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

About us

Public lecture

A Family Buisness

27 February 2024
Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal

Public lecture

Existential Risk Dialogues: personal journeys into global catastrophe research

19 March 2024
Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity

Team wins the 2023 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition

01 December 2023

CSER news

Institute for Technology and Humanity launches in Cambridge

24 November 2023

Comment on the Bletchley Declaration

01 November 2023

CSER news

CSER team wins two of the four fellowships awarded to Cambridge

18 October 2023

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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