Soemano Zeijlmans

Karma: 343

I’m the co-director of Effective Environmentalism (part-time).

Interested in effective solutions to climate change, environment, animal welfare, and global health and development. Experienced with quantitative and qualitative research, including mathematical modelling and Delphi studies.

Experience:

Co-director of Effective Environmentalism (2024-now)
Research Fellow/Contractor at Ambitious Impact (Sept 2024-Jan 2025)
Policy Analyst at GFI (Oct 2022-June 2023)

Education:

MSc Environmental Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
MA Environment, Development and Peace, UN University for Peace
BSc Governance, Economics, and Development, LUC The Hague

Soemano Zeijlmans’s Quick takes

Soemano ZeijlmansJan 30, 2025, 4:11 PM

4 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Call for suggestions: Climate change charity ideas with strong co-benefits for humans or animals

Soemano ZeijlmansJan 17, 2025, 12:18 PM

36 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

Will a food carbon tax lead to more animals being slaughtered? A quantitative model

Soemano ZeijlmansJan 3, 2025, 9:21 PM

152 points

7 comments9 min readEA link

Effective Environmentalism has re-launched! (And we’re looking for funding)

Soemano ZeijlmansNov 14, 2024, 10:28 PM

34 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

Weighted Factor Models: Consider using the geometric mean instead of the arithmetic mean

Soemano ZeijlmansOct 21, 2024, 7:57 PM

59 points

13 comments10 min readEA link

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Soemano Zeijlmans

Soe­mano Zeijl­mans’s Quick takes

Call for sug­ges­tions: Cli­mate change char­ity ideas with strong co-benefits for hu­mans or animals

Will a food car­bon tax lead to more an­i­mals be­ing slaugh­tered? A quan­ti­ta­tive model

Effec­tive En­vi­ron­men­tal­ism has re-launched! (And we’re look­ing for fund­ing)

Weighted Fac­tor Models: Con­sider us­ing the ge­o­met­ric mean in­stead of the ar­ith­metic mean

Soemano Zeijlmans’s Quick takes

Call for suggestions: Climate change charity ideas with strong co-benefits for humans or animals

Will a food carbon tax lead to more animals being slaughtered? A quantitative model

Effective Environmentalism has re-launched! (And we’re looking for funding)

Weighted Factor Models: Consider using the geometric mean instead of the arithmetic mean