What is the difference in impact between spreading different animal advocacy ideas, e.g. the cruelty of animal agriculture, dietary change, antispeciesism, and wild animal suffering?
This year, we evaluated Animal Ethics, an organization with a core aim of filling perceived gaps in the animal advocacy community. … Read more
Research
Some Thoughts on Our Cost-effectiveness Estimates
Summary
In this post, we elaborate on our thinking about quantitative cost-effectiveness estimates (CEEs). They’ve been a part of our review process since we began reviewing charities, and they are particularly controversial and challenging. First, we summarize the benefits and challenges of CEEs in effective animal advocacy. … Read more
Undercover Investigations Evaluation
We recently released an evaluation of undercover investigations, the second evaluation to use our intervention evaluation form, a standardized template that provides a consistent, rigorous process for evaluating different ways of helping animals.
Our report includes a short write-up that covers the intervention’s strengths, … Read more
How Should We Evaluate Social Media Impact?
This is the fifth post of our Foundational Questions series. Learn more about this project by reading the initial post Foundational Questions in Effective Animal Advocacy.
Summary
Several of the charities we reviewed in 2015 reported accomplishments based on their social media presence. … Read more
How Should We Compare Implementations of the Same Interventions in Different Countries?
This is the third post in our Foundational Questions series.
Animals are suffering around the world and advocates are also working globally to help them. There are several considerations that could affect the relative effectiveness of animal advocacy in different countries, … Read more