Community and Groups

Hi, I'm Dmitrii, the chair of EAFI. I study Computer Science at Aalto University. I found EA through my interest in AI alignment and have been part of the EA community for over 2 years, being active both in Aalto EA and EAFI. Most of my free time is dedicated to EA and AI safety, and I’d gladly talk about either.

Hi, I’m Vesa, a member of the EA Finland board. I work at Christians for Impact as a career advisor and research coordinator. I’ve been involved with EA Finland for over five years now in various roles as a board member, organiser, and an employee and also with my local group in Tampere. In terms of my EA interests, I’ve been mainly involved in the meta and community building space so I’m broadly interested in many different cause areas.

Hi, I’m Sara, the secretary of the board. I study law and I’m interested in the rights of other species, social justice and the impacts of AI on democracies and power concentration. I like reading this and that, especially parodies and satire.

Hi! I’m Alva, the treasurer of EA Finland. I’ve been involved in building the Finnish EA community for over five years both in Aalto EA and EAFI. I’m interested in the best visions and plans on how to improve the world, and I’ve found many through EA.

Hi! I’m Xylix.

I’m interested in finding good solutions for problems that matter. I think the world could be much better for everyone. And this is also my largest pulling factor towards effective altruism.

I have a couple years of experience in EA Finland’s board and other activities. For my other experience, I have studied computer science, worked in software, startups, and done entrepreneur stuff. Recently I’ve been trying to figure out what is actually going on in artificial intelligence currently, and separately what good futures could look like.

Hi, I'm Tea. I've been involved with EA for a few years while living in Brussels, and it's been nice to find an EA community here in Finland as well. I am particularly concerned about the suffering of farm animals and global health. I also think a lot about longtermism and the future of humanity in the age of artificial intelligence, but perhaps with less emotion. I am interested in cognitive biases and cultural narratives that prevent the reduction of suffering. I have studied process engineering and I work at a sustainability department of an industrial company.

Hello! I'm Kauri-Viljar, a board member of EA Finland.

I study computer science at the University of Helsinki. I found EA when I started my studies in 2022. I have several years of volunteering experience in various student organizations. I hope that experience will be valuable to EA Finland.

Hello! I’m a deputy board member of EA Finland and current Chair of EA Tampere. My educational background is in Philosophy and Internet Studies, with a subject teacher’s qualification to also teach Psychology and Life Stance Education. After graduation, I have been working on an independent monograph; examining how divisive ideas spread disproportionately on social media and what could be done to mitigate that by better platform design. I’m also interested in cosmopolitan virtue ethics, meditation/mindfulness, and global mental health. Within EA, I’m also curious about integral altruism (int/a).

Hi. My name is Ville, and I’m a deputy member of the board.

I’ve been involved with EA Finland for some years, and I’m trying to get EA activities started in my home city of Turku. I finished ym Ph.D. in philosophy at the end fo 2025, I’m studying computer science, and now I’m trying to get started (mainly: to get funded) a project where I’d be researching the philosophy of artificial intelligence in a way related to AI safety. I’m also interested in many other topics, especially tackling systemic problems.

Hi! I`m Soili Kasanen, deputy member of the board. I`m a physician practicing lifestyle medicine at NHS Eloisa. Aiming for the root causes of different problematic issues is my passion. Therefore I`ve created a science based home page Kasasen kootut, which contains information about lifestyle medicine and especially about nutritional studies. Also the rights of non-human animals are dear to me.

Hi! I’m Ville, deputy board member and communications person. I’m an economist by education and have worked on climate change stuff and data visualizations. Now I’m especially interested in longtermism and existential risks in general, and those interests have made me take part in EA for about a year now.

UNIVERSITY GROUP
aalto@altruismi.fi

High impact careers. Upskilling. Intensive programs. Chill hangouts. Productive discussions. Friendships.

LOCAL AND UNIVERSITY GROUP
eatampere@altruismi.fi

The Tampere group meets for a weekly reading circle and organizes other EA events in the region.

UNIVERSITY GROUP
helsinki@altruismi.fi

EAHY is the oldest ea community in Finland and is based at the University of Helsinki. The group has, among other things, produced a donation guide for student organisations.