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SUMMARY:High Impact Research - Dr. Owen Cotton-Barratt
DTSTART:20151119T193000Z
DTEND:20151119T210000Z
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CONTACT:Natalia Molina
DESCRIPTION:How can we identify areas where extra research is particularly
  valuable? \n\nWhat can you do to maximise the positive impact of a resear
 ch career?\n\nThe Global Priorities Project helps decision-makers effectiv
 ely prioritise ways to go good. As such\, they form a bridge between the e
 ffective altruism community and major institutions. Decision-makers are in
 creasingly good at comparing the effectiveness of similar programmes. Howe
 ver\, they often feel unable to weigh up benefits that are very different 
 from each other - like youth programmes and research into cancer treatment
 s. Differences between these types of benefits can be very large\, and a b
 etter understanding of their relative weight would have a big effect on sp
 ending priorities. Where we identify these differences\, it can suggest sp
 ecific policy changes.\n\nDr. Owen Cotton-Barratt researches for the Globa
 l Priorities Project and is a research associate at the Future of Humanity
  Institute. He teaches at the University of Oxford and has research experi
 ence in pure mathematics\, voting theory\, artificial intelligence\, and m
 oral uncertainty. He will be giving a short presentation of on his project
  and the idea of high-impact research. Please join us on the 19th of Novem
 ber for Owen’s talk which will be followed by refreshments and snacks.
LOCATION:Lightfoot room\, Divinity School\, St John’s College
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