Hi! I’m Jørgen (or George for English speakers who find the ø difficult) and I study industrial engineering at the Norwegian University for Technology and Natural Sciences (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
About 9 months ago I gathered a few classmates and we founded [Effektiv Altruisme NTNU] (www.facebook.no/ea.ntnu) as the first EA organisation in Norway. In just these few months we have had great success in building the organisation, networking and planning our [launch event] (www.facebook.com/events/1464757957116665) this Thursday. We have already third most likes on Facebook of the international focused idealistic student groups in Trondheim and we are expecting 150 people at the event next week.
We have a lot of plans and good ideas for events and projects in Trondheim and Norway, including a talk from Hans Rosling, lobbying towards Norwegian politicians and people and organisations with influence and a university wide charity survey to map knowledge and attitudes towards giving effecivly. The last one is essential to measure our own influence on students over time.
Besides EA and ethics, I consider my self a part of the skeptic movement (witch we already are finding supporters from) and I just love bordgames!
Yes, are hoping to have him over spring of 2015. The plan is to book the student hall (about 800 seats) at the weekly mass meetings. His excellent videos online is quite known at the university, so I think we will have good chances of a high turn up!
Hi! I’m Jørgen (or George for English speakers who find the ø difficult) and I study industrial engineering at the Norwegian University for Technology and Natural Sciences (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.
About 9 months ago I gathered a few classmates and we founded [Effektiv Altruisme NTNU] (www.facebook.no/ea.ntnu) as the first EA organisation in Norway. In just these few months we have had great success in building the organisation, networking and planning our [launch event] (www.facebook.com/events/1464757957116665) this Thursday. We have already third most likes on Facebook of the international focused idealistic student groups in Trondheim and we are expecting 150 people at the event next week.
We have a lot of plans and good ideas for events and projects in Trondheim and Norway, including a talk from Hans Rosling, lobbying towards Norwegian politicians and people and organisations with influence and a university wide charity survey to map knowledge and attitudes towards giving effecivly. The last one is essential to measure our own influence on students over time.
Besides EA and ethics, I consider my self a part of the skeptic movement (witch we already are finding supporters from) and I just love bordgames!
You’re having Hans Rosling come speak? Jealous!
Yes, are hoping to have him over spring of 2015. The plan is to book the student hall (about 800 seats) at the weekly mass meetings. His excellent videos online is quite known at the university, so I think we will have good chances of a high turn up!
Thanks for visiting the EA forum, Jorgen—great to have you here. Hans does a lot of great work and is excellent to have as a contact!