Kevin Kohler is an independent thinker with expertise on technology policy, strategic foresight, and risk management.

Institutional adaptation to advanced AI (2024+)

Senior Tech Policy Specialist, Simon Institute for Longterm Governance: Researching options and trade-offs for the Global Digital Compact and other issues relevant to longterm governance.

Blog-building Fellowship, Roots of Progress Institute: I have started a personal blog “Machinocene“, which explores AI analogies and looks at how institutions can adapt to world filled with AGIs. Working on a book.

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Global Risks Initiative, World Economic Forum 2022-2024

In this function I have co-authored the flagship Global Risks Report, administered the underlying Global Risks Perception Survey, and managed the Global Future Council on Complex Risks, an independent foresight advisory body.

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Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich 2019-2022

As a senior researcher in the academic think tank, I have provided policy-oriented research to the Swiss government and other partners. In that function I have presented to or engaged in workshops with a spectrum of organizations, including the OECD, RAND, the IGF, and the ICRC.