Effective Altruism In-Depth Seminar

This eight-week seminar involves weekly 1-hour discussions with your three to six-member cohort and one facilitator. Before attending each discussion, you’ll complete a set of readings (and sometimes a written exercise). For updates, please subscribe to our mailing list and join our Slack.

This seminar is a more in-depth discussion of the topics involved with effective altruism, including both tools for thinking and specific cause areas.

Your cohort will spend your first meeting getting to know each other, thinking about goals, and selecting seven of the below topics to explore during the program.

Who Should Apply?

The seminar is open to members of the Georgia Tech community who have completed the Effective Altruism Introductory Seminar or have an equivalent level of EA experience. If you haven’t completed the Intro Seminar and aren’t sure if you qualify, schedule a 15 minute 1:1 with Pete Rowlett here.

We recommend applying to this program if you:

• Want to make a large positive impact through your career, giving, or volunteering

• Can commit 2 hours a week to readings and exercises, in addition to the weekly 1-hour discussions

• Can attend at least 7 out of the 8 weekly discussion sessions

We are committed to building a diverse group of members. We strongly encourage interested students to apply regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, ability, etc. We also encourage undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, as well as individuals from all intellectual backgrounds and majors to apply.