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Name: Prof Hilary Greaves
University of Oxford
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mert2255/
Events this person is hosting:
Monday 14 June 2021
Should welfare equality be a global priority? (Parfit Memorial Lecture 2021)
Date: 14 June 2021, 16:30 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Prof. Orri Stefansson (Stockholm University and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study)
Venue Details: Online, registration required
Organisers:
Dr Andreas Mogensen (GPI, University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Dr Andreas Mogensen (GPI, University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Events this person is organising:
Friday 9 February 2018
Life and Growth
Date: 9 February 2018, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Prof Chad Jones (Stanford University)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room, Suite 5
Organisers:
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 16 February 2018
Axioms and Mechanisms for Donor Coordination
Date: 16 February 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Dominik Peters (University of Oxford)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room, Suite 5, FHI
Organisers:
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 22 February 2018
Global Extinction and Animal Welfare: Two Priorities for Effective Altruism
Date: 22 February 2018, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Prof Yew-Kwang Ng (Nanyang Technological University)
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 23 February 2018
Discussion with Prof Yew-Kwang Ng
Date: 23 February 2018, 10:30 - 12:30
Speaker
:
Prof Yew-Kwang Ng (Nanyang Technological University)
Organisers:
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 9 March 2018
Eliciting Values to Build a Multidimensional Index: Women's Empowerment in Tunisia
Date: 9 March 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Dr Natalie Quinn (University of Oxford)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room, Suite 5, FHI
Organisers:
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Saturday 17 March 2018
Targeting Technology Adoption Subsidies: Methods and Mechanisms
Date: 17 March 2018, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Prof Sylvain Chassang (New York University)
Venue: Nuffield College, New Road OX1 1NF
Venue Details: Large lecture room
Organisers:
Dr Eva Vivalt (Australian National University),
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 27 April 2018
Long-termism for risk averse altruists
Date: 27 April 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Suite 5 - Petrov Room, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street. At the entrance, buzz for the Future of Humanity Institute. Suite 5 is on the 1st floor.
Organisers:
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 4 May 2018
The psychology of (in)effective giving
Date: 4 May 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
s:
Dr Stefan Schubert,
Lucius Caviola (University of Oxford)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Suite 5 - Petrov Room, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street. At the entrance, buzz for the Future of Humanity Institute. Suite 5 is on the 1st floor.
Organisers:
Hayden Wilkinson (University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 11 May 2018
Program Evaluation in the Presence of Strategic Interactions
Date: 11 May 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Suite 5 - Petrov Room, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street. At the entrance, buzz for the Future of Humanity Institute. Suite 5 is on the 1st floor.
Organisers:
Hayden Wilkinson (University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 25 May 2018
What Good Is Imprecision?
Date: 25 May 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Prof Miriam Schoenfield (MIT)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Suite 5 - Petrov Room, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street. At the entrance, buzz for the Future of Humanity Institute. Suite 5 is on the 1st floor.
Organisers:
Hayden Wilkinson (University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 1 June 2018
Intertheoretic comparisons and effective altruism
Date: 1 June 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Dr Stefan Riedener (University of Zurich)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Suite 5 - Petrov Room, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street. At the entrance, buzz for the Future of Humanity Institute. Suite 5 is on the 1st floor.
Organisers:
Hayden Wilkinson (University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 8 June 2018
Altruistic capital
Date: 8 June 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Prof Nava Ashraf (LSE)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Suite 5 - Petrov Room, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street. At the entrance, buzz for the Future of Humanity Institute. Suite 5 is on the 1st floor.
Organisers:
Hayden Wilkinson (University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 15 June 2018
A theory of good intentions
Date: 15 June 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Prof Paul Niehaus (UC San Diego)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Suite 5 - Petrov Room, Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbes Street. At the entrance, buzz for the Future of Humanity Institute. Suite 5 is on the 1st floor.
Organisers:
Hayden Wilkinson (University of Oxford),
Dr Michelle Hutchinson (University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 12 October 2018
Non-identity, times infinity
Date: 12 October 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Dr Christian Tarsney (GPI, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 19 October 2018
Non-dogmatic social discounting
Date: 19 October 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Antony Millner (Grantham Institute, LSE)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 25 October 2018
Two Types of Long-Termism
Date: 25 October 2018, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Tatjana Visak (Goethe University of Frankfurt)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 2 November 2018
Choosing in the Dark: Incomplete Preferences, and Climate Policy
Date: 2 November 2018, 11:30 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Elizabeth Baldwin (University of Oxford )
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 9 November 2018
Risk and the regulation of new technologies
Date: 9 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Professor Jonathan Wolff (Blavatnik School of Government)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 16 November 2018
Is a Goldilocks approach to global labor mobility a high value investment?
Date: 16 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Lant Pritchett (Harvard University)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 23 November 2018
The Exploitation Problem
Date: 23 November 2018, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Joe Horton (UCL)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 30 November 2018
When people err on the safe side: Social decision-making under uncertainty
Date: 30 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Anne-Marie Nussberger (University of Oxford)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 6 December 2018
Taking Vickrey Seriously not Literally
Date: 6 December 2018, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Glen Weyl (Princeton University and Microsoft Research)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room (Suite 5)
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 25 January 2019
Discounting, Climate Change And The Ecological Fallacy
Date: 25 January 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Matthew Rendall (University of Nottingham)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 8 February 2019
Why we should guarantee a not-so-bad world for future generations
Date: 8 February 2019, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Lara Buchak (UC Berkeley)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 15 February 2019
What can effective altruists and decolonial activists learn from each other?
Date: 15 February 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Joanna Burch-Brown (Bristol University)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 22 February 2019
First steps towards prioritisation in animal welfare and effective environmentalism
Date: 22 February 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Laura Scherer (Leiden University)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 1 March 2019
Axiology, identity, and lifespan
Date: 1 March 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
David Manley (University of Michigan)
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 8 March 2019
A new approach to effect heterogeneity for clinical trials
Date: 8 March 2019, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker
:
Anders Huitfeldt
Venue: Littlegate House, 16-17 St Ebbe's Street OX1 1PT
Venue Details: Petrov Room
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (Nuffield College)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 11 June 2019
Valuing (far) future generations
Date: 11 June 2019, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker
:
Prof Marc Fleurbaey (University of Princeton )
Venue: Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 14 June 2021
Should welfare equality be a global priority? (Parfit Memorial Lecture 2021)
Date: 14 June 2021, 16:30 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Prof. Orri Stefansson (Stockholm University and Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study)
Venue Details: Online, registration required
Organisers:
Dr Andreas Mogensen (GPI, University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
Dr Andreas Mogensen (GPI, University of Oxford),
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford)
Thursday 17 June 2021
The Past and Future of Economic Growth: A Semi-Endogenous Perspective (Atkinson Memorial Lecture 2021)
Date: 17 June 2021, 15:30 - 17:00
Speaker
:
Prof. Charles I. Jones (Stanford University)
Venue Details: Online, registration required
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (University of Oxford)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 18 January 2022
The Demand Side of Firm Growth: Evidence from Mexico
Date: 18 January 2022, 13:30 - 14:15
Speaker
:
Ms Louise Guillouet (Columbia University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (University of Oxford),
Calvin CHIU (Global Priorities Institute)
Host:
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (University of Oxford)
Understanding and Improving Policymakers' Sensitivity to Program Impact
Date: 18 January 2022, 14:20 - 15:05
Speaker
:
Ms Mattie Toma (Harvard University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (University of Oxford),
Calvin CHIU (Global Priorities Institute)
Host:
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (University of Oxford)
The Long-run Effects of Distortions on the Geography of Production: Evidence from Indian Freight Equalization
Date: 18 January 2022, 15:10 - 15:55
Speaker
:
Prof John Firth (University of Notre Dame)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers:
Prof Hilary Greaves (University of Oxford),
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (University of Oxford),
Calvin CHIU (Global Priorities Institute)
Host:
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan (University of Oxford)