We are dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilisational collapse
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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We work with leading academics, technologists and policy-makers from around the world.