ASLIHAN AKDENIZ

Aslı is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Amsterdam. In her research she examines the evolutionary origins of social behaviours and preferences, using a combination of theoretical modeling, agent-based simulations, and lab experiments. Her recent work focuses on the role of commitment and norm compliance in human sociality. She holds an MPhil and a BA in Economics.

BASIL HALPERIN

Basil Halperin is a PhD student in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include monetary economics, long-run growth, and theory. Before starting the PhD, Basil worked as a researcher in tech and finance and completed his undergrad at the University of Chicago.

CALEB MARESCA

Caleb is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at New York University, specializing in the application of artificial intelligence to financial markets. His research focuses on leveraging reinforcement learning methods for portfolio optimization and addressing complex challenges in quantitative finance. Caleb's work aims to democratize access to sophisticated investment strategies through AI-driven solutions.

DAVID RHYS BERNARD

David is a 4th year PhD student at the Paris School of Economics. His research interests include causal inference, long-term forecasting and empirical global priorities research. He holds a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Warwick, an MSc in Public Policy and Development from the Paris School of Economics, and was a Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley in 2021-22.

DUNCAN WEBB

Duncan is a third-year PhD student in economics at the Paris School of Economics. His research lies at the intersection of development and behaviouraleconomics, with a focus on discrimination and the evolution of social norms. He also focuses on the determinants of altruistic behaviour.

DYLAN BALFOUR

Dylan is a third-year philosophy PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on various topics in moral philosophy and decision theory. In particular, he’s interested in how we deal with “fanatical” decision situations, where we have tiny probabilities of attaining huge amounts of value. He previously completed an MSc in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in Philosophy & Politics from the University of York.

ELLEN ANDERSON

Ellen is a PhD student in economics at the University of California, Davis. Her interests are in development, labor, and political economy. Ellen’s research focuses on the learning aspects of monitoring service delivery and how personnel policies impact efficiency in government. Ellen worked at IDinsight prior to starting her PhD, primarily on projects related to agricultural technology adoption. She holds a BA in economics and statistics from Northwestern University.

ERIC DONALD

Eric is a fourth-year economics PhD candidate at Boston University. His research focuses on optimal policy and technological change: some examples include directing innovation towards clean energy and the optimal response of the tax code to automation. More broadly, he is interested in normative questions pertaining to long-run welfare. He holds an MA in Economics from Boston University and a BS in Economics from Texas Christian University.

FERGUS MCCORMACK

Fergus is an incoming PhD student in economics at the University of Cambridge. His interests include macroeconomics, policy, happiness, AI, growth and existential risk. Prior to the PhD, Fergus completed an MPhil in Economic Research at Cambridge and an MA in Economics at the University of Edinburgh.

GAH-KAI LEUNG

Gah-Kai (pronounced ‘GAR-kay’) is a PhD student in Politics at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on the normative issues in earthquake and tsunami risk management. Gah-Kai has general interests in social and political philosophy, science and public policy, applied ethics and disaster risk reduction. He holds an MA in Transnational Studies from UCL and a BA in PPE from Warwick.arly in the Spanish-speaking world.

GAUTAM VYAS

Gautam is a second-year MPhil Economics student at the University of Oxford, with research interests in theoretical microeconomics. Specifically, his current research seeks to better understand agency issues faced by academic researchers, using game-theoretic models of asymmetric information. More broadly, Gautam’s interests include development economics, public economics and applied microeconomics. Prior to Oxford, he obtained a BSc in Economics from the University of Bristol.

HARRY R. LLOYD

Harry is a PhD student in Philosophy at Yale University. He has recently been working on the ethics of time discounting, and moral uncertainty. His research interests also include population ethics, animal ethics, other applied topics in moral & political philosophy, and personal identity. As an undergraduate, he studied PPE at the University of Oxford.

INA JÄNTGEN

Ina is a first-year PhD student in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include philosophy of science, decision theory and philosophy of economics. She currently works on causal strength and effect size measurement in science. Before commencing her PhD, Ina completed a Research Master’s in Philosophy & Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam as well as a BA in Philosophy and a BSc in Economics at the University of Freiburg.

JEN SEMLER

Jen is a DPhil student in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, working on artificial moral agency. Her interests include AI ethics, intergenerational ethics, and experimental philosophy. Jen has an MPhil in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, an MA in Medieval Icelandic Studies from the University of Iceland, and a BA in Philosophy and Public Policy from Duke University.

JOHN STURM

John Sturm is a sixth-year PhD student in economics at MIT. His research studies the design of economic policies ranging from income taxation to economic sanctions. He is particularly interested in to what extent policies can be designed using limited information about the economies they affect. John holds a BA in physics and mathematics from Harvard and an MPhil in economics from Cambridge.

KADEEM NORAY

Kadeem is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy (Economics Track) at Harvard University.  Kadeem is interested in understanding talent markets: the institutions that facilitate and provide people with human capital and career opportunities. Kadeem earned his M.S. in Applied Economics from Montana State University in 2017 and his B.S. in Mathematics, Economics, and Physics at Hillsdale College in 2015.

KARRI HEIKKINEN

Karri is an incoming PhD student in Philosophy at University College London. His research revolves around longtermism, population ethics, interpersonal aggregation, and theories of intergenerational justice. Before his PhD, Karri completed an MPhil Stud degree at UCL, and an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Politics at University of Glasgow. Karri was also a co-founder and Trustee at Open Cages, an EA-aligned animal charity.

KIRAN CHAWLA

Kiran is a JD-PhD student at Stanford University working on welfare models that incorporate risk and inequality considerations for long-term policy analysis, particularly in the context of climate change. She holds an MA in Economics from Stanford University, MS in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan, and B. Tech in Engineering from Institute of Chemical Technology.

Laura Araújo de Freitas

Laura is a first year PhD in Economics student at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include game theory, political economy, development economics and economic history. She is currently working on a model of regime dynamics, and the role of institutions. She previously read BSc Economics at the University of Manchester and MPhil in Economic Research at Cambridge.

LEWIS WILLIAMS

Lewis Williams is a DPhil student in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. His doctoral research concerns the implications of belief in normative nihilism and, in particular, why normative nihilists should care about ‘doing good’. Lewis also holds an MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from the LSE and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Warwick.

Maxime Cugnon de Sévricourt

Maxime is a second-year PhD student at Georgetown University. His research interests lie at the intersection of macroeconomics and political economy. Prior to his PhD, he completed a Master’s in Economics at Sciences Po in Paris, and worked as a research assistant at the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and as a pre-doctoral research fellow at GPI.

MAXIMILIAN MAIER

Max is a first-year PhD student in cognition & decision-making at University College London. His PhD focuses on the psychology of existential risk and Longtermism. In addition, he is interested in meta-science and applied statistics and developed new methods to correct for publication bias in meta-analyses. Before moving to London, Max earned his M.Sc. in psychology (research) from the University of Amsterdam with specialisations in applied statistics and computational science.

MOHIT KARNANI

Mohit Karnani is a PhD Candidate in Economics and Statistics at MIT. His research explores the intersection between Economic Development, Empirical Market Design and Applied Econometrics. Mohit has held research positions in tech firms and at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He holds a BSc and MSc in Business Engineering and Economics, both from Universidad de Chile, where he also worked as an Instructor.

Nicholas Emery-Xu

Nicholas is a second-year Ph.D. student in economics at UCLA. His research focuses on the effects of machine learning on innovation and growth and risks from technology competitions, overlapping growth theory, international relations theory, and applied microeconomic theory. Prior to his Ph.D., he completed a BA in economics and Russian at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nicholas Swanson

Nicholas Swanson is a PhD student in Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include development, behavioral and labor economics. His projects explore whether alternative microfoundations can account for the behavior of individuals who appear to be present-biased in their consumption-savings decisions, as well as the productivity effects of contracting frictions in developing country labor markets. Prior to the PhD, he completed an MSc in Economics at the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics at the University of Cambridge.

OWEN CLIFTON

Owen Clifton is a PhD candidate in philosophy and a Canada Graduate Scholar at Queen’s University, Kingston. He is also a visiting doctoral researcher in philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Owen’s research interests lie in political philosophy, normative ethics, practical ethics, and value theory. At present, his two main research projects concern, respectively, the ethics of far-future-affecting policy and the ethics of social and political membership.

PAUL DE FONT-REAULX

Paul is a PhD student in philosophy at Michigan, having previously received a BA in PPE and BPhil in philosophy from Oxford. He works mostly on ethics, cognitive science, and decision theory. His research is focused on how humans model the world, and in particular the normative aspects of their lives. Relatedly, he is interested in questions regarding normative cognition in artificial agents, the ideal conditions of collective action, and the ethics of future generations.

RAFAEL RUIZ DE LIRA

Rafael is an incoming PhD student in Philosophy at the London School of Economics. His research will focus on the cultural and social mechanisms behind moral progress and the expanding circle. Previously, he earned an MA in Philosophy from King’s College London and an MA in Political Philosophy from Pompeu FabraUniversity. He is also the founder of Futurosophia, an organization aimed at promoting Effective Altruist ideas and careers, particularly in the Spanish-speaking world.

ROSS PAIN

Ross Pain is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of philosophy at the Australian National University. He is a philosopher of biology, with particular interests in cognitive, cultural and social evolution. Ross is interested in both first-order questions (“how did normative cognition evolve”?), and methodological questions (“how do we answer first-order questions?”). He holds a BA in archaeology and an MA in philosophy from La Trobe University, and a PhD in philosophy from ANU.

Leora Urim Sung

Leora is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at University College London. Her research is primarily on the numbers problem and moral aggregation, her thesis providing non-consequentialist arguments in defence of saving the many. She is also interested in moral uncertainty and the philosophical foundations of Effective Altruism. Prior to the PhD, Leora completed an MPhil in Philosophy at UCL and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Warwick University. 

Daniel Goldsworthy

Daniel Goldsworthy is a PhD candidate in law at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include jurisprudential methodology (or meta-jurisprudence) and legal personhood. He is a legal academic with Deakin Law School and a lawyer admitted in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. Daniel holds various board roles and appointments including as a General Assembly Member of Greenpeace Australia Pacific and publishes in areas including constitutional law and theory, public international law, legal education and animal welfare law. 

SIMON LANG

Simon is a PhD student in Environmental Economics at Yale University. His research focuses on the distribution of climate impacts and the representation of equity in climate economic models. He holds an MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from LSE, an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge, and BSc degrees in Environmental Economics and Environmental Systems Sciences from the University of Graz and the Graz University of Technology.

TESS JOHNSON

Tess Johnson is a third-year DPhil student in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Her DPhil research is on the ethics of human genomic enhancement, and her interests lie more broadly in ethical questions surrounding the regulation of emerging biotechnologies, pandemic ethics, and biological risks. Prior to her arrival at Oxford, Tess studied a Master of Bioethics and a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Australia.

TOM HARRIS

Tom is a master’s student at MIT studying Data, Economics and Development Policy, with research interests in development economics and applied microeconometrics. Alongside his studies, Tom is a research assistant at Harvard’s ‘Opportunity Insights’, and this summer will be working at the World Bank’s ‘DIME’ unit.

Prior to starting at MIT, he obtained a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Warwick University and an MPhil in Development Studies from Cambridge University, before working as an economist in the UK’s Government Economic Service.

URTE LAUKAITYTE

Urte is a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, primarily focusing on issues within philosophy of psychiatry and (global) mental health. She has interests in personalised medicine, translational medicine, gentle medicine (including potential placebo treatments) as well as the history and philosophy of medicine more broadly. Prior to her PhD studies, Urte completed an MSc in cognitive science at the University of Edinburgh. She also holds a BA in linguistics from the University of Cambridge.

Charlotte zemmel

Charlotte is a PhD candidate in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a Researcher at the Neighbourly Lab, a non-for-profit research group based in Westminster. Her research focuses on the relationships between ethical, political and epistemic consequences of clinical trial methodological choices. Prior to her PhD, Charlotte completed a BA and MSc in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. 

Nicholas Drake

Nicholas is a PhD student in Philosophy at the Australian National University. His dissertation is on government measures of national wellbeing, and in particular, what account of wellbeing such measures should use. He is developing a new method for finding the best account of wellbeing for public policy, and a new account of wellbeing for public policy that results from that method. Nicholas has a BA from Massey University, BA(Hons) and MA degrees from Victoria University of Wellington, and an MA from Washington University in St. Louis, all in Philosophy.