November 2016
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Leah Garces, Executive Director, and Dawn Rotheram, Development Director, Compassion in World Farming USA
Date
November 08, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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November 2016
Title
David Bennion, Executive Director, Free Migration Project
Date
November 07, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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October 2016
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The New York Times: Competing Views on How to Regulate Illegal Migration
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October 30, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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October 2016
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Alan Durning, Executive Director, Sightline Institute
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October 25, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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October 2016
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Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Our Judgments and Forecasts
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October 25, 2016
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October 2016
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Josh Morrison, Co-Founder and Executive Director, WaitList Zero
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October 20, 2016
Focus Area
Other Areas
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October 2016
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Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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October 13, 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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October 2016
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Brian Tomasik, Research Lead, Foundational Research Institute
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October 06, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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September 2016
Title
Maybe the Murder Rate Levelled Off This Year?
Date
September 26, 2016
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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September 2016
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Update on How We’re Thinking about Openness and Information Sharing
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September 16, 2016
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September 2016
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Sarah Williamson, Executive Director, Protect the People
Date
September 09, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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September 2016
September 2016
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Andy Parker, Dr. Steven Hamburg, Cassandra Ely, and Danielle Putnam, Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative and Environmental Defense Fund
Date
September 02, 2016
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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September 2016
Title
Dr. Adam Marblestone, MIT Synthetic Neurobiology Group and MIT Media Lab, and Dr. Eric Drexler, Future of Humanity Institute and Oxford Martin School
Date
September 01, 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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September 2016
Title
Evaluation of some technology forecasts from “The Year 2000”
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September 01, 2016
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August 2016
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Sonja Trauss, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund
Date
August 29, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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August 2016
Title
Professor Michael Tye, Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas
Date
August 24, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2016
Title
David Coman-Hidy, Executive Director; Aaron Ross, Director of Campaigns; and Michelle Kucerak, Director of Development, The Humane League
Date
August 22, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2016
Title
Carl Shulman, Research Associate, Future of Humanity Institute
Date
August 16, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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August 2016
Title
Behavioral Treatments for Insomnia
Date
August 01, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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August 2016
Title
Nick Cooney, Executive Vice President, Mercy for Animals
Date
August 01, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2016
Title
Professor Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Date
July 27, 2016
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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July 2016
Title
Joe Coon, Kristie De Peña, Matthew La Corte, Andrew Mills, and Will Wilkinson, Niskanen Center
Date
July 22, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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July 2016
Title
Paul Shapiro, Vice President, Farm Animal Protection, The Humane Society of the United States
Date
July 20, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2016
Title
Dr. Gary Drescher, Artificial intelligence researcher, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date
July 18, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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July 2016
July 2016
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Ady Barkan, Campaign Director, and Shawn Sebastian, Field Director, Fed Up, Center for Popular Democracy
Date
July 14, 2016
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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July 2016
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
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July 06, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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July 2016
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Alan Durning, Executive Director, Sightline Institute
Date
July 05, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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July 2016
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Professor Aaron Sloman, Honorary Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science, University of Birmingham
Date
July 03, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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June 2016
Title
Todd Moss, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Fellow, and Kathy Smith, Director, Institutional Advancement, Center for Global Development
Date
June 22, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2016
Title
Concrete Problems in AI Safety
Date
June 22, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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June 2016
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Dr. Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, and Cynthia Rathinasamy, Program Coordinator, Migration and Development Team, Center for Global Development
Date
June 21, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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June 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center for Global Development
Date
June 15, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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June 2016
Title
David Alpert, Founder and Board President; Sarah Guidi, Managing Director; and David Whitehead, Housing Program Organizer, Greater Greater Washington
Date
June 07, 2016
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
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May 2016
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Dr. Peter Eckersley, Chief Computer Scientist, and Dr. Jeremy Gillula, Staff Technologist, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date
May 26, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016
Title
Jared Kaplan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
Date
May 24, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016
Title
David Chalmers, Professor of Philosophy, New York University
Date
May 20, 2016
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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May 2016
Title
History of Philanthropy Case Study: The Founding of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
May 20, 2016
Focus Area
History of Philanthropy
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May 2016
Title
Professor Shirley Tilghman, Co-Founder, Rescuing Biomedical Research, and President Emerita/Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Date
May 19, 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Content Type
May 2016
Title
Dr. João Breda, Programme Manager, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Date
May 17, 2016
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Content Type
May 2016
Title
Becca Heller, Director, International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
May 09, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Content Type
May 2016
Title
Some Background on Our Views Regarding Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Date
May 06, 2016
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2016