Global Catastrophic Risk Institute

Remote (United States)

established2 peopleFounded 2011

The Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (GCRI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank founded in 2011 by Seth Baum and Tony Barrett. GCRI bridges the world of scholarship and the world of professional practice in government, private industry, and other sectors, developing solutions for reducing global catastrophic risk by leveraging both the best available scholarship and the demands of real-world decision-making. The institute conducts research and policy work across multiple risk domains including artificial intelligence, nuclear war, climate change, and asteroid impacts, with a distinctive cross-risk approach that identifies synergies and tradeoffs between different catastrophic risks.

Funding Details

Annual Budget: $350,000
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Fiscal Sponsor: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE)

Theory of Change

GCRI's theory of change centers on the idea that rigorous, cross-cutting risk analysis can identify the most effective interventions for reducing global catastrophic risk. By bridging academic scholarship with practical decision-making in government and industry, GCRI aims to develop solutions that account for the priorities of relevant decision-makers to achieve significant reductions in risk. Their cross-risk approach recognizes that global catastrophic risks are interconnected, and that studying them holistically reveals synergies and tradeoffs that siloed analysis would miss. Through research publications, policy engagement, policymaker outreach, standards development work, and programs like fellowships and advising, GCRI seeks to provide intellectual leadership that supports a growing global field of global catastrophic risk research and policy.