Magnus Vinding is the author of Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications (2020), Reasoned Politics (2022), and Essays on Suffering-Focused Ethics (2022).
He received a degree in mathematics from the University of Copenhagen, and has published many essays related to suffering reduction on his blog.
Tobias Baumann has written about a variety of topics relating to how we can best reduce suffering in the long-term future on his website, with an emphasis on how to avoid worst-case outcomes (s-risks). He is the author of Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe, which outlines ways to steer the world away from s-risks and towards a brighter future.
Previously, Tobias worked as a quantitative trader at Jane Street Capital and pursued research at University College London on Cooperative Artificial Intelligence.
Brian Tomasik contributes to our research as an advisor. He is well-known for writing over 100 pieces about ethics, animal welfare, and far-future scenarios from a suffering-focused perspective on his main website, “Essays On Reducing Suffering“.
He previously worked at Microsoft as a data scientist and studied computer science, mathematics, and statistics at Swarthmore College.
Alistair Webster manages communications for the Center for Reducing Suffering. He has previously worked as a freelancer and marketing consultant, helping non-profits and charities increase their impact using digital marketing. Previous clients include international brands and organisations such as the University of Oxford. He is also a co-founder of Freelancing for Good.
Simon Knutsson works part-time on specific texts for the CRS website, and provides feedback to CRS staff on their texts.