All our research
We’ve been researching how to increase the impact of your career since 2011. Here’s a list of everything we’ve published.
- Foundations (330)
- Effective Altruism (128)
- Existential risk (95)
- Future generations & longtermism (81)
- Moral philosophy (77)
- Moral patients (14)
- Moral uncertainty (11)
- Reasoning well (128)
- Decision making (46)
- Epistemics (7)
- Forecasting (9)
- World problems (398)
- Emerging challenges (46)
- Most pressing problems (297)
- Other pressing problems (136)
- Atomically precise manufacturing (3)
- Charter cities (3)
- Climate change (20)
- Geoengineering (3)
- Economic growth (13)
- Ending Ageing (5)
- False ideas on social media (10)
- Global Health (29)
- Global public goods (13)
- Gun Control (3)
- Harmful restrictions on migration (5)
- Improving values (5)
- Individual reasoning & cognition (21)
- Mental health (problem area) (5)
- Risks from malevolent actors (16)
- Science policy & infrastructure (22)
- Voting reform (8)
- Whole brain emulation (5)
- Problem prioritisation (27)
- Careers (543)
- Careers to build career capital (31)
- Categories of impactful careers (265)
- Other careers (178)
- Art & Entertainment (7)
- Biomedical Research (16)
- Computer Science PhD (15)
- Consulting (10)
- Data science (28)
- Design (2)
- Education (7)
- Finance (19)
- Lawyer (13)
- Marketing (3)
- Medicine (28)
- Doctor (13)
- Medical Researcher (7)
- Nursing (1)
- Philosophy academia (10)
- Politics (53)
- Civil Service (11)
- Party Politics (21)
- Web designer (1)
- Sometimes-recommended careers (251)
- Academic Research (109)
- China-Western coordination (11)
- Data collection for AI alignment (2)
- Earning to give in quant trading (6)
- Effective climate change interventions (10)
- Engineering (9)
- Expert in AI hardware (10)
- Found a tech startup (30)
- High impact executive assistant (3)
- Historian of large societal trends (8)
- Information security (15)
- Investigate new problems (7)
- Journalism (27)
- Journalist (12)
- Longtermist philanthropy (3)
- Non-technical roles in leading AI labs (9)
- Organise an effective altruism group (1)
- Policy careers (14)
- Public intellectual (16)
- Research management (7)
- Software Engineering (33)
- Specialist in emerging global powers (6)
- Think tank research (5)
- Top-recommended careers (242)
- AI safety technical research (51)
- Biorisk strategy & policy (35)
- Building the effective altruism community (19)
- China-related AI safety & governance (11)
- Forecasting research & implementation (26)
- Founder of new projects (45)
- Grantmaker (23)
- Long-term AI policy (56)
- Operations at high impact organisations (12)
- Research into global priorities (46)
- Skills (8)
- Career advice & strategy (328)
- Accidental harm (20)
- Advice for undergraduates (16)
- Being ambitious (20)
- Career capital (56)
- Career planning (29)
- Community & coordination (12)
- Exploration (20)
- Graduate school (22)
- PhDs (13)
- How to get a job (25)
- Leverage (7)
- Mental health (27)
- Now vs. Later (18)
- Personal fit (80)
- Ability (19)
- Job satisfaction (29)
- Risk (14)
- Unconventional advice (116)
- Replaceability (5)
- Fields (142)
- Computer science (27)
- Economics (46)
- History (13)
- Law (9)
- Machine learning (29)
- Philosophy (24)
- Physics (4)
- Psychology (18)
- Statistics (7)
- Other topics (207)
- About 80,000 Hours (68)
- Updates (44)
- Anonymous advice (19)
- COVID-19 (23)
- Doing good in your current job (95)
- Advocacy (32)
- Donating effectively (27)
- Income (30)
- Volunteering (8)
- Promoting effective altruism (2)
- User stories (3)
- About 80,000 Hours (68)
2025
May
April
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March
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- AI guide
- Expression of interest: senior product manager (First published)Blog post
- Great power war (Updated)Problem profile
- Preventing an AI-related catastrophe (Updated)Problem profile
February
January
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- Preventing catastrophic pandemics (Updated)Problem profile
2024
December
November
October
- Risks of stable totalitarianism (Updated)Problem profile
September
- Problem profile
August
- Career review
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- AI governance and policy (Updated)Career review
- Career review
- AI safety technical research (Updated)Career review
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July
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- Factory farming (First published)Problem profile
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June
- Risks of stable totalitarianism (First published)Problem profile
- Problem profile
May
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April
- Career review
March
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- Podcast (80k After Hours)
February
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January
2023
December
- Skill
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
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- Research skills (Updated)Skill
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- Software and tech skills (Updated)Skill
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- Organisation-building (Updated)Skill
- Communicating ideas (Updated)Skill
- Donate to 80,000 Hours (Updated)Article
- Academic research (Updated)Career review
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November
October
- Experience with an emerging power (especially China) (First published)Skill
September
- Research skills (First published)Skill
- Policy and political skills (First published)Skill
- Software and tech skills (First published)Skill
- Specialist knowledge relevant to a top problem (First published)Skill
- Organisation-building (First published)Skill
- Communicating ideas (First published)Skill
- Expert in AI hardware (First published)Career review
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- Career guide
- Article
- Career review
August
- Career review
July
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Working in US AI policy (Updated)Article
June
- AI governance and policy (First published)Career review
- Great power war (First published)Problem profile
- Should you work at a frontier AI company? (First published)Career review
- AI safety technical research (First published)Career review
- Career review
- Global priorities research (Updated)Problem profile
May
- Advanced series: our most important and novel research on what makes for a high-impact career (First published)Article
- The 80,000 Hours Podcast on Artificial Intelligence and related topics (First published)Article
- Start here (Updated)Article
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- Career guide
- Career guide
- Career guide
- Career guide
- Career guide
- Why should I read this guide? (Updated)Career guide
- Find a fulfilling career that does good (Updated)Article
- Career guide
- Career guide
- Career guide
- Career guide
- Part 10: How to make your career plan (Updated)Career guide
- Career guide
April
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Journalism (Updated)Career review
- Biorisk research, strategy, and policy (Updated)Career review
March
- What others have said about 80,000 Hours (First published)Article
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Problem profile
- Article
- Earning to give in quantitative trading (Updated)Career review
- What is social impact? A definition (Updated)Article
- Problem profile
- Why and how to earn to give (Updated)Article
February
- Article
January
2022
December
- Information security in high-impact areas (First published)Career review
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- How to choose where to donate (Updated)Article
November
October
September
- Problem profile
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- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Journalism (First published)Career review
- Problem profile
- Problem profile
- In which career can you make the biggest contribution? (First published)Article
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Problem profile
August
- Preventing an AI-related catastrophe (First published)Problem profile
- Start here (First published)Article
- Article
July
- Problem profile
- Blog post
June
- Blog post
- The case for reducing existential risks (Updated)Article
May
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Problem profile
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- Career review
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April
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March
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- Podcast (80k After Hours)
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- Article
February
- Factory farming (Updated)Problem profile
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Podcast (80k After Hours)
- Blog post
- Problem profile
- Career review
- Career review
January
2021
December
November
- Applying an unusual skill to a needed niche (First published)Article
- Article
- Founder of new projects tackling top problems (First published)Career review
- Article
October
- Expert in AI hardware (Updated)Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Earning to give in quantitative trading (First published)Career review
- Biorisk research, strategy, and policy (First published)Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Blog post
- What is social impact? A definition (First published)Article
September
- Article
- Article
- Career exploration: when should you settle? (First published)Article
- The best solutions are far more effective than others (First published)Article
- Article
August
- Blog post
- Blog post
July
- Article
June
May
- Article
April
March
February
January
2020
December
- Career planning and decision making — all our best resources (First published)Article
- Effective Altruism: An Introduction — ten curated episodes from The 80,000 Hours Podcast (First published)Article
- College advice (Updated)Article
- Where’s the best place to volunteer? (Updated)Article
November
October
September
- Blog post
August
July
June
- Anonymous answers: the complete collection (First published)Article
May
- Article
- How to make tough career decisions (Updated)Article
April
- Preventing catastrophic pandemics (First published)Problem profile
- Blog post
- Evaluations (Updated)Article
March
- Problem profile
February
January
2019
December
November
October
September
August
June
May
April
March
February
January
- Working in US AI policy (First published)Article
2018
December
November
- Our impact and credibility (Updated)Article
October
- Donate to 80,000 Hours (First published)Article
- Blog post
- Ways people trying to do good accidentally make things worse, and how to avoid them (First published)Article
- Blog post
- Academic research (First published)Career review
September
- Doing good together: how to coordinate effectively and avoid single-player thinking (First published)Article
August
- What are the most pressing world problems? (First published)Article
July
May
- Career review
April
March
- Operations management in high-impact organisations (First published)Article
- UK commercial law (for earning to give) (First published)Career review
February
- UK commercial law (for earning to give) (Updated)Career review
- Improving China-Western coordination on global catastrophic risks (First published)Career review
January
2017
December
November
October
- The case for reducing existential risks (First published)Article
- Career review
September
- Improving decision making (especially in important institutions) (First published)Problem profile
- Career review
August
- Article
July
- Is it fair to say that most social programmes don’t work? (First published)Article
- Article
June
- Is it ever OK to take a harmful job in order to do more good? An in-depth analysis (First published)Article
- Career review
- Career review
- Get help from our community (Updated)Article
May
- Blog post
- Which industry has the highest-paying jobs? (First published)Article
April
- The end: A cheery final note – imagining your deathbed (First published)Career guide
- College advice (First published)Article
- Part 9: All the evidence-based advice we found on how to be more successful in any job (First published)Career guide
- Part 3: No matter your job, here’s 3 evidence-based ways anyone can have a real impact (First published)Career guide
- Career guide
- Article
- Article
- 4 biases to avoid in career decisions (Updated)Article
- Should you wait to make a difference? (Updated)Article
March
- Career review
- Building effective altruism (First published)Problem profile
- Career guide
January
- Blog post
2016
December
- Where’s the best place to volunteer? (First published)Article
- Blog post
- Blog post
- Blog post
- Career review
November
- How to choose where to donate (First published)Article
- Blog post
September
August
July
- Article
June
May
- 9 ways to put yourself in a better position in any job (First published)Article
- Article
- Article
April
- Why should I read this guide? (First published)Career guide
- Problem profile
- Find a fulfilling career that does good (First published)Article
- Part 11: All the best advice we could find on how to get a job (First published)Career guide
- Problem profile
- Global priorities research (First published)Problem profile
- Problem profile
- A framework for comparing global problems in terms of expected impact (First published)Article
- Part 4: Want to do good? Here’s how to choose an area to focus on. (First published)Career guide
- Part 2: Can one person make a difference? What the evidence says. (First published)Career guide
March
February
- Blog post
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Blog post
January
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2015
December
November
- Blog post
October
September
- Early-stage startup employee (Updated)Career review
August
- How to make tough career decisions (First published)Article
- Blog post
- Career review
- Blog post
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July
- Career review
- Early-stage startup employee (First published)Career review
- Career review
- Career review
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- Career review
- Career review
- Blog post
- What should you look for in a job? Introducing our framework. (First published)Article
- Best existing resources (First published)Article
- Get help from our community (First published)Article
- The highest-impact career paths our research has identified so far (First published)Article
- Career review
June
- Marketing (for skill-building & earning to give) (First published)Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Career review
- Blog post
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- Article
May
- Blog post
- Article
April
- Blog post
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- Career report
- Career review
March
- Management consulting (for skill-building & earning to give) (First published)Career review
- Blog post
February
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- Blog post
January
2014
December
- Blog post
- Some causes are better than others (First published)Article
November
- Best existing resources (Updated)Article
- Some causes are better than others (Updated)Article
- Blog post
October
- 4 biases to avoid in career decisions (First published)Article
- Should you wait to make a difference? (First published)Article
- Don’t go with your gut (but check with it) (First published)Article
- Blog post
- Article
- Part 7: Which jobs put you in the best long-term position? (First published)Career guide
- Career guide
- Blog post
- Framework worksheet (Updated)Article
September
- Blog post
- Blog post
- The entrepreneur (First published)Article
- The effective worker (First published)Article
- Why and how to earn to give (First published)Article
- How to do high impact research (First published)Article
- The experimenter (First published)Article
- Self-developer (First published)Article
- Framework worksheet (First published)Article
- Blog post
- Blog post
- To find work you love, don’t (always) follow your passion (First published)Article
- Blog post
- Blog post
- Article
August
- What others have said about 80,000 Hours (Updated)Article
- The entrepreneur (Updated)Article
- The effective worker (Updated)Article
- The experimenter (Updated)Article
- Self-developer (Updated)Article
- Evaluations (First published)Article
- Our impact and credibility (First published)Article
- Trading in quantitative hedge funds (for earning to give) (First published)Career review
- Improving decision making (First published)Article
- Promoting effective altruism (First published)Article
- Global priorities research (First published)Article
- Front office finance (for skill-building & earning to give) (First published)Career review
- Party politics (First published)Career review
- Founding effective nonprofits (international development) (First published)Career review
- Program manager in international organisations (First published)Career review
- Article
- Yardsticks: how to compare the scale of different social problems (First published)Article
- Part 10: How to make your career plan (First published)Career guide
- Part 1: We reviewed over 60 studies about what makes for a dream job. Here’s what we found. (First published)Career guide
- Part 8: How to find the right career for you (First published)Career guide
- Found a tech startup (First published)Career review
- Meet the team (First published)Article
- About us: what do we do, and how can we help? (First published)Article
- Some of the most promising areas to work in (First published)Article
July
- Career review
- Global priorities research (Updated)Article
- Party politics (Updated)Career review
- Career review
- Found a tech startup (Updated)Career review
June
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May
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April
March
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February
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January
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2013
December
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November
- Improving decision making (Updated)Article
- Promoting effective altruism (Updated)Article
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October
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September
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