Environmental moral philosopher working on GCR and X-risk mitigation, as well as on long-term future trajectories. Areas of focus include ethics of GCR, AI, nonhumans, space colonization, and the far future. Further cause areas of interest include nonhuman/animal welfare, moral progress, value spreading, and post-catastrophe.
AndreaOwe
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Hi! I’m Andrea Owe, I’m an environmental moral philosopher and currently a Research Associate at the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute. Here, I’ve focused on the ethics of GCR, especially environmental and AI-related risks, including from underrepresented worldviews and value-systems.
Location: Oslo, Norway
Remote: Yes. My current work for GCRI is remote and administratively arranged through Effective Altruism Norway, to make the international work situation smooth. A similar collaboration can most likely be arranged.
Willing to relocate: Ideally no. Open to semi-remote arrangements.
Skills:
Original research on GCR and the long-term future, especially on environmental and AI-related risks.
Ethics of GCR, AI, nonhumans, space colonization, and the long-term future.
Environmental philosophy, and interdisciplinary environmental, sustainability, and Anthropocene studies.
Applying alternative value-systems to the ethics of GCR and related topics.
Policy impact. I have, e.g., helped formulate a forthcoming IEEE Standard on the governance of AI to adequately address GCRs, nonhuman welfare, and environmental issues.
CV: https://www.andreaowe.com/about-cv
Email: mail@andreaowe.com
Notes:
Cause areas: GCRs associated with climate change, environmental degradation, and AI, and nonhuman/animal welfare, longtermism, value spreading, moral progress, moral circle expansion, and post-catastrophe.
Looking for: I am ideally looking for research positions in EA-adjacent think tanks or the like. I would be particularly interested in opportunities to study systemic approaches to risk mitigation, including on the interdependencies and underlying drivers of GCRs. I am equally interested in diversifying worldviews, value-systems, and epistemologies applied to GCR research and related EA-adjacent issues.
Experience with EA: I have been involved with EA since around 2018, when I had a research internship with GCRI. Locally, I am involved with EA Norway, where I also have an office space.
Fulltime: Yes.
Availability: From January 2023. Open to discuss an earlier start for the right position.
Dream workplace: Rethink Priorities.