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

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Public lecture

CSER Public Lecture: Matthew Adler "Measuring Social Welfare, with Priority for the Worse Off"

  • 23 May 2022
  • Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity

CSER news

Success in REF2021 for Cambridge’s Faculty of Philosophy and Department of History and Philosophy of Science

  • 13 May 2022

Primer on recent CSER research by Matthijs Maas

  • 06 May 2022

CSER news

Financial Times: Universities must wean themselves off fossil fuel funding

  • 12 April 2022

CSER news

Urgent IPCC warnings underscore importance of climate change mitigation in defending against catastrophic risk

  • 07 April 2022

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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Now is an important time for efforts to reduce existential risk. This is the first century in which one species holds the future of the planet in its hands – us. Will we be able to reap the benefits of technology or will the human story end with us?
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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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