π’ 7 days to go!
A reminder that the funding deadline for the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience is 2nd December 2025.
Find out more about the different funding options available on our website: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...
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Cambridge University interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study and mitigation of risks that could lead to human extinction or civilizational collapse.
π’ 7 days to go!
A reminder that the funding deadline for the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience is 2nd December 2025.
Find out more about the different funding options available on our website: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...
With United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research @unidir.org, we are launching a series of technical briefs & webinars on emerging technologies & the #1972BWC
Register now for the 1 st webinar on efforts to address #dualuse challenges of #Al-Driven BioDesign tools.
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How much risk is too much for the worldβs top insurers?
Did you miss Lorraine Dastonβs lecture in September on how the insurance industry confronts catastrophic risk?
πYou can watch the full recording on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/BEqrapJURxI?...
Missed our recent MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience virtual open day?
The full recording is now available to watch!
πΊ Watch the recording here: youtu.be/zPs39lmKMmI?...
β Have any further questions about the course? Get in touch with us at education@cser.cam.ac.uk
π Read more here: www.cser.ac.uk/work/the-art...
18.11.2025 15:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Created by illustrator and Falmouth Lecturer Phyllida Bluemel in collaboration with Dr Lauren Holt, Research Affiliate at CSER, the images explore how existential risk can be visualised and understood.
18.11.2025 15:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π Have you spotted the new illustrations on our website?
π Systems
Inspired by planetary tipping point research, the segments represent processes, flows and structures that are important for keeping the biosphere stable.
π¨Event alertπ¨
Have you registered your attendance for 'The Impact of UK Planetary Geoscience' conference at the Geological Society of London?
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27 Nov
ποΈ Reduced rates for @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fellows
π Registration closes 26 Nov
βΉοΈ geolsoc.org.uk/events/the-impact-of-uk-planetary-geoscience
Last month in collaboration with Kingβs E-Lab, Kingβs College, we hosted an international conference to mark the 75th anniversary of the famous Turing Test. If you missed it, you can catch up by reading the event summary and watching the recordings.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...
π’ Funding deadline: 2 December 2025
Applying for the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience?
π‘ Funding available β including the Lord Martin Rees Scholarships (Home students) and the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship (Developing Commonwealth countries).
Find out more: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...
Who shapes the just transition? Examining intellectual hegemony in climate research
A new paper by Kennedy Mbeva, Chukwumerije Okereke & Reuben Makomere investigates the issue of intellectual hegemony in Just Transition scholarship.
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iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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12.11.2025 14:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Created by illustrator and Falmouth Lecturer Phyllida Bluemel in collaboration with Dr Lauren Holt, Research Affiliate at CSER, the images explore how existential risk can be visualised and understood.
12.11.2025 14:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π Have you spotted the new illustrations on our website?
π² Environmental hazard
This image depicts a floodplain, representing an area of regulated, human-engineering that dominates organic forms. The human-made city form is mimicked in the circuit board in the top left corner.
CSER's @epihammer.bsky.social contributed her expertise, helping shape the sections on surveillance for early detection and decision-making during interventions
10.11.2025 10:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The @fao.org has launched its new framework for early warning of animal health threats, developed by an international working group of experts.
openknowledge.fao.org/items/255461...
This piece reviews four decades of volcanic crisis communication, highlighting progress & three recurring challenges:
-Delayed or or insufficient warnings;
-disruptions in the flow of information to at-risk communities; and
-a reluctance or lack of capacity to act on received warnings
New paper: βLessons from 40 years of communicating volcanic risk during crisesβ, co-authored by CSERβs @laramani14.bsky.social, has been published in Nature Geoscience as part of the journalβs 40th anniversary special issue marking the 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
π Read more here: www.cser.ac.uk/work/the-art...
06.11.2025 14:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Created by illustrator and Falmouth Lecturer Phyllida Bluemel in collaboration with Dr Lauren Holt, Research Affiliate at CSER, the images explore how existential risk can be visualised and understood.
06.11.2025 14:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π Have you spotted the new illustrations on our website?
π» AI
This image links the history of coding with the risks and rewards of AI, highlighting its human and material roots in early weaving technologies.
As part of the Postgraduate Open Days, the University will be running sessions from 10β14 November on choosing a College, funding opportunities and other areas of student support.
Find out more and register here: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
Apply to be our new Postgraduate Co-ordinator, supporting the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience!
π£ Closing date Wednesday 5th November
Have questions for our teaching team about the MPhil? Join our virtual open day on 3rd November at 4 pm!
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π www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
βYou donβt need to be a great leader to improve a complex system, you need curiosity, compassion, and courage.β
Thank you to everyone who attended 'Conversations on Existential Hope'!
If youβd like to learn more about the book 'Existential Hope', visit: www.sjbeard.com
EVENT: Transatlantic security in an age of uncertainty
π 5 Nov, 5pm GMT
RUSI Director-General Rachel Ellehuus examines key security and defence challenges for Europe, the transatlantic alliance and the global order. Register π
https://ow.ly/5UJ350XgbPt
π Read more here: www.cser.ac.uk/work/the-art...
28.10.2025 11:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π Hazards
This image reflects how humans both respond to and create natural hazards, from volcanic activity to nuclear war. Inspired by Anna Tsingβs The Mushroom at the End of the World (2015), the mushrooms symbolise life and resilience that can emerge from ruin.
π Have you spotted the new illustrations on our website?
Created by illustrator and Falmouth Lecturer Phyllida Bluemel in collaboration with Dr Lauren Holt, Research Affiliate at CSER, the images explore how existential risk can be visualised and understood.
Earlier this month, we welcomed the inaugural cohort of MPhil students in Global Risk and Resilience!
We look forward to supporting them as they begin an exciting year exploring the governance and mitigation of global catastrophic risks π