▁advis ing ▁advoc ates ▁on ▁the ▁most ▁effective ▁strateg ies ▁to ▁expand ▁human ity ’ s ▁moral ▁circle ." ▁Its ▁found ers , ▁Kelly ▁Wit wick i ▁and ▁J acy ▁Re ese ▁An this , ▁were ▁working ▁at ▁Sent ience ▁Polit ics , ▁which ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Effect ive ▁Al tr u ism ▁Foundation . ▁Sent ience ▁Polit ics ▁is ▁now ▁a ▁non pro fit ▁organization ▁running ▁political ▁initi atives ▁in ▁the ▁German - spe aking ▁area . ▁Re ese ▁had ▁also ▁previously ▁worked ▁at ▁Animal ▁Char ity ▁E valu ators ▁as ▁chair ▁of ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁and ▁then ▁as ▁a ▁full - time ▁research er . ▁ ▁Wit wick i ▁and ▁Re ese ▁were ▁selected ▁for ▁Vice ▁Media ' s ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁Hum ans ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁award . ▁Re porter ▁Matthew ▁G ault ▁described ▁the ▁inst itute ' s ▁research ▁ag enda ▁as ▁" a ▁huge ▁ende avor ." ▁Wit wick i ▁spoke ▁of ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁evidence ▁and ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁social ▁movements : ▁ ▁Research ▁▁ ▁Sent ience ▁Institute ▁synth es izes ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁research ▁into ▁a ▁Sum mary ▁of ▁Ev idence ▁for ▁Found ational ▁Question s ▁in ▁Effect ive ▁Animal ▁Adv oc acy , ▁which ▁catalog s ▁evidence ▁from ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁sources ▁with ▁imp lications ▁for ▁animal ▁advoc acy ▁movement ▁strategy . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁inst itute ▁has ▁published ▁several ▁white ▁papers ▁including ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁ant is la very