We are dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilisational collapse

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Book Launch: Rock, Bone and Ruin: An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences

  • 10 May 2018
  • The Whipple Museum

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Talk to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

  • 19 March 2018

Telegraph: Four meals from anarchy

  • 17 March 2018

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Note on Stephen Hawking

  • 14 March 2018

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We're hiring!

  • 09 March 2018

Working together to safeguard humanity

We are an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge who study existential risks, develop collaborative strategies to reduce them, and foster a global community of academics, technologists and policy-makers working to safeguard humanity. Our research focuses on biological risks, environmental risks, risks from artificial intelligence, and how to manage extreme technological risk in general.

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An interdisciplinary team working together with influential and visionary advisors

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Part of a collaborative, global community

We work with leading academics, technologists and policy-makers from around the world.

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We’re working across numerous fields to identify possible risks that could lead to human extinction

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The work of CSER is based on the collaboration of some of the most influential scientists of our times

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