Also, is there anything that the EA community can do to assist the research process? If so, what could be the most valuable?
Thanks for this question and for facilitating this research group! It seems like a fascinating project, and I cannot wait to see updates from it.
Researching marginal ideas on our priority list would be most valuable (ideally using the same process so it is comparable). Ideas that almost made it to our priority list probably have the highest odds of being better than the idea we recommend, so researching them might change what charities will be started. To get more granular, it would be really helpful to conduct crucial consideration research that may determine whether an intervention merits deeper research. As an example, here are the first ideas that didn’t quite make the list for each cause: 1. Mental health and subjective well-being: Addressing mundane, suboptimal happiness through conditional cash transfers for using gratitude journals
2. Animal welfare: Developing and advocating for pre-hatch sexing to reduce the suffering of male chicks 3. Family planning: Informing parents and girls about future economic opportunities
4. Health and Development Policy: Improving health systems through community monitoring of health problems (e.g. through scorecards, planning meetings, etc.; regional comparison/​competition for outcomes-focused government)
You can read about each of these possible interventions in more detail in the linked Idea Prioritization reports.
Thanks for this question and for facilitating this research group! It seems like a fascinating project, and I cannot wait to see updates from it.
Researching marginal ideas on our priority list would be most valuable (ideally using the same process so it is comparable). Ideas that almost made it to our priority list probably have the highest odds of being better than the idea we recommend, so researching them might change what charities will be started. To get more granular, it would be really helpful to conduct crucial consideration research that may determine whether an intervention merits deeper research. As an example, here are the first ideas that didn’t quite make the list for each cause:
1. Mental health and subjective well-being: Addressing mundane, suboptimal happiness through conditional cash transfers for using gratitude journals
2. Animal welfare: Developing and advocating for pre-hatch sexing to reduce the suffering of male chicks
3. Family planning: Informing parents and girls about future economic opportunities
4. Health and Development Policy: Improving health systems through community monitoring of health problems (e.g. through scorecards, planning meetings, etc.; regional comparison/​competition for outcomes-focused government)
You can read about each of these possible interventions in more detail in the linked Idea Prioritization reports.