Item | Value |
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Country | United States |
Facebook username | LeverageResearch |
YouTube username | @LeverageRes |
Twitter username | @LeverageRes |
Twitter username | @LeverageResearch |
Website | https://www.leverageresearch.org/ |
Team page | https://www.leverageresearch.org/team |
Launch date | 2011-01-01 |
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org | 2024-09-26 |
Donations List Website (data still preliminary) |
Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).
Year | Positions count | Researchers | General staff | Associates | Board members | Advisors |
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2011 | 2 | Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2012 | 2 | Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2013 | 2 | Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2014 | 2 | Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2015 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2016 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2017 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2018 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Jasen Murray | Geoff Anders | |||
2019 | 5 | Emily Crotteau, Jasen Murray, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan | |||
2020 | 5 | Emily Crotteau, Evan Pence, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan | |||
2021 | 5 | Emily Crotteau, Evan Pence, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan | |||
2022 | 6 | Emily Crotteau, Evan Pence, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | |||
2023 | 5 | Daniel Graham, Emily Crotteau | Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | |||
2024 | 4 | Daniel Graham, Emily Crotteau | Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan | |||
2025 | 4 | Daniel Graham, Emily Crotteau | Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan |
The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.
Date | Staff count | Staff |
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2011-01-01 | 1 | Geoff Anders |
2012-01-01 | 2 | Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2013-01-01 | 2 | Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2014-01-01 | 2 | Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2015-01-01 | 2 | Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2016-01-01 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2017-01-01 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2018-01-01 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2019-01-01 | 3 | Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Jasen Murray |
2020-01-01 | 4 | Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
2021-01-01 | 5 | Emily Crotteau, Evan Pence, Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
2022-01-01 | 5 | Emily Crotteau, Evan Pence, Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
2023-01-01 | 5 | Daniel Graham, Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
2024-01-01 | 4 | Daniel Graham, Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan |
2025-01-01 | 4 | Daniel Graham, Emily Crotteau, Geoff Anders, Kerry Vaughan |
This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.
Date | Number of positions | Number of positions added | Number of positions removed | Positions added | Positions removed |
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2 | 2 | 0 | Melinda Bradley, Oliver Carefull | ||
2011-01-01 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Geoff Anders | |
2011-08-01 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Jasen Murray | |
2015-10-01 | 5 | 1 | 0 | Emily Crotteau | |
2019-08-01 | 5 | 1 | -1 | Kerry Vaughan | Jasen Murray |
2019-12-01 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | |
2020-11-01 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Evan Pence | |
2022-10-01 | 6 | 0 | -1 | Evan Pence | |
2022-11-01 | 6 | 1 | -1 | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
2023-01-01 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Daniel Graham | |
2023-11-01 | 6 | 0 | -1 | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
Person | Title | Start date | End date | Employment type | Source | Notes |
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Geoff Anders | Executive Director | 2011-01-01 | [1], [2], [3] | Founded Leverage Research in 2011 to support independent research. Focuses on psychology, sociology, and research methodology. Leads Paradigm Academy. Holds a PhD in Philosophy from Rutgers and a BS in Economics from Wharton. | ||
Kerry Vaughan | Program Manager | 2019-08-01 | [4], [3] | Manages the Exploratory Psychology program. Develops tools and coordinates psychology research. Former movement building coordinator and Y Combinator member. Holds a PhD in Philosophy from Rice University. | ||
Oliver Carefull | Research Communicator and Head of Culture | [5], [3] | Founding member of Leverage Research in 2011. Worked on collective intelligence, consensus, and methodology. Currently translates technical work and helps develop organizational culture. | |||
Melinda Bradley | Head of Operations and Events Manager | [5], [3] | Oversees day-to-day operations and event management. Strong background in psychology, management, and human resources. | |||
Daniel Graham | History of Science Researcher | 2023-01-01 | [5], [3] | Researches case studies on the history of electricity and technological progress. Former history teacher and museum curator. Holds a PhD in History from the Catholic University of America. | ||
Evan Pence | Researcher | 2020-11-01 | 2022-10-01 | [1], [6], [7] | ||
Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Engagement Specialist, Research Fellows | 2019-12-01 | 2022-11-01 | full-time | [1], [8] | |
Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Chief Operating Officer and Head of Engagement | 2022-11-01 | 2023-11-01 | [9] | Manages day-to-day operations and communication strategy. Background in corporate and non-profit marketing. Former CEO of an international charity. Holds a bachelor's in Politics and Sociology from the University of Sussex. | |
Jasen Murray | Researcher | 2011-08-01 | 2019-08-01 | [10] | ||
Emily Crotteau | Researcher | 2015-10-01 | [11] |
Name | Creation date | Description |
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Title | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected organizations | Affected people | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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Updates from Leverage Research: history, mistakes and new focus | 2019-11-22 | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe | Effective Altruism Forum | Leverage Research, Paradigm Academy | Geoff Anders | Organizational growth introspection | Rationality improvement | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe, who joined Leverage Research in 2019, provides a long-sought organizational update on Leverage Research. The update describes the history of Leverage Research featuring inside viewpoints, and in particular, it gives Leverage Research's perspective on various decisions it has received criticism for, including publishing very little, removing content from their website, and errors in dealing with the effective altruist (EA) community. The post also describes the current state of Leverage Research and what to expect from it going forward |
Where are Leverage research staff now? | 2019-08-03 | anonymoose | Effective Altruism Forum | Leverage Research, Paradigm Academy, Reserve | Geoff Anders, Milan Griffes | Third-party commentary on organization | Rationality improvement | The question post asks where former Leverage Research staff are now based, after the shutdown of Leverage Research. Milan Griffes, in his answers, lists Paradigm Academy and Reserve (a stablecoin company) as two places Leverage Research staff have headed to |
Leverage Research: reviewing the basic facts | 2018-08-03 | throwaway | Effective Altruism Forum | Leverage Research, Paradigm Academy, Institute for Philosophical Research, Center for Applied Rationality | Geoff Anders, Tara MacAulay, Buck Shlegeris, Milan Griffes, Evan Gaensbauer, Jeff Kaufman | Third-party commentary on organization | Rationality improvement | The post lists key publicly known facts about Leverage Research and its sister organizations Paradigm Academy and Institute for Philosophical Reseach. The comments include anecdata and opinions about the organizations from a number of leading individuals in the effective altruism community |
Title | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected organizations | Affected people | Affected agendas | Notes |
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Organization | Number of people in common | List of people in common |
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Centre for Effective Altruism | 2 | Kerry Vaughan, Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
80,000 Hours | 1 | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe |
Machine Intelligence Research Institute | 1 | Jasen Murray |