This program is ideal for those new to effective altruism, or for those who have some familiarity, but want to explore the core ideas in a structured way.

Through this in-person or online course, you'll learn the key ideas of EA with a small group of like-minded people.

Guided by a facilitator, you'll gain access to curated materials and practical exercises to help you have a greater impact.

Increase your impact

Learn new concepts, frameworks and counter intuitive ideas to help you have more impact in your career, donations and other projects.

Meet like-minded people

Discuss a curated curriculum with other people who care deeply about improving the lives of others in the most effective ways they can

In-Person Program

4 weeks – 4 sessions

Four facilitated session will be hosted on Thursdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23 at 18:00-19:30 CET.

Meet in central Stockholm

Sveavägen 76, Stockholm. Right next to Rådmansgatan t-bana.

4-8 participants

You'll have weekly 1.5-hour discussions with a cohort of 4-8 participants and one facilitator.

Apply by April 14.

Online Program

4 weeks – 4 sessions

Four facilitated session will be hosted on Thursdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23 at 18:00-19:30 CET.

Meet wherever you are!

Groups will be facilitated on Zoom!

4-8 participants

You'll have weekly 1.5-hour discussions with a cohort of 4-8 participants and one facilitator.

Apply by April 14.

How does it work?

Questions You'll Explore

• Who should we care about helping?

• How much better are the best options to do good?

• What can we do to prevent the next pandemic?

• How can we make better decisions together?

• How does climate change compare to other risks?

Curriculum

Week 1 – The Effectiveness Mindset. Differences in Impact.

We’ll explore why it's important to think carefully about how you spend your time and money to help others, and why a "scout mindset" is critical to finding the best opportunities.

You will also learn that some efforts to help appear to be much more effective than others. We'll share a tool for estimating impact, and look into one promising focus area: reducing global poverty.

Week 2 – Our final century? What could the future hold? And why care?

Humanity appears to face existential risks: the chance of a catastrophe that destroys our long-run potential. One such risk is from a future pandemic that is worse than COVID-19.

What would the world look like if we took the interests of our grandkids' grandkids as seriously as our own? This week, we'll focus on longtermism, and look at a set of forecasting tools that might help us to predict the future.

Week 3 – Smarter than us

Expert views and several different lines of argument suggest that transformative artificial intelligence may be developed this century. How might this change our future, and should we be worried?

Week 4 – What do you think? Putting it into Practice.

This is a chance to read and discuss critiques of the ideas introduced so far, to form your own view on these important and difficult topics.

We’ll discuss ways to apply the principles of effective altruism to your own life, particularly through your career.

Apply be April 14.