Animal charities employ a wide range of interventions in order to help animals. Despite the many unknowns and the comparative lack of research in this emerging field, ACE seeks to make informed judgments about the effectiveness of these interventions to the best of our ability. … Read more
Research
Study Proposals from Our First Research Workshop on Effective Animal Advocacy
Summary
Last month ACE hosted the 2017 Research Workshop on Effective Animal Advocacy at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) in California. The event was intended to complement our 2016 Symposium on Multidisciplinary Research in Effective Animal Advocacy, held at Princeton University last fall. … Read more
Common Misconceptions of Effective Animal Advocacy
Effective animal advocates (EAAs) are members of the effective altruism movement. They use reason and evidence to identify the most effective ways to help animals, and they act on that evidence.
A central component of EAA is the willingness to revise one’s views in light of new evidence. … Read more
Introducing ACE’s Experimental Research Division
Introduction
I would like to introduce myself, Kathryn Asher, as ACE’s new Research Scientist. I have been brought on to head up ACE’s new experimental research division, which will operate with the support of our existing (and recently expanded) research team. … Read more
ACE Highlight: Our Use of Cost-Effectiveness Estimates
Introduction
ACE employs both qualitative and quantitative strategies in our work to identify highly effective ways to help animals. One way that we evaluate interventions or charities quantitatively is by assigning numerical values to their immediate costs and benefits. We then use those values to calculate a cost-effectiveness estimate (CEE) in terms of “lives spared per dollar” or “years of suffering averted per dollar.”1 These estimates allow us to directly compare different interventions and charities, … Read more