“generally really shitty salaries for researchers in the UK” as a downside for Oxbridge—this seems like something any org hiring researchers can unilaterally fix, at least for their researchers?
I think this is true for EA orgs but a) Some people want to contribute within the academic system b) Even EA orgs can be constrained by weird academic legal constraints. I think FHI is currently facing some problems along these lines (low confidence, better ask them).
“generally really shitty salaries for researchers in the UK” as a downside for Oxbridge—this seems like something any org hiring researchers can unilaterally fix, at least for their researchers?
I think this is true for EA orgs but
a) Some people want to contribute within the academic system
b) Even EA orgs can be constrained by weird academic legal constraints. I think FHI is currently facing some problems along these lines (low confidence, better ask them).