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

Andrew Leigh in Conversation with the Commission for the Human Future

  • 07 December 2021
  • Online

Public lecture

UTokyo-Cambridge Voices Series: Resilience and Global Risks

  • 15 December 2021
  • Online

CSER news

SJ Beard and Clarissa Rios Rojas awarded Borysiewicz Interdisciplinary Fellowship

  • 30 November 2021

Paper: Mitigating losses: how scientific organisations can help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early-career researchers

  • 24 November 2021

Paper: AI & Antitrust: Reconciling Tensions Between Competition Law and Cooperative AI Development

  • 23 November 2021

Paper: Self-Determination and the Right of Peoples to Participate in International Law-Making

  • 23 November 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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