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The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter
September 2023 (#10)
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Greetings everyone, Tim here. I wanted to thank everyone who has provided feedback since the last newsletter. As this is my first crack at managing this newsletter, please do click the survey above and let me know what you think about this edition. I want to give my best to you all. Cheers!
Fauna Connections (September 14, 2023 from 12:00pm to 5:30pm EST).Academics and scientists from the social and behavioral sciences and related disciplines will present original research that discusses the real-life implications and recommendations for animal advocates.
The EA Behavioral Science Newsletter #10 (September 2023)
We just released the September 2023 (#10) edition of the Effective Altruism Behavioral Science Newsletter
We have two announcements:
- A request for feedback
- Timothy Caballero’s first message after taking over as project manager.
Subscribe to receive future editions of the newsletter here.
You can read the newsletter in your browser or below. Previous editions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
September 2023 (#10)
We shortened and restructured the newsletter in response to feedback. Please do this short survey to offer further input!
Greetings everyone, Tim here. I wanted to thank everyone who has provided feedback since the last newsletter. As this is my first crack at managing this newsletter, please do click the survey above and let me know what you think about this edition. I want to give my best to you all. Cheers!
Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is: A Field Experiment Encouraging Donors to Share About Charity, Ike Silver, Deborah A. Small, Marketing Science, 2023
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between economic inequality and prosocial behaviour,
Yongzheng Yang, Sara Konrath, Nature Human Behavior, 2023
Bias and Epistemic Injustice in Conversational AI, Sebastian Laacke, The American journal of bioethics, 2023
The negative impact of vegetarian and vegan labels: Results from randomized controlled experiments with US consumers, Alex Berke, Kent Larson, Appetite, 2023
Effects of green nudges on consumer valuation of sustainable food: A discrete choice experiment, Valerija Gottselig, Amelie Wuppermann, Christoph Herrmann, GAIA—Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2023
Moral judgments under uncertainty: risk, ambiguity and commission bias, Fei Song, Joel Olney, Felix S. H. Yeung, Current Psychology, 2023
Activating Change: The Role of Information and Beliefs in Social Activism, Farzana Afridi et al., IZA Discussion Paper No. 16358, 2023
The U-Shaped Charitable-Giving Curve, Enda P. Hargaden, Nicolas J. Duquette, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2023
The potential and pitfalls of unit asking in reducing scope insensitivity, Hajdi Moche et al., Judgment and Decision Making, 2023
Uncertain Optimizing and Opportunity Costs, Richard Chappell, 2023
Essays on Social Identity and Moral Behavior, Jan Luca Henkel, 2023
Caring for Future Generations: Longtermism and the Moral Standing of Future People, Stylianos Syropoulos, Kyle Fiore Law, Liane Young, 2023
Farm Workers’ Perceptions Of Animal Welfare In China, Elena Schaller, Faunalytics, 2023
An expert survey on social movements and protest, James Ozden
Announcing “Forecasting Existential Risk: Evidence from a Long-Run Forecasting Tournament”, Forecasting Research Institute
Price-, Taste-, and Convenience-Competitive Plant-Based Meat Would Not Currently Replace Meat, Jacob Peacock
A note of caution about recent AI risk coverage, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
Can we make the world a ‘better’ place with behavioural economics?, ePodstemology
Mustafa Suleyman on getting Washington and Silicon Valley to tame AI, 80,000 Hours
What’s wrong with society, and how can we fix it? (with Tim Urban), Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg
Hannah Ritchie on why it makes sense to be optimistic about the environment, 80,000 Hours
Ongoing funding opportunities
Open Philanthropy is funding the development of EA-adjacent university courses and early-career individuals
A list of EA funding opportunities by Effective Thesis
See EA Funds for other opportunities
New opportunities:
Professor of Human Values & Moral Development, Washington University in St. Louis
Ongoing opportunities:
For EA: the 80,000 Hours Job board, the Effective Altruism Job Postings Facebook group and the EA Opportunities Board
For behavioural science: Habit Weekly’s jobs board
For coaching, research, and supervision: the Effective Thesis website and newsletter
For animal welfare: Animal Advocacy Careers and the Effective Animal Activism talent database
New events:
Fauna Connections (September 14, 2023 from 12:00pm to 5:30pm EST). Academics and scientists from the social and behavioral sciences and related disciplines will present original research that discusses the real-life implications and recommendations for animal advocates.
Ongoing events:
EA conferences: See the EA Global website
EA events: See the EA Forum’s Events page
Psychology for Effective Altruism Facebook group
Researcher directory and Slack [researchers only]
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