We help UChicago students do good better.
Effective altruism melds compassion with rigor.
Doing good can be hard. Climate change, global poverty, nuclear war, pandemics—with so many problems facing the world, it’s hard to know which issues are more important than others, and equally as hard to know how best to tackle those issues.
Effective altruism (EA) is a new way of thinking about doing good. It’s a set of ideas premised on a desire to improve the lives of others and defined by a commitment to reason and evidence. It’s also a social movement: a community of people who help one another best use their careers, donations, and resources to effect positive change. UChicago EA empowers the UChicago community to apply these ideas—in and beyond their academic and professional careers—and to start doing good better.
What We Do
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LEARN & DISCUSS
Learn the fundamentals of effective altruism through our Intro Fellowship, which introduces the core ideas of doing the most good you can with the resources you have. Then discuss how to best apply those ideas and debate cause priorities over weekly meals, reading groups, and career workshops.
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BUILD COMMUNITY
Effective altruism provides the tools for figuring out how best to do good, but it is still a formidable challenge. UChicago EA is a community for students to learn, make friends, and support each other in doing good.
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT
On average, you spend 80,000 hours on your career. With that much time, your career is one of your biggest opportunities to improve the world. We provide students with career planning and opportunities for internships, research, and more in effective career paths.