Effective Altruism Sweden Rationality Research Project
About
The Effective Altruism Sweden Rationality Research Project is a project that operates under the umbrella of Effektiv Altruism Sverige (Effective Altruism Sweden), a Swedish nonprofit association founded in 2016. EA Sweden serves as the organizational and legal home for the project, providing fiscal sponsorship and operational support. In the second half of 2023, the project received $126,600 in funding from Jaan Tallinn through the Lightspeed Grants mechanism as part of the Survival and Flourishing Fund's SFF-2023-H2 grant round. The grant was described as general support for the project and was disbursed in two tranches of $60,600 and $66,000. EA Sweden, the parent organization, is one of the most established national effective altruism organizations worldwide, with paid staff since 2018. As of 2024, EA Sweden has a team of approximately 4 people (3.25 FTEs) and operates from offices at Sveavagen 76 in central Stockholm. The organization supports multiple projects through fiscal sponsorship and employer-of-record services, including this rationality research project and other initiatives such as Fonix. EA Sweden's broader mission involves helping people in Sweden do as much good as possible through evidence-based and rationality-guided approaches to career impact, community building, and project support. Limited public information is available about the specific activities, team, and outputs of the Rationality Research Project as distinct from EA Sweden's broader work.
Theory of Change
The project presumably operates on the theory that improving rationality skills, epistemics, and evidence-based reasoning among individuals working on pressing global problems can increase the quality and impact of their work, particularly in areas like AI safety and existential risk reduction. By conducting rationality research within the EA Sweden ecosystem, the project may aim to develop tools, insights, or training that help the broader EA and rationality communities make better decisions about how to reduce catastrophic risks.
Details
- Start Date
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- End Date
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- Expected Duration
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- Funding Raised to Date
- $126,600
- Last Updated
- Apr 3, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC
- Created
- Apr 3, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC