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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 Conference on Catastrophic Risk 2020 – 2020 Hindsight: Our Final Century Revisited

  • 16 November 2020
  • Online - remote (Invite only)

CSER news

Big May Ball Appeal - Coronavirus donates £22,000 to CSER for work on future pandemics

  • 12 August 2020

CSER news

CSER in 'Radical Uncertainty'

  • 30 July 2020

Media coverage

Lalitha Sundaram and the Cambridge Testing Centre

  • 30 July 2020

CSER news

2 Recent Publications on Existential Risk (July 2020 update)

  • 29 July 2020

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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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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The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilisational collapse.
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