Global Priorities Institute

Last month, Jake Nebel (Princeton University) gave this year's Parfit Memorial Lecture entitled "The Procreation Asymmetry: Some Puzzles." In case you missed it, our colleagues at @ethicsinthenews have published a summary of the lecture in their blog: blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2025/07/2025-p…

Last week, Jeff Ely gave this year's Atkinson Memorial Lecture on "Natural Selection of Artificial Intelligence". If you missed it, you can now watch a recording of his talk on our website: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/jeffrey-ely-na… @OxfordEconDept

Our Atkinson Memorial Lecture is next Wednesday, it's still time to sign up! You can join online or in person in Oxford.

A reminder that this year's Parfit Memorial Lecture is next Monday. You can still sign up to join us in Oxford!

A new working paper, "Shutdownable Agents through POST-Agency" by Elliott Thornley, is now available on our website. Read it here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/thornley-shutd…

This year's Atkinson Memorial Lecture "Natural Selection of Artificial Intelligence", will be given by Jeffrey Ely on 18 June. You can attend in person in Oxford or remotely. Sign up here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/atkinson-memor…

This year's Parfit Memorial Lecture - jointly organised by GPI and @ethicsinthenews - will take place on 16 June. Prof Jake Nebel will talk about "The Procreation Asymmetry: Some Puzzles" Follow the link for more info and registration. globalprioritiesinstitute.org/parfit-memoria…

Walter Bossert, Susumu Cato and Kohei Kamaga's working paper, The structure of critical sets, can now be read here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/bossert-cato-a…

Population ethics with thresholds, by Walter Bossert, Susumu Cato and Kohei Kamaga has been added to GPI's Working Paper Series. You can now read it here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/bossert-cato-a…

Jeffrey Ely (Northwestern University) is giving this year's Atkinson Memorial Lecture, 'Incentive-compatible information design' (18 June). Follow the link to register! ticketsource.co.uk/department-of-…

Grateful to my mentors Josh Greene (@MoralityLab) and Nadira Faber, as well as my collaborators, for all I’ve learned from you. Honored to be named a Rising Star by APS and to share this with such great colleagues. Congrats to all!

GPI Research Affiliate @pawtrammell is giving a summer course on the Economics of Transformative AI at Stanford this year. More info and applications here: digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/etai-course/. Applications close 21 February.

Once More, Without Feeling, the newest working paper by Andreas Mogensen, is now available to read here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/mogensen-once-…

Numbers Tell, Words Sell, the new working paper by Michael Thaler, @mattietoma and Victor Yaneng Wang is now available to read here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/thaler-toma-an…

You can now read @JacobAriBarrett's working paper, In Defence of Moderation, here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/in-defence-of-…

@SCamposMartins' newest working paper, Measuring AI-Driven Risk with Stock Prices, is now available to read here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/measuring-ai-d…

Imperfect Recall and AI Delegation, the new working paper by Eric Olav Chen, @Alexghersen and Sami Petersen is now available to read here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/imperfect-reca…

We’re excited to announce our new research agendas – for philosophy, economics and psychology – have now been published! You can read them here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/research-agend…

How effective is (more) money? Randomizing unconditional cash transfer amounts in the US, the working paper by Ania Jaroszewicz, Oliver P. Hauser, Jon M. Jachimowicz and @julianjamison is now available here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/how-effective-…

@ElliottThornley's newest working paper, A Fission Problem for Person-Affecting Views, is now available to read here: globalprioritiesinstitute.org/a-fission-prob…