I am Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute. I am also a Research Affiliate and Advisory Board member of the University of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and an Associate Editor at the journal Science and Engineering Ethics. I live in New York City.
Contact:
Research inquiries and anything related to GCRI: info [at] gcri.org
Other inquiries: hello [at] sethbaum.com
Other Info: CV * photos * LinkedIn * Google Scholar
Updates:
15 May 2026:
New research paper: Earth-cosmos binary. New GCRI commentary articles: Political orders and global catastrophic risk, Ukraine and nuclear war, 2026, The Iran war and global catastrophic risk, AI risk and strategy, early 2026. Also Introduction to the GCRI Symposium on World Peace and Concepts for advancing peace, both part of the GCRI Symposium on World Peace.
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Some Recent Publications:
* Earth-cosmos binary (academic)
* The importance of statusquotastrophe—and social science research, GCRI Commentary (online)
* One big question about contrails and climate change, GCRI Commentary (online)
* Democratic participation and global catastrophic risk, GCRI Commentary (online)
* Climate change, uncertainty, and global catastrophic risk, Futures (academic)
* Assessing the risk of takeover catastrophe from large language models, Risk Analysis (academic)
* On the intrinsic value of diversity, Inquiry (academic)
Upcoming Conferences & Events:
None at this time.
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Created 15 Jun 2007 * Updated 15 May 2026