Deputy Director @CSERCambridge. Previously @expo2020dubai, foresight @SOIFutures, head of research @dubaifuture, science+tech policy @nesta_uk @royalsociety.
We are Global Volcano Risk Alliance a new charity organisation working to build global resilience to volcanic eruptions. Our mission is to safeguard millions of lives through regional and international preparedness, monitoring, and advocacy. https://t.co/TeVIb4fwVh
Now at infrastructure session discussing how over-integrating ways of working across different projects and types (transport, utilities…) leads to paralysis in decision making @Euspri_Forum - there can be too much joined up thinking!
Society in transition requires a transition in science policy. @eefjecuppen1 wants more projects designed as dynamic interactions between science and society @Euspri_Forum. Feels like an evolution of Stoke on Pasteur’s Quadrant https://t.co/iniPIqZAnP
“Visions of technology are performative… they shape investments, regulation and decisions” and can limit how science contributes to society when it’s undergoing upheaval or is highly polarised. @eefjecuppen1 reflecting on the role of research @Euspri_Forum
Much of the discussion that followed centered on why young people don't seem to think much about the nuclear risk compared to other threats -- nuclear war would bring about truly rapid and catastrophic climate change!
A London Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) March is seared into @AtheneDonald memory; its when she told her mother she was pregnant for the first time. Our existential risk map of Cambridge includes CND HQ + links to photos of 1960s protests https://t.co/e3BFeGpSyJ
Had the pleasure to contribute to this chapter on 'Communicating in Crisis: Community Practices of Online Participation During Extreme Events' as part of the new book 'Climate Disaster Preparedness' from the wonderful team at the @UNSW iCinema.
https://t.co/0UZGsEnleJ
Congratulations to @laramani14 for being awarded the @GeolSoc Murchison Fund for her considerable contributions to 'hard' rock studies!
https://t.co/fUlOaXfKt8
Welcome to new CSER team member Kennedy Mbeva @deusse!
Mbeva's research examines how risk and uncertainty shape international cooperation and global governance, focusing on economic, sustainability, and demographic issues
My new guide to best practice engagement and impact will be useful for those preparing @REF2028 impact narratives https://t.co/r1x68dMtpT. Drawing on resources from @NCCPE and @fasttrackimpact, it proposes 9 principles [thread]
📢New paper by @FreyJephcott out now!
Ineffective responses to unlikely outbreaks: Hypothesis building in newly-emerging infectious disease outbreaks
Read more from Freya in the thread below⬇️
My new book on science and power comes out this week - showing how politics and governments should cope with an era when pandemics, climate change and AI dominate their agendas, yet often reveal a gulf between their capabilities and what's needed.
Continuing our spotlight on the #CundillHistoryPrize 2023 longlist, our third entry is ‘The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets' by Matthew Connelly (@mattspast), published by @PantheonBooks.
Discover the longlist: https://t.co/ZBRml3sM7B
@GR_Morgan@sciencemuseum Great to meet you at Tuesday's workshop. I am going to see this in early August now! We're doing quote a lot of work on disaster mitigation and space if useful to keep chatting.
Pleased to have signed this clear, concise, and important statement, alongside Turing Award winners, leaders of commercial AI labs, and academic and civil society experts: mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority.
https://t.co/L0ZQo09mLK
Welcome to CSER visitor @rossgritz!
Ross, Exec Director of the Transformative Futures Institute & Asst. Prof. at @WichitaState, specializes in forecasting tech advancements & X-risks, with a primary focus on transformative AI's development & impacts.
https://t.co/YVhVpxKET4
@Geofutures@PolicyHorizons As well the wider set of wildlife pathogens in the Arctic that can detrimentally impact Inuit health and wellbeing. It was a shout out to this project that @FreyJephcott works on: https://t.co/iBXtOztkl2