Dear friends,

I’m pleased to announce that GCRI has recently launched an open call for advisees and collaborators. If you are interested in working with GCRI, or if you would simply like some advice from us on how you can get involved in global catastrophic risk, then please don’t hesitate to reach out. We welcome inquiries from people at all career points, from students to senior scholars and professionals. Please see our blog post for details.

Sincerely,

Seth Baum
Executive Director

Planetary Defense

GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum gave a talk titled “Accounting for Violent Conflict Risk in Planetary Defense Decisions” at the 2019 International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference on May 2 in Washington, DC. The talk looked at the relationship between efforts to protect the Earth from the impact of near-Earth objects (NEOs) and the risk of violent conflict. Richard A. Lovett wrote about the talk in Cosmos.

Popular Media

GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum has an essay in BBC Future on global catastrophes and the long-term fate of human civilization. Baum argues in the essay that we need to consider the impact of potential catastrophes not just on people alive today but also on the long-term future of humanity. The essay draws on a paper Baum co-wrote last year with a group of scholars including Olle Häggström, Robin Hanson, Karin Kuhlemann, Anders Sandberg, and Roman Yampolskiy.

Tunguska event fallen trees image from Evgeny Krinov