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

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Conference

Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival 2021

  • 15 October 2021
  • Online

Workshop

Science-Policy Agenda Workshop (Closed Event)

  • 21 October 2021
  • Online

Conference

Effective Altruism Global: London 2021

  • 29 October 2021
  • The Brewery

CSER news

CSER Conference 2022: Call for Lightning Talks

  • 04 October 2021

Paper: Future Foods for Urban Food Production

  • 04 October 2021

CSER news

Comment on the UK Government's National AI Strategy

  • 23 September 2021

Meet the Researcher: Jochem Rietveld

  • 10 September 2021

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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