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Bob Fischer

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I’m a Senior Researcher for Rethink Priorities, a Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University, a Director of the Animal Welfare Economics Working Group, the Treasurer for the Insect Welfare Research Society, and the President of the Arthropoda Foundation. I work on a wide range of theoretical and applied issues related to animal welfare. You can reach me here.

Beyond Ex­tinc­tion: Re­vis­it­ing the Ques­tion and Broad­en­ing Our View

arvommMar 17, 2025, 4:03 PM
28 points
2 comments10 min readEA link

2025 An­i­mal Welfare Eco­nomics Con­fer­ence @ PSE

Bob FischerJan 5, 2025, 1:23 PM
47 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Strate­gic Direc­tions for a Digi­tal Con­scious­ness Model

Derek ShillerDec 10, 2024, 7:33 PM
41 points
1 comment12 min readEA link

Re­source Allo­ca­tion: A Re­search Agenda

arvommNov 14, 2024, 3:34 PM
44 points
7 comments33 min readEA link

Sup­port Crit­i­cal Re­search on In­sect Welfare

Bob FischerNov 13, 2024, 9:10 PM
127 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

The Welfare of Digi­tal Minds: A Re­search Agenda

Derek ShillerNov 11, 2024, 12:58 PM
53 points
1 comment31 min readEA link

Valu­ing Im­pacts Across Species: A Re­search Agenda

Bob FischerNov 4, 2024, 11:55 AM
45 points
1 comment22 min readEA link

Call for Ab­stracts: Eco­nomics of An­i­mal Welfare Con­fer­ence @ Paris School of Eco­nomics

Bob FischerOct 23, 2024, 12:23 PM
28 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

New Open Ac­cess Book: Weigh­ing An­i­mal Welfare, ed­ited by Bob Fischer

Bob FischerOct 22, 2024, 11:25 AM
145 points
9 comments2 min readEA link

Bar­gain­ing among worldviews

Hayley ClatterbuckOct 18, 2024, 6:32 PM
57 points
5 comments12 min readEA link

What do RP’s tools tell us about giv­ing $100m to AW or GHD?

Hayley ClatterbuckOct 7, 2024, 8:41 PM
167 points
21 comments9 min readEA link

AMA: Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Wor­ld­view In­ves­ti­ga­tion Team

Bob FischerJul 31, 2024, 10:34 AM
65 points
43 comments1 min readEA link

Tak­ing Uncer­tainty Se­ri­ously (or, Why Tools Mat­ter)

Bob FischerJul 19, 2024, 10:30 AM
115 points
4 comments8 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Mo­ral Par­li­a­ment Tool

Derek ShillerJul 17, 2024, 12:34 PM
184 points
12 comments12 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Port­fo­lio Builder Tool

arvommJul 10, 2024, 12:06 PM
102 points
1 comment11 min readEA link

An In­tro­duc­tion to the CRAFT Sequence

Bob FischerJul 8, 2024, 10:27 AM
103 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Digi­tal Con­scious­ness Pro­ject Announcement

Bob FischerJul 5, 2024, 11:15 AM
118 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

Help Fund In­sect Welfare Science

Bob FischerJun 14, 2024, 9:11 PM
235 points
30 comments2 min readEA link

Eco­nomics of An­i­mal Welfare: Call for Abstracts

Bob FischerNov 16, 2023, 4:50 PM
86 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

The Risks and Re­wards of Pri­ori­tiz­ing An­i­mals of Uncer­tain Sentience

Bob FischerOct 16, 2023, 9:50 AM
129 points
21 comments26 min readEA link