August 2023 Newsletter: Call For Advisees & Collaborators

Post Date August 14, 2023
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Dear friends,

GCRI’s 2023 Advising and Collaboration Program is now open. We welcome anyone who is interested in getting more involved in global catastrophic risk, or advancing your career in it. We also welcome those who would simply like to connect or reconnect. This year, we are emphasizing five themes: diversity and inclusion; AI governance; AI politics; public scholarship; and students and early-career professionals. Your interests do not need to fit within one or more these themes to participate, but it helps if they do. Please …

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Open Call for Advisees and Collaborators, August 2023

Post Date August 02, 2023
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UPDATE: The open call for advisees and collaborators is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied. However, anyone interested in seeking our advice and/or collaborating with us is still welcome to contact us as per the instructions below and we will include them in our next advisees and collaborators program.

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GCRI is currently welcoming inquiries from people who are interested in seeking our advice and/or collaborating with us as part of our fifth annual Advising and Collaboration Program. Inquiries may cover any aspect of global …

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December Newsletter: Year in Review

Post Date December 19, 2022
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Dear friends,This year has been an important year for global catastrophic risk. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, a multitude of extreme weather events, the release of new AI systems, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have either threatened global catastrophe or raised issues related to global catastrophic risk. Additionally, the recent collapse of the cryptocurrency company FTX has brought disruption and scrutiny to the field global catastrophic risk due to FTX’s philanthropic connections to the field.As explained in this year’s Annual Report, these events have prompted …

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June Newsletter: Call For Advisees And Collaborators

Post Date June 07, 2022
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Dear friends,

GCRI has recently put out an open call for participants in our 2022 Advising and Collaboration Program. The Program helps people get more involved in work on global catastrophic risk and focus their activities in more successful directions. We welcome people at all career points, from all geographic locations, and with any interest across the many aspects of global catastrophic risk. No significant time commitment is required; participation can range from a one-time call to get advice on how to get more involved to extended …

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Open Call for Advisees and Collaborators, May 2022

Post Date May 17, 2022
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UPDATE: The open call for advisees and collaborators is now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied. However, anyone interested in seeking our advice and/or collaborating with us is still welcome to contact us as per the instructions below and we will include them in our next advisees and collaborators program.

GCRI is currently welcoming inquiries from people who are interested in seeking our advice and/or collaborating with us as part of our fourth annual Advising and Collaboration Program. Inquiries may cover any aspect of global catastrophic …

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November Newsletter: Year in Review

Post Date November 23, 2021
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Dear friends,

2021 has been a year of overcoming challenges, of making the most of it under difficult circumstances. The Delta variant dashed hopes for a smooth recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Outbreaks surge even in places with high vaccination rates, raising questions of when or even if the pandemic will ever end. As we at GCRI are abundantly aware, it could be a lot worse. But it has still been bad, and we send our condolences to those who have lost loved ones.Despite the circumstances, …

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Summary of the 2021 Advising and Collaboration Program

Post Date November 19, 2021
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In May, GCRI put out an open call for people interested in seeking our advice or collaborating on projects with us. This was a continuation of our successful 2019 and 2020 Advising and Collaboration Programs. We anticipate conducting future iterations of the program in 2022 and beyond. The 2021 Program was made possible by generous support from Gordon Irlam and the Survival and Flourishing Fund.

The GCRI Advising and Collaboration Program is an opportunity for anyone interested in global catastrophic risk to get more involved in the field. There is practically no barrier to entry …

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2021 Advising and Collaboration Program Testimonials

Post Date November 19, 2021
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The GCRI Advising and Collaboration Program welcomes people from all backgrounds and career points to connect with GCRI, get advice, and collaborate on projects. The program provides personalized experiences that are uniquely tailored to the individual depending upon their particular needs and circumstances. Therefore, every participant gets something different out of the program. Below are testimonials from six participants describing their experiences in the 2021 Advising and Collaboration Program.

Uliana Certan, International relations scholarManon Gouiran, Research intern at the Swiss Center for Affective SciencesAaron Martin, PhD …

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Collaborative Publishing with GCRI

Post Date November 18, 2021
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Global catastrophic risk is a highly complex, interdisciplinary topic. It benefits from contributions from many people with a variety of backgrounds. For this reason, GCRI emphasizes collaborative publishing. We publish extensively with outside scholars at all career points, including early-career scholars who are relatively new to the field, as well as mid-career and senior scholars at other organizations who bring complementary expertise.

This post describes our approach to collaborative publishing and documents our collaborative publications. Researchers interested in publishing with GCRI should visit our get involved page. The …

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Common Points of Advice for Students and Early-Career Professionals Interested in Global Catastrophic Risk

Post Date November 15, 2021
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GCRI runs a recurring Advising and Collaboration Program in which we connect with people at all career points who are interested in getting more involved in global catastrophic risk. Through that program, I have had the privilege of speaking with many people to share my experience in the field and help them find opportunities to advance their careers in global catastrophic risk. It has been an enriching experience, and I thank all of our program participants.

Many of the people in our program are students and early-career professionals. …

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