Finished Theses
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philosophy and ethics
Foundational research
Avoiding moral wrongs under normative uncertainty: biases involved in maximising expected choice worthiness
Silvana Hultsch

political science, sociology
Other X-risks and GCRs
Beyond the ban: a comprehensive approach to the governance of autonomous weapons
Jia Yuan

sociology
Wild animal welfare
The effect of global poverty reduction on wild animal welfare
Tomáš Petr

economics, business
Alternative proteins
Cultured meat: do Chinese consumers have an appetite?
Chloe Dempsey

sociology
Altruistic decision making
Value drift in the Effective Altruism movement: a qualitative analysis
Marisa Jurczyk

health sciences
Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness
All-cause versus cause-specific excess mortality for the estimation of influenza-associated mortality in Denmark, Spain and the United States
Sebastian Schmidt

engineering
Other X-risks and GCRs
Risk analysis and corrosion prevention during industrial power failure
Jia Yang

psychology and cognitive sciences
Farmed animal advocacy and welfare
Giving Lucky a name and face: increasing animal advocacy activism among meat-eaters using the identifiable victim effect
Rakefet Cohen

philosophy and ethics
Foundational research
Uncertainty about the expected moral value of the long-term future: is reducing human extinction risk valuable?
Siebe Rozendal

philosophy and ethics
Wild animal welfare
Normative uncertainty and wild-animal suffering
Dimitri van Capelleveen

economics
Global health and development
How important is mortality in explaining the fertility transition in developing countries?
Mateusz Słomką

philosophy and ethics, psychology and cognitive sciences
Altruistic decision making
Rethinking altruism: altruism born of suffering and its unique potential for inclusivity
Gideon Lim

sociology
AI safety and policy
Normative universals for intelligent machines: are there universal values by which researchers can align artificial intelligence?
Lara Lawniczak

philosophy and ethics
Foundational research
Moral Uncertainty and Value Incomparability: Generalizing the Expected Choice-Worthiness Approach
Rafael Ruiz de Lira

political science
AI safety and policy
The international governance of artificial intelligence - problems and potential solutions
Brandon Perry

economics
Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness
Existential Risk and Pandemic Preparedness Spending
Tom Houlden

political science
Global health and development
What did Americans tweet about the TRIPS Waiver? U.S. Policy Narratives & Global Public Goods
Miranda Zhang

philosophy and ethics
Foundational research
Pascal’s mugging as a challenge to expected utility theory
Tom Barnes

psychology and cognitive sciences
Farmed animal advocacy and welfare
The influence of movies on behavioural change in individual meat and dairy products consumption
Adéla Novotná

philosophy and ethics
Foundational research
Normative Uncertainty and Information Value
Riley Harris

sociology
Global health and development
Shopkeeper Stewardship & Anticipating Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens in Accra, Ghana
Hannah Greene

computer and information sciences
AI safety and policy
White-Box Adversarial Policies in Deep Reinforcement Learning
Stephen Casper

economics
Altruistic decision making
The Scope Insensitivity Bias: The Effects of Debiasing Interventions and a Range of Factors on How Insensitive We Are to the Size of Problems
Alexandra Bos

business, economics
Altruistic decision making
Doing Better by Doing Good: A Qualitative Study on the Pro Bono Projects of Management Consulting Companies in Sweden
John Öberg and Kiryl Shantyka
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