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SubjectPathwayProblem / cause area
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Almost anyApplying an unusual skill to a needed nicheAny (though you may need to specialise)
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Almost anyFundraisingAny
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Almost anyGrantmakingAny
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Almost anyJournalismAny
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Almost anyManagement and leadershipAny
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Almost anyMarketing and commsy rolesAny
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Almost anyNon-technical roles in leading AI labsRisks from AI
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Almost anyNonprofit entrepreneurshipAny
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Almost anyOperations, admin, or HRAny
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Almost anyPolicy practitionerAny (though you may need to specialise)
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Almost anyPublic intellectualAny
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Almost anySoftware engineering for reducing global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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Almost anySoftware engineering for reducing risks from AIRisks from AI
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Almost anyTalent search or capacity buildingAny (though you may need to specialise) / Building effective altruism
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Biology"Welfare biology" (i.e. wild animal welfare)Animal welfare/moral circle expansion
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BiologyAnimal product alternatives researchAnimal welfare/moral circle expansion
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BiologyBiomedical research for preventing neglected diseasesPoverty and health
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BiologyResearch on global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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Business(Management and leadership)Any
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Business(Nonprofit entrepreneurship)Any
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Business(Operations, admin, or HR)Any
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BusinessEarning to giveAny
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ChemistryResearch on extreme risks from climate changeClimate change
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ChemistryResearch on global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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Computer science or software engineeringAI Strategy and policy researchRisks from AI
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Computer science or software engineeringEarning to giveAny
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Computer science or software engineeringSoftware engineering for reducing global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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Computer science or software engineeringTechnical AI Alignment research or software engineeringRisks from AI
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EconomicsAI Strategy and policy researchRisks from AI
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EconomicsDevelopment economics and cost-effectiveness research for addressing global healthPoverty and health
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EconomicsEarning to giveAny
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EconomicsGlobal priorities researchGlobal priorities research
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EconomicsImproving institutional decision-makingImproving institutional decision-making
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EconomicsOther strategic research (e.g. marketing, activism)Animal welfare/moral circle expansion; perhaps others
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EngineeringAnimal product alternatives researchAnimal welfare/moral circle expansion
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EngineeringDeveloping geoengineering and other technologies to mitigate climate changeClimate change
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EngineeringResearch on global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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EnglishJournalismAny
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EnglishMarketing and commsy rolesAny
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Geography(Other strategic research (e.g. marketing, activism))Animal welfare/moral circle expansion; perhaps others
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Geography(Research on extreme risks from climate change)Climate change
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History(Global priorities research)Global priorities research
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History(Other strategic research (e.g. marketing, activism))Animal welfare/moral circle expansion; perhaps others
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Law (inc via conversion courses)AI Strategy and policy researchRisks from AI
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Law (inc via conversion courses)Earning to giveAny
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Law (inc via conversion courses)Policy practitionerAny (though you may need to specialise)
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Marketing, journalism, media studies etcJournalismAny
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Marketing, journalism, media studies etcMarketing and commsy rolesAny
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Mathsy courses (beyond comp sci)Developing and testing better forecasting and decision-making techniquesAny
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Mathsy courses (beyond comp sci)Earning to giveAny
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Mathsy courses (beyond comp sci)Global priorities researchGlobal priorities research
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Mathsy courses (beyond comp sci)Improving institutional decision-makingImproving institutional decision-making
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Mathsy courses (beyond comp sci)Research on global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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Mathsy courses (beyond comp sci)Technical AI Alignment research or software engineeringRisks from AI
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Medicine(Earning to give)Any
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MedicineBiomedical research for preventing neglected diseasesPoverty and health
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MedicineResearch on global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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PhilosophyAI Strategy and policy researchRisks from AI
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PhilosophyGlobal priorities researchGlobal priorities research
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PhysicsResearch on extreme risks from climate changeClimate change
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PhysicsSee also those listed for "mathsy courses"Various
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Political science/public policy/international relationsAI Strategy and policy researchRisks from AI
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Political science/public policy/international relationsPolicy practitionerAny (though you may need to specialise)
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Political science/public policy/international relationsResearch on global catastrophic biological risksCatastrophic pandemics
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Psychology(Global priorities research)Global priorities research
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Psychology(Technical AI Alignment research)Risks from AI
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PsychologyAI Strategy and policy researchRisks from AI
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PsychologyDeveloping and testing better forecasting and decision-making techniquesAny
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PsychologyImproving institutional decision-makingImproving institutional decision-making
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PsychologyOther strategic research (e.g. marketing, activism)Animal welfare/moral circle expansion; perhaps others
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PsychologyReducing long-term risks from malevolent actorsOther
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SociologyOther strategic research (e.g. marketing, activism)Animal welfare/moral circle expansion; perhaps others
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Veterinary science"Welfare biology" (i.e. wild animal welfare)Animal welfare/moral circle expansion
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