The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) is recruiting for an Academic Programme Manager (Fixed Term). This is a Senior Research Associate Role, with part-time or full-time applications considered. The vacancy combines academic, management and administration responsibilities for research on extreme risks.

CSaP are delighted to welcome twelve new Policy Fellows for the Michaelmas Term 2021. Our Fellowship programme is a flexible professional development programme over two years. It aims to connect research with the policy world, providing access to expertise at the University of Cambridge.

CSaP hosted an online event with Dr Sharath Srinivasan who discussed his new book 'When Peace Kills Politics '. In his book, which emerged from his long experience with international politics in Africa and research in Sudan, Dr Srinivasan examines the role of international peace-making in reproducing violence and political authoritarianism in Sudan and South Sudan.

As part of a policy training seminar series for doctoral researchers, Faculty of Education PhD candidate Melanie Greaux and CSaP Policy Fellow Anna Bailey-Bearfield spoke with early career researchers about the challenges facing people with autism, relevant developments in policy and research, and key policy recommendations for supporting those with autism in the UK.

Dr Jan Marco Müller, the first Science & Technology Advisor for the European External Action Service [EEAS] and doctoral researcher Paola Yanguas Parra joined the Centre for Science and Policy and the Berlin Centre for Global Engagement (BCGE) for a Q&A session exploring what it is like to be a science diplomat, how such a role can generate impact, and the challenges faced by those working in science diplomacy.

How can we integrate palliative care into the medical curriculum? What is the best way to inform the public about palliative care service and to deliver palliative care in low-resource contexts such as Palestine?

The Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge convened a workshop with the aim of exploring key lessons and themes which have emerged in the area of drug discovery throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

World Health Organisation Representative Dr Tasnim Atatrah shares how her R4HC-MENA Fellowship has impacted her work in international health emergency.

In the last event of the Levelling up seminar series, Professor Michael Kenny (Director, Bennett Institute), Tom Kelsey (Research Assistant, Bennett Institute) and Owen Garling (Knowledge Transfer Facilitator, Bennett Institute) shared their views on the UK Government’s approach to levelling up and on the themes that have emerged from this CSaP seminar series.

What can research do to help policymakers from the MENA region approaching health policy questions affected by conflict?