Bringing Existential Risk Home

04 December 2017

How can communities of all sizes take action in the face of existential risks? Researcher Catherine Rhodes looks at the existential risks that threaten our homes; how boundaries of community can become irrelevant in the face of these risks; and ways that communities can come together when existential risk becomes reality.

Catherine is a researcher and project manager at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Her work broadly focuses on interactions between and respective roles of science and governance in addressing global challenges. In the context of extreme risks, Catherine’s interested in the intersection and combination of risk stemming from technology and risk stemming from governance (or lack of it). She has particular expertise in international governance of biotechnology and biological risks. Dr Catherine Rhodes is a researcher and project manager at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Her work broadly focuses on interactions between and respective roles of science and governance in addressing global challenges. In the context of extreme risks, Catherine’s interested in the intersection and combination of risk stemming from technology and risk stemming from governance (or lack of it). She has particular expertise in international governance of biotechnology and biological risks. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at:

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