What kind of research do you think the EAA movement is missing most? Is anyone in the EAA movement (including at ACE) working on it now? What’s the most important EAA research that you’re not aware of really anyone working on?
What kind of research do you think could change ACE’s recommendations most?
Hi Michael, this is a big question! It’s getting a bit late but I want to give you some of my quick thoughts:
Research into reducing fish suffering (scale, promising interventions, tractability, etc.) is needed, and there are a few groups working in this area, such as our Top Charity Albert Schweitzer Foundation and newly-founded organizations Fish Welfare Initiative and Aquatic Life Institute.
Economic research, including research into economic interventions. We have an economist starting on our team in May!
Research into ways we can positively influence the welfare of wild animals, which is something that Wild Animal Initiative is researching (one of our EAA Fund grantees).
Research on estimating the effectiveness of intervention to improve the lives of farmed animals in general. This is something that ACE has worked on, as well as groups like THL Labs, Rethink Priorities, Open Phil, etc. We’d especially be interested in seeing research on how interventions support and interrelate to each other.
I also think it is important for us to look at considerations around longtermism in EAA.
What kind of research do you think the EAA movement is missing most? Is anyone in the EAA movement (including at ACE) working on it now? What’s the most important EAA research that you’re not aware of really anyone working on?
What kind of research do you think could change ACE’s recommendations most?
Hi Michael, this is a big question! It’s getting a bit late but I want to give you some of my quick thoughts:
Research into reducing fish suffering (scale, promising interventions, tractability, etc.) is needed, and there are a few groups working in this area, such as our Top Charity Albert Schweitzer Foundation and newly-founded organizations Fish Welfare Initiative and Aquatic Life Institute.
Economic research, including research into economic interventions. We have an economist starting on our team in May!
Research into ways we can positively influence the welfare of wild animals, which is something that Wild Animal Initiative is researching (one of our EAA Fund grantees).
Research on estimating the effectiveness of intervention to improve the lives of farmed animals in general. This is something that ACE has worked on, as well as groups like THL Labs, Rethink Priorities, Open Phil, etc. We’d especially be interested in seeing research on how interventions support and interrelate to each other.
I also think it is important for us to look at considerations around longtermism in EAA.