Information for Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

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Basic information

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Other names CSER
Country United Kingdom
YouTube username @CSERCambridge
Twitter username @CSERCambridge
Website https://www.cser.ac.uk/
Team page https://www.cser.ac.uk/team/
Launch date 2012-01-01
Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_the_Study_of_Existential_Risk
Hosting organization University of Cambridge
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2024-09-04
Donations List Website (data still preliminary)

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2012 3 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees
2013 3 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees
2014 4 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2015 6 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin
2016 5 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Shahar Avin
2017 39 Beth Barnes, Martina Kunz Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Haydn Belfield, Lalitha Sundaram, Shahar Avin, Yang Liu Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jane Heal, Martin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Robert Doubleday, Simon Goldhill, Susan Owens Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Elon Musk, Hermann Hauser, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Nick Bostrom, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Robert May, Sean Holden, Stephen Hawking, Stuart Russell, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2018 40 Beth Barnes, Carla Zoe Cremer, Martina Kunz Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Haydn Belfield, Lalitha Sundaram, Shahar Avin, Yang Liu Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jane Heal, Martin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Robert Doubleday, Susan Owens Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Elon Musk, Hermann Hauser, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Nick Bostrom, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Robert May, Sean Holden, Stephen Hawking, Stuart Russell, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2019 45 Beth Barnes, Carla Zoe Cremer, Martina Kunz, Rumtin Sepasspour Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Haydn Belfield, Lalitha Sundaram, S. J. Beard, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Yang Liu Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jane Heal, Martin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Robert Doubleday, Susan Owens Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Elon Musk, Hermann Hauser, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Nick Bostrom, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Robert May, Sean Holden, Stephen Hawking, Stuart Russell, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2020 47 Beth Barnes, Carla Zoe Cremer, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Rumtin Sepasspour, Shin-Shin Hua Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Clarissa Rios Rojas, Freya Jephcott, Haydn Belfield, Lalitha Sundaram, Lara Mani, Matthijs M. Maas, S. J. Beard, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Tom Hobson Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Robert Doubleday, Susan Owens Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Elon Musk, Hermann Hauser, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Nick Bostrom, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Robert May, Sean Holden, Stuart Russell, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2021 51 Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, José Hernández-Orallo, Rumtin Sepasspour, Shin-Shin Hua Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Paul Ingram, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Clarissa Rios Rojas, Freya Jephcott, Freya Jephcott, Haydn Belfield, Lalitha Sundaram, Lara Mani, Matthijs M. Maas, S. J. Beard, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Tom Hobson Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Robert Doubleday, Susan Owens Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Elon Musk, Hermann Hauser, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Nick Bostrom, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Sean Holden, Stuart Russell, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2022 56 Abdullahi Alim, Alexandra Klein, Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Fazl Barez, José Hernández-Orallo, Matthijs M. Maas, Nathaniel Cooke, Ross Gruetzemacher, Rumtin Sepasspour, Sam Clarke, Shin-Shin Hua Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Paul Ingram, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Clarissa Rios Rojas, Freya Jephcott, Haydn Belfield, Lalitha Sundaram, Lara Mani, Matthijs M. Maas, S. J. Beard, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Tom Hobson Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Partha Dasgupta, Robert Doubleday, Susan Owens Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Hermann Hauser, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Nick Bostrom, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Sean Holden, Stuart Russell, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2023 66 Abdullahi Alim, Alexandra Klein, Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Coleman Snell, Dennis Müller, Fazl Barez, José Hernández-Orallo, Julian Huppert, Matthijs M. Maas, Nathaniel Cooke, Ross Gruetzemacher, Rumtin Sepasspour, Sam Clarke, Sarah Dryhurst, Shin-Shin Hua, Taniel Yusef, Zoe Hemsley Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Matthew Connelly, Paul Ingram, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Clarissa Rios Rojas, Constantin Arnscheidt, Freya Jephcott, Haydn Belfield, Kennedy Mbeva, Lalitha Sundaram, Lara Mani, Maurice Chiodo, S. J. Beard, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Tom Hobson Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Madhulika Srikumar, Martin Rees, Robert Doubleday, Susan Owens Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Hermann Hauser, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Sean Holden, Stuart Russell, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2024 50 Aarathi Krishnan, Abdullahi Alim, Alexandra Klein, Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Coleman Snell, Dennis Müller, Elizabeth Cooper, Fazl Barez, José Hernández-Orallo, Julian Huppert, Matthijs M. Maas, Nathaniel Cooke, Pablo Suarez, Paul Ingram, Ross Gruetzemacher, Rumtin Sepasspour, Sam Clarke, Sarah Dryhurst, Shin-Shin Hua, Taniel Yusef, Thomas Moynihan, Zoe Hemsley Clare Arnstein, Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Matthew Connelly, Paul Ingram, Reuben Makomere, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shoshana Dahdi Constantin Arnscheidt, Freya Jephcott, Haydn Belfield, Kennedy Mbeva, Lalitha Sundaram, Lara Mani, Maurice Chiodo, S. J. Beard, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Tom Hobson Madhulika Srikumar
2025 49 Aarathi Krishnan, Abdullahi Alim, Alexandra Klein, Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Coleman Snell, Dennis Müller, Elizabeth Cooper, Fazl Barez, José Hernández-Orallo, Julian Huppert, Matthijs M. Maas, Nathaniel Cooke, Pablo Suarez, Paul Ingram, Ross Gruetzemacher, Rumtin Sepasspour, Sam Clarke, Sarah Dryhurst, Shin-Shin Hua, Taniel Yusef, Thomas Moynihan, Zoe Hemsley Clare Arnstein, Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Matthew Connelly, Reuben Makomere, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shoshana Dahdi Constantin Arnscheidt, Freya Jephcott, Haydn Belfield, Kennedy Mbeva, Lalitha Sundaram, Lara Mani, Maurice Chiodo, S. J. Beard, Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin, Tom Hobson Madhulika Srikumar

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2012-01-01 3 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees
2013-01-01 3 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees
2014-01-01 3 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees
2015-01-01 4 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2016-01-01 4 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2017-01-01 4 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2018-01-01 6 Beth Barnes, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Martina Kunz, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2019-01-01 8 Beth Barnes, Carla Zoe Cremer, Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Martina Kunz, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2020-01-01 9 Beth Barnes, Carla Zoe Cremer, Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees, Rumtin Sepasspour, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shin-Shin Hua
2021-01-01 10 Carla Zoe Cremer, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Rumtin Sepasspour, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shin-Shin Hua
2022-01-01 16 Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clare Arnstein, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, José Hernández-Orallo, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Nathaniel Cooke, Paul Ingram, Rumtin Sepasspour, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shin-Shin Hua
2023-01-01 22 Abdullahi Alim, Alexandra Klein, Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clare Arnstein, Fazl Barez, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, José Hernández-Orallo, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Matthijs M. Maas, Nathaniel Cooke, Paul Ingram, Ross Gruetzemacher, Rumtin Sepasspour, Sam Clarke, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shin-Shin Hua
2024-01-01 30 Abdullahi Alim, Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clare Arnstein, Clare Arnstein, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Coleman Snell, Dennis Müller, Fazl Barez, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, José Hernández-Orallo, Julian Huppert, Martin Rees, Matthew Connelly, Matthijs M. Maas, Nathaniel Cooke, Paul Ingram, Ross Gruetzemacher, Rumtin Sepasspour, Sam Clarke, Sarah Dryhurst, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shin-Shin Hua, Shoshana Dahdi, Taniel Yusef, Zoe Hemsley
2025-01-01 37 Aarathi Krishnan, Abdullahi Alim, Alexandra Klein, Carla Zoe Cremer, Catherine Rhodes, Cecil Abungu, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Clare Arnstein, Clare Arnstein, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Coleman Snell, Dennis Müller, Elizabeth Cooper, Fazl Barez, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jessica Bland, José Hernández-Orallo, Julian Huppert, Laura Elmer, Martin Rees, Matthew Connelly, Matthijs M. Maas, Nathaniel Cooke, Pablo Suarez, Paul Ingram, Reuben Makomere, Ross Gruetzemacher, Rumtin Sepasspour, Sam Clarke, Sarah Dryhurst, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Shin-Shin Hua, Shoshana Dahdi, Taniel Yusef, Thomas Moynihan, Zoe Hemsley

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
33 33 0 Alison Gopnik, Allan Dafoe, Andrew Tanentzap, Beatrice Crona, Belinda Cleeland, Caroline Baylon, Charlotte Hammer, Clare Arnstein, David Krueger, Des Browne, Di Cooke, Elizabeth Seger, Jaan Tallinn, Jaime Sevilla, James Ginns, Jessica Bland, Madhulika Srikumar, Mami Mizutori, Martin Rees, Matthew Connelly, Mike Cassidy, Olaf Corry, Piers Millett, Rachel Burgess, Robert Doubleday, Ryan Carey, Seth Baum, Simon Beard, Sophie Dannreuther, Susan Owens, Thomas Homer-Dixon, William Sutherland, Yuval Noah Harari
2012-01-01 36 3 0 Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Martin Rees
2014-10-01 37 1 0 Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2015-09-01 38 2 -1 Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin Shahar Avin
2017-01-01 39 1 0 Haydn Belfield
2017-03-01 40 1 0 Lalitha Sundaram
2017-11-07 71 32 -1 Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Beth Barnes, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Elon Musk, Hermann Hauser, Huw Price, Jaan Tallinn, Jane Heal, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Martin Rees, Martina Kunz, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Nick Bostrom, Partha Dasgupta, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Robert Doubleday, Robert May, Sean Holden, Simon Goldhill, Stephen Hawking, Stuart Russell, Susan Owens, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer, Yang Liu Simon Goldhill
2018-11-01 72 1 0 Carla Zoe Cremer
2018-12-01 73 1 0 Clare Arnstein
2019-02-28 72 0 -1 Stephen Hawking
2019-03-01 73 1 0 S. J. Beard
2019-04-01 74 2 -1 Rumtin Sepasspour, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh
2019-07-28 71 0 -3 Jane Heal, Martina Kunz, Yang Liu
2019-09-01 72 2 -1 Shahar Avin, Shahar Avin Shahar Avin
2020-01-01 74 2 0 Lara Mani, Shin-Shin Hua
2020-03-01 75 1 0 Clarissa Rios Rojas
2020-08-01 76 1 0 Tom Hobson
2020-08-14 75 0 -1 Robert May
2020-09-01 77 2 0 Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Freya Jephcott
2020-10-01 78 1 0 Matthijs M. Maas
2020-11-01 79 1 0 Laura Elmer
2020-11-29 78 0 -1 Beth Barnes
2021-07-01 79 1 0 Catherine Rhodes
2021-10-01 82 3 0 Cecil Abungu, Freya Jephcott, Jessica Bland
2021-11-01 83 2 -1 José Hernández-Orallo, Paul Ingram Freya Jephcott
2021-12-03 82 0 -1 Elon Musk
2022-01-01 83 1 0 Nathaniel Cooke
2022-04-01 84 1 0 Abdullahi Alim
2022-06-01 85 1 0 Ross Gruetzemacher
2022-07-01 84 0 -1 Matthijs M. Maas
2022-08-01 85 1 0 Matthijs M. Maas
2022-09-01 88 3 0 Alexandra Klein, Fazl Barez, Sam Clarke
2022-12-08 86 0 -2 Nick Bostrom, Partha Dasgupta
2023-01-01 87 1 0 Maurice Chiodo
2023-02-01 89 2 0 Dennis Müller, Sarah Dryhurst
2023-03-01 89 1 -1 Clarissa Rios Rojas Clarissa Rios Rojas
2023-03-31 88 0 -1 Jaan Tallinn
2023-05-01 89 1 0 Coleman Snell
2023-06-01 90 1 0 Constantin Arnscheidt
2023-06-05 68 0 -22 Adrian Kent, Adrian Weller, Alison Gopnik, Chris Lowe, Dana Scott, David Chalmers, David Cleevely, Hermann Hauser, Huw Price, Jonathan Wiener, Margaret Boden, Martin Rees, Max Tegmark, Murray Shanahan, Peter Piot, Peter Singer, Robert Doubleday, Sean Holden, Stuart Russell, Susan Owens, Tim Crane, Tim Palmer
2023-07-01 68 1 -1 Matthew Connelly Cecil Abungu
2023-08-01 69 1 0 Zoe Hemsley
2023-09-01 70 1 0 Madhulika Srikumar
2023-10-01 71 1 0 Cecil Abungu
2023-11-01 72 1 0 Taniel Yusef
2023-11-16 73 1 0 Julian Huppert
2023-12-01 74 1 0 Kennedy Mbeva
2024-01-01 74 2 -2 Clare Arnstein, Shoshana Dahdi Alexandra Klein, Laura Elmer
2024-02-01 76 2 0 Alexandra Klein, Laura Elmer
2024-03-01 79 4 -1 Aarathi Krishnan, Elizabeth Cooper, Paul Ingram, Thomas Moynihan Paul Ingram
2024-05-01 80 1 0 Reuben Makomere
2024-12-16 81 1 0 Pablo Suarez

List of people (124 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Simon Beard [1], [2], [3], [4]
Martin Rees Co-Founder 2012-01-01 board member [5], [6], [7]
Jaan Tallinn Co-Founder 2012-01-01 board member [7]
Huw Price Co-Founder 2012-01-01 board member [7]
Matthew Connelly Director 2023-07-01 board member [8], [7]
Jessica Bland Deputy Director 2021-10-01 board member [9], [7]
Clare Arnstein Centre Co-ordinator (CSER) & Deputy Institute Manager (Institute for Technology and Humanity) 2024-01-01 full-time [10], [7]
Laura Elmer Communication and Events Administrator 2024-02-01 full-time [11], [7]
Rachel Burgess Institute Manager (ITH) [7]
Haydn Belfield Research Associate and Academic Project Manager 2017-01-01 [12], [7] April 2020: Long-Term Future Fund Grant Recipient
Lalitha Sundaram Senior Research Associate 2017-03-01 [13], [7]
S. J. Beard Academic Programme Manager and Senior Research Associate 2019-03-01 full-time [14], [7]
Lara Mani Research Associate in Communication and Outreach for a Science of Global Risk 2020-01-01 [15], [7]
Shahar Avin Senior Research Associate 2019-09-01 full-time [16], [7]
Tom Hobson Postdoctoral Research Associate 2020-08-01 full-time [17], [7]
Freya Jephcott Senior Research Associate 2021-10-01 full-time [18], [7]
Maurice Chiodo Research Associate 2023-01-01 full-time [19], [7]
Constantin Arnscheidt Research Associate 2023-06-01 full-time [20], [7]
Kennedy Mbeva Research Associate 2023-12-01 full-time [21]
Elizabeth Cooper Visiting Researcher 2024-03-01 [22], [7]
Thomas Moynihan Research Affiliate 2024-03-01 [23], [7]
Aarathi Krishnan Research Affiliate 2024-03-01 [24], [7]
Julian Huppert Research Affiliate 2023-11-16 [25], [7]
Cecil Abungu Research Affiliate 2023-10-01 board member [26], [7]
Taniel Yusef Research Affilliate 2023-11-01 [27], [7]
Pablo Suarez Research Affilliate 2024-12-16 [28], [7]
Madhulika Srikumar Advisory Board Member 2023-09-01 [29], [7]
Allan Dafoe Research Affiliate [7]
Sarah Dryhurst Research Affiliate 2023-02-01 [30]
Andrew Tanentzap Research Affiliate [7]
Dennis Müller Research Affiliate 2023-02-01 [31], [7]
James Ginns Research Affiliate [7]
Fazl Barez Research Affiliate 2022-09-01 board member [32], [7]
Mike Cassidy Research Affiliate [7]
Sam Clarke Research Affiliate 2022-09-01 board member [33], [7]
Di Cooke Research Affiliate [7]
Elizabeth Seger Research Affiliate [7]
Ross Gruetzemacher Research Affiliate 2022-06-01 [34], [7]
David Krueger Research Affiliate [7]
José Hernández-Orallo Research Affiliate 2021-11-01 [35]
Jaime Sevilla Research Affiliate [7]
Rumtin Sepasspour Research Affiliate 2019-04-01 [36], [7]
Charlotte Hammer Research Affiliate [7]
Sophie Dannreuther Research Affiliate [7]
Caroline Baylon Research Affiliate [7]
Seth Baum Research Affiliate [7]
Olaf Corry Research Affiliate [7]
Yuval Noah Harari Distinguished Research Fellow [7]
Jessica Bland Deputy Director; Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Des Browne Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Belinda Cleeland Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Matthew Connelly Director; Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Beatrice Crona Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Robert Doubleday Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Thomas Homer-Dixon Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Piers Millett Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Mami Mizutori Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Susan Owens Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Martin Rees Co-founder; Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Madhulika Srikumar Research Affiliate; Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
William Sutherland Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Jaan Tallinn Co-founder; Member of CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Clare Arnstein Centre Co-ordinator (CSER) & Deputy Institute Manager (ITH); Secretary to CSER Advisory Board advisor [7]
Partha Dasgupta Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2022-12-08 board member [37], [38]
Robert Doubleday Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 board member [37], [39]
Jane Heal Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2019-07-28 board member [37], [40]
Simon Goldhill Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2017-11-07 board member [37], [37]
Susan Owens Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 board member [37], [39]
Huw Price Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 board member [37], [39]
Martin Rees Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 board member [37], [39]
Jaan Tallinn Management Board Member 2017-11-07 2023-03-31 board member [37], [41]
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Executive Director 2014-10-01 2019-04-01 [42], [1], [2], [3], [5], [6], [43], [4]
Shahar Avin Research Associate 2015-09-01 2015-09-01 [16], [1], [2], [3], [5], [6], [44], [45], [4]
Yang Liu Research Associate 2017-11-07 2019-07-28 [37], [40]
Beth Barnes Research Affiliate 2017-11-07 2020-11-29 [37], [46]
Martina Kunz Research Affiliate 2017-11-07 2019-07-28 [37], [40]
Ryan Carey Research Affiliate [5], [6], [47]
Margaret Boden Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Nick Bostrom Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2022-12-08 advisor [37], [38]
David Chalmers Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Alison Gopnik Scientific Advisor (external) 2023-06-05 advisor [39]
Robert May Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2020-08-14 advisor [37], [48]
Elon Musk Advisor 2017-11-07 2021-12-03 advisor [37], [49]
Tim Palmer Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Peter Piot Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Stuart Russell Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Dana Scott Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Murray Shanahan Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Peter Singer Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Max Tegmark Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Jonathan Wiener Scientific Advisor (external) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
David Cleevely Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Tim Crane Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Hermann Hauser Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Stephen Hawking Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2019-02-28 advisor [37], [50]
Sean Holden Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Adrian Kent Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Chris Lowe Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Adrian Weller Scientific Advisor (Cambridge Advisor) 2017-11-07 2023-06-05 advisor [37], [39]
Cecil Abungu Visiting Researcher 2021-10-01 2023-07-01 board member [26]
Matthijs M. Maas Postdoctoral Research Associate 2020-10-01 2022-07-01 [51]
Matthijs M. Maas Research Affiliate 2022-08-01 [51]
Abdullahi Alim Visiting Researcher 2022-04-01 [52]
Carla Zoe Cremer Affiliated Researcher 2018-11-01 [53]
Charlotte Christiane Hammer Research Affiliate 2020-09-01 [54]
Paul Ingram Academic Programme Manager 2021-11-01 2024-03-01 full-time [55]
Zoe Hemsley Research Assistant 2023-08-01 [56]
Laura Elmer PA and Administrative Assistant 2020-11-01 2024-01-01 full-time [11]
Alexandra Klein Research Affiliate 2024-02-01 [57]
Alexandra Klein Research Assistant 2022-09-01 2024-01-01 [57]
Reuben Makomere Visiting Scholar 2024-05-01 [58]
Clare Arnstein Centre Co-ordinator, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk 2018-12-01 full-time [10]
Shoshana Dahdi CERI Futures Fellowship 2024-01-01 part-time [59]
Shahar Avin Senior Research Associate 2019-09-01 full-time [16]
Shahar Avin Research Associate 2015-09-01 2019-09-01 [16]
Catherine Rhodes Research Affiliate 2021-07-01 [60], [7]
Coleman Snell Research Fellow 2023-05-01 full-time [61]
Freya Jephcott Postdoctoral Research Associate 2020-09-01 2021-11-01 [18]
Nathaniel Cooke Research Affiliate 2022-01-01 full-time [62]
Clarissa Rios Rojas Research Affiliate 2023-03-01 full-time [63], [7]
Clarissa Rios Rojas Postdoctoral Research Associate 2020-03-01 2023-03-01 full-time [63]
Shin-Shin Hua Research Affiliate in AI research 2020-01-01 [64]
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh Co-Director 2019-04-01 [42]
Paul Ingram Research Affiliate 2024-03-01 contractor [55], [7]

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