My rough impression is that much more longtermist work is being done at universities within the EA universe and that the non-longtermist EA work is generally not being done at universities—or at least not done with sufficient organization and authority within a university such that they could engage in big contracts.
I think university programs working outside of longtermism are typically just 1-2 professors within a department or are big-but-not-all-that-EA. For example, I can’t think of an equivalent to the Global Priorities Institute, Future of Humanity Institute, etc.
But maybe this is a failure of my imagination so I very much welcome others to come forward and say I’m missing something!
Thanks Peter! I will say, a BERI-like entity would not be restricted to helping big research groups. Current BERI helps some individual professors, and has had some positive impact doing so.
My rough impression is that much more longtermist work is being done at universities within the EA universe and that the non-longtermist EA work is generally not being done at universities—or at least not done with sufficient organization and authority within a university such that they could engage in big contracts.
I think university programs working outside of longtermism are typically just 1-2 professors within a department or are big-but-not-all-that-EA. For example, I can’t think of an equivalent to the Global Priorities Institute, Future of Humanity Institute, etc.
But maybe this is a failure of my imagination so I very much welcome others to come forward and say I’m missing something!
Thanks Peter! I will say, a BERI-like entity would not be restricted to helping big research groups. Current BERI helps some individual professors, and has had some positive impact doing so.