Year

2022

Month

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Feb

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April

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June

Work done

• writing an article on the value of military support during pandemics
• Writing my research agenda for applying to funds, research positions, and research programmes
• Read The Alignment Problem, Rationalist Explanations for War, and 20+ articles on AI Governance and Biodefence policy
• Released EA France’s monthly newsletter
• Quality checked and added opportunities to Effective Thesis’s Opportunities Board
• Applied to EAGs, Gov AI’s summer fellowship, and Jonas Sandbrink’s RA job offer
• Received coaching on how to maximise my productivity

• 10+ interviews with fellow researchers

• Organising a workshop on existential risks for the French-speaking community
• Networking (acceptance into EAGx Oxford, EAG London, Washington and San Francisco)
• Read the Alignment Problem
• Attended conferences by SERI, CNAS, CSET
• Started organising an X-risk retreat for French speakers in summer

• Submitted my application to CHERI and CERI
• Began my participation in Training For Good’s fellowship for Policy-Making Careers
• Read The Doomsday Machine

• Networked at EAG London
• Started working on an article looking at the impact of military support against Covid
• CERI transfered my application to SERI

• Booked the venues for my X-risk retreat
• Prepared my research schedule for the duration of my grant
• Reached out to other researchers interested in translating EA materials
• Networked at EAGx Prague and Online for biodefence, policy and various projects
• Submitted my PhD application to Sciences Po Paris
• Passed the first recruitment phase for a position at EA for Jews
• Finished the first draft of my biodefence policy article

• 4day trip to Oxford, UK; meeting colleagues and potential collaborators
• Gathered the initial literature for my research at CHERI’s summer fellowship; now beginning reviewing
• Met my CHERI Mentor (David Manheim)
• Departure from CEEALAR