We’re hiring @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk for a postdoc in geopolitics of AI www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

🌿👉The Department's Dr Belinda Bell will be giving a talk entitled 'Climate change and asset owners: research-informed financial systems interventions'. Find out more here: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/finance-for-...

Thank you to Professor Lorraine Daston for a fantastic lecture last night on how the insurance industry confronts catastrophic risk! A recording will be available soon on our YouTube channel.

🌋 Excited to share my new essay in Aeon: one of the most underappreciated global risks isn’t an asteroid or supervolcano—it’s the eruptions we don’t see coming:

Applications for the next academic cycle at @uniofcam.bsky.social are now open. Provost Professor Eilis Ferran outlines the criteria you need to apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. More here -https://www.gatescambridge.org. Just click on the apply tab at the top. #gatescambridge25

🌟 Cambridge Judge Business School at Cambridge Tech Week 2025! Join us at two events this month as we bring together leading voices to challenge assumptions and shape the future of innovation. 👉 Find event details and register: https://loom.ly/PhawfU8 #CambridgeTechWeek #CambridgeJudge #Tech

Excited to be invited to speak at Cambridge Zero's Safer Environments symposium on 6 Nov 🌍✨ I’ll be discussing zoonotic disease dynamics in forced migration alongside other colleagues tackling the intersections of infectious disease and climate - event details 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...

📖Join us for the launch of "Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?", the latest book by political scientist and author Professor James Fishkin. 📆Thurs 18 Sept 🕠5:30 - 7PM 📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... #Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social

Thank you to James Bacchus for joining us at CSER last week to discuss his new book 'Democracy for a Sustainable World'. His talk explored the urgent need for participatory democratic governance to address global challenges. Find out more about his book here: bit.ly/4mPfYeB

🚨 Open Call for new Steering Committee Members 🚨 Are you working on #risks from #extremeEvents under #environmentalChange? Join us as Risk KAN Steering Committee member for the upcoming term: www.risk-kan.org/about-riskka... www.risk-kan.org @futureearth.bsky.social @wcrpclimate.bsky.social.

📣 Call for papers! We're inviting submissions for the virtual workshop 'After Sendai: Governing Catastrophic Risks in the Emerging Global Order' (11–12 May 2026) followed by a special issue edited by Kennedy Mbeva, Elena Kavanagh & Reuben Makomere More details here: shorturl.at/EVHGB

We're pleased to welcome Colum Finnegan as a research assistant! He earned his PhD in Philosophy from UCC, researching philosophy of mind & technology. Using mindshaping theory, he examined how digital platforms harm group cohesion. His current work explores whether LLMs show genuine mindedness.

The Next Turing Tests conference page is now live! Don’t miss your chance to hear leading experts discuss pressing questions with a serious interrogation of the past, present and future of AI. www.kingselab.org/the-next-tur...

We're pleased to welcome Alana Weir as a Teaching Associate on our MPhil programme! Alana's research interests include multi-hazard disaster risk, developing assessment methods and working across science, policy and practice to enhance disaster risk management. ⬇️ www.cser.ac.uk/team/alana-w...

We’re excited to be preparing for the arrival of our new MPhil students this October!🌟 Interested in joining the 2026/27 cohort? Applications will open on 3rd September 2025, learn more about the course here: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...

We are pleased to share some of the elective modules planned for the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience 2025/26! Alongside core modules and a participatory futures and foresight exercise, students will choose at least two elective modules. Check out the current options for 2025/26 below ⬇️ 🧵1/2

Applicants wishing to hold a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at CDH or @crasshlive.bsky.social should submit their application by 12:00 noon on Friday 24 October 2025. Find out more: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/fel...

📚 ☕ Be it artificial intelligence, climate action, identity, spectral sonics or odour - this summer's CRASSH reading list courtesy of our researchers furnishes you with a truly multi-disciplinary list of things to delve into! buff.ly/ur7UO5i

Join us to hear from Lorraine Daston, exploring how the insurance industry confronts the uncertainty of catastrophic risks. 📆18 September, 5.30-6.30 pm 🌎Corpus Christi College, McCrum Lecture Theatre Register for in-person attendance here: bit.ly/4md1gO5

💥💥JOB💥💥 Are you the new Exec Director of the Oxford Climate Policy Monitor? climatepolicymonitor.ox.ac.uk The ED will help lead this new data resource to drive implementation of climate goals. Nurture our law firm network, build the tool, ensure impact. 🗓️Sept 5 ✍️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Meet Alexandru Marcoci, an Assistant Professor on our MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience! His research explores the impact of AI technologies on social and democratic institutions.

“Collapse isn’t just caused by structures, but also people. If you want to save the world then the first step is to stop destroying it." CSER research affiliate Luke Kemp spoke to @theguardian.com about this new book 'Goliath’s Curse', and the history & future of societal collapse. Link below⬇️

In our July Newsletter: *New paper: The state of global catastrophic risk research: a bibliometric review *CSER welcomes external applications for ‪@britishacademy.bsky.social‬ Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme * Save the Date: CSER public lecture with Lorraine Daston on 18th September 2025 & more⬇️

“We might debate which framing is more useful, but we should not lose sight of the realities where these problems are unfolding.” Ken Mbeva spoke to ‪‪@gizmodo.com‬ about climate change as an existential threat. gizmodo.com/is-climate-c...

Animal welfare, labour migration and zoonotic disease: revisiting the global health risks of interspecies' exploitation from the working paper co-developed with @iom.int migrationhealthresearch.iom.int/migrant-work...

New post: Existential risks & global challenges: migrant workers & interspecies exploitation. CSER Research Affiliate Dorien Braam ‪(@praxislabs.bsky.social)‬ explores how integrating migrant workers into disease surveillance & preparedness plans, can advance health equity & global health security

Check out this interactive timeline by CSER research affiliate @thomasmoynihan.bsky.social published in Antikythera's journal. The History of Now explores how humans have tried to understand our place in time, mapping key predictions & discoveries throughout history. ⬇️ historyofnow.antikythera.org

We're pleased to welcome Bilal-Imran Asghar as a temp Research Assistant! He has a background in PPE from KCL & experience in strategic foresight, futures methods & strategic planning within UK emergency services. He is currently contributing to a project on cascading consequences from lethal heat.

New paper: The state of global catastrophic risk research: a bibliometric review This paper gives an overview of how global catastrophic risk research has evolved over time. It will be a valuable resource for both newcomers to the field and experienced researchers interested in its development. ⬇️

We're pleased to announce several new visitors to CSER this month! ⬇️

Want to stay up to date with CSER’s latest research, events, and opportunities? You can find and follow us across multiple platforms 👇

🌿 On July 14, join us for Exploring Indigenous Health & Wellbeing in the Context of Climate Change — a cross-disciplinary event on Indigenous health, climate action, and resilience. 🌍🔥 Register: buff.ly/Hb5mYBX #IndigenousHealth #ClimateJustice #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateChange

💥 CRASSH at 25! Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme! Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World' buff.ly/MdzMVzX

CSER is welcoming external applications for the @britishacademy.bsky.social‬ Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme! Applications should be sent to CSER by 12:00 noon BST on Monday 11 August 2025 Find out more about the scheme and how to apply here: www.cser.ac.uk/people/join-...

It's the last few days to apply for the Research Assistant position! Work closely with Centre Director SM Amadae on research into AI, catastrophic risk governance, and nuclear security. Deadline: Sunday 6th July 2025 Find out more: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51468/

Last week to apply for our Research Associate role! We're seeking a candidate to improve our understanding of how AI may deliberately or accidentally affect biosecurity risk. Deadline: 6th July Find out more: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51468/ #HigherEducation #JobOpportunity #CambridgeUniversity

Next week at #ECMN25 @ununiversity.bsky.social: ‘Moving Together: climate change, mobility, and the impact on human and non-human animal health’, as the well-being of species is interconnected, facilitating animals in #climatemobility is critical for #OneHealth www.climatemobilities.network/ecmn25/

In our June newsletter: *New paper"Systemic contributions to global catastrophic risk" *CSER is hiring a Research Assistant & Research Associate *@laramani14.bsky.social‬ speaks at 8th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction * We welcomed several new visitors & a Research Affiliate & more!⬇️

The next days I am attending #PandemicSciences2025 in Oxford. I am looking forward to (re-) connect with old and new colleagues and friends. If you are around and interested in early warning, surveillance, data integration and rapid response, find me for a chat.

At IAVCEI? Come here me talk tomorrow about systemic risk response to globally disruptive eruptions in Session 6.1 - 9.30-9.45 in R290 and come visit our outreach stand from 15-17.00! #IAVCEI2025

In research on global risk, work on how catastrophes occur and spread in complex interconnected systems (systemic risk, cascading risk, polycrisis) has rarely been connected with work on global catastrophic risk (worst-case outcomes). Our new paper bridges this gap: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We’re proud to share that the Institute for Technology and Humanity (@cser.bsky.social‬, @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social, @chiacambridge.bsky.social) has been awarded a Bronze Green Impact Award! 🍃 This recognises our ongoing commitment to improving environmental sustainability across the Institute.

We're pleased to announce Nancy Connell (@nnconnell.bsky.social‬‬) has joined CSER as a visitor! Dr. Connell is a Senior Scholar at the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in the International Networks & Collaborations section of the Division of Policy & Governmental Affairs

Job opportunity: Research Assistant in AI policy and design practice, apply by 13 July. More info: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51725/

Last night we brought together risk communicators at the Society for Risk Analysis conference in Stavanger, Norway, to launch a new network, 'Joining Forces'. It aims to bring together the risk comms community working across domains & sectors to build a community and share best practice.

Interested in the intersection of AI and biosecurity? We're hiring a Research Associate to explore how AI could deliberately or accidentally impact biosecurity risks. Apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51468/ Curious to learn more? Read about our recent AI Bio Seminar series here: bit.ly/4n7SMso

Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions. Read the press release 🔗 bit.ly/45TEl57 #SIPRIYearbook #SIPRI #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #NuclearRisk

We've just launched our new newsletter! We'll be using it to share our activities, opportunities and updates quarterly, so make sure you sign-up to keep in the loop! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Here's a summary of our June edition:

'“Embedded developmentalism”: normative & institutional responses to the global catastrophic risk of underdevelopment.’ Ken Mbeva & Reuben Makomere argue that tackling the unfolding climate crisis demands confronting its developmental aspects, especially those shaped by global climate politics ⬇️

There's still time to apply for our part-time Research Assistant position, supporting research AI governance and nuclear security! You will work with the Centre Director, S.M. Amadae, find out more about her work here: www.cser.ac.uk/team/s-m-ama... 🗓️ Deadline: Sunday 6 July 2025