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This post is co-authored with Ben Garfinkel. It is cross-posted from the CEA blog. A PDF version can be found here.
Summary: Some strategic decisions available to the effective altruism m...
We’re excited to host an in-person workshop on Feb 16th from 6-9 PM at Teamwork, the EA co-working space. Our workshop will be focused around Effective Thesis and YOU, how can we best support you with your Thesis and Future Career?
Please let us know if you’re coming here (anonymous sign-up form). This will help us understand what you hope to get from the event (and will help us know how many drinks to buy)!
Undergraduate, Graduate and non-students are all very welcome.
Effective Thesis aims to assist students in their thesis topic choice and direct their attention to areas that have the potential to greatly improve the world. Choosing a final thesis topic is an important step that can influence the rest of a researcher’s career, yet there doesn’t seem to be much assistance provided through standard channels. Moreover, consideration of how much progress on a given question could improve the world often receives little attention.
We try to spark students’ inspiration by suggesting research paths which are important yet neglected from this perspective and which could thus provide opportunities for higher impact via research. We also provide feedback on topic ideas, connect students with researchers who are already working in the same area and connect them with other students working on similar issues.
Learn more at effectivethesis.org
Hi,I do want to learn more about areas where I can contribute. However, I'm not doing research, but social impact business. Do you think this session is effective to me? or would you recommend other sessions that tailored to entrepreneur and business?
Hi Qiamu, thanks for this question! On our end, we're putting together a workshop that will be focused on on i) what ET does/how we support students and ii) a few activities focused around reframing your thesis/thinking about your thesis as an opportunity for you and potentially for the world (contributing to EA Cause areas).
While our workshop won't be focused on social impact business it will be focused on how to make the most of your thesis and tools to support your thesis experience. If you're writing a thesis in the near or far future I'd say it will be a useful session for you!