Global priorities research

One definition of globalGlobal priorities research (GPR) is "researchresearch into issues that arise in responsecan help decide how to the question, ‘What should we do with a given amount of limitedallocate finite resources if our aim is to do the most good?’"cost-effectively.^[1] ThisGPR can include finding and prioritising between different causes as well as macrostrategy or "foundational" research that would inform cause prioritization in a less direct way (e.g., research into the Fermi paradox or whether we're living at the hinge of history hypothesis).

80,000 Hours rates global priorities researchGPR a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness.^[2]

O’Keeffe-O’Donovan, Rossa (2020) An introduction to global priorities research, Effective Altruism Student Summit 2020, October 25.
An introduction to global priorities research, including  adiscussiona discussion of how it differs from cause prioritization research.

One definition of global priorities research is "research into issues that arise in response to the question, ‘What should we do with a given amount of limited resources if our aim is to do the most good?’"^[1] This can include finding and prioritising between different causes. It can also include as well as macrostrategy or "foundational" research that'dthat would inform cause prioritization in a less direct way (e.g., research into the Fermi paradox or whether we're living at the hinge of history).^[2]

80,000 Hours rates global priorities research a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness.^[3]2]

O’Keeffe-O’Donovan, Rossa (2020) An introduction to global priorities research, Effective Altruism Student Summit 2020, October 25.
An introduction to global priorities research, including  adiscussion of how it differs from cause prioritization research.

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   Global Priorities Institute (2019) About us, Global Priorities Institute.

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   For an introduction to global priorities research, including discussion of its distinction from cause prioritization research, see O’Keeffe-O’Donovan, Rossa (2020) An introduction to global priorities research, Effective Altruism Student Summit 2020, October 25.

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   80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.

Further reading

Duda, Roman (2016) Global priorities research, 80,000 Hours, April (updated July 2018).

One definition of global priorities research is "research into issues that arise in response to the question, ‘What should we do with a given amount of limited resources if our aim is to do the most good?’" (Global Priorities Institute 2019)^[1] This can include finding and prioritising between different causes. It can also include macrostrategy or "foundational" research that'd inform cause prioritization in a less direct way (e.g., research into the Fermi paradox or whether we're living at the hinge of history). See O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (2020) for an introduction to global priorities research, including discussion of its distinction from cause prioritization research.^[2]

80,000 Hours rates global priorities research a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness (80,000 Hours 2021).

Bibliography

80,000 Hours (2021) ^{Our current list of the most important world problems[3], 80,000 Hours.}

Global Priorities Institute (2019) About us, Global Priorities Institute.

O’Keeffe-O’Donovan, Rossa (2020) An introduction to global priorities research, Effective Altruism Student Summit 2020, October 25.

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   Global Priorities Institute (2019) About us, Global Priorities Institute.

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   For an introduction to global priorities research, including discussion of its distinction from cause prioritization research, see O’Keeffe-O’Donovan, Rossa (2020) An introduction to global priorities research, Effective Altruism Student Summit 2020, October 25.

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   80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.

One definition of global priorities research is "research into issues that arise in response to the question, ‘What should we do with a given amount of limited resources if our aim is to do the most good?’" (Global Priorities Institute 2019) This can include finding and prioritising between different causes. It can also include "macrostrategy"macrostrategy or "foundational" research that'd inform cause prioritization in a less direct way (e.g., research into the Fermi paradox or whether we're living at the hinge of history). See O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (2020) for an introduction to global priorities research, including discussion of its distinction from cause prioritization research.

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cause candidates | cause prioritization | Cause X | Global Priorities Institute | less-discussed causes | local priorities research

Evaluation

80,000 Hours rates global priorities research a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness (80,000 Hours 2021).

80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.