We need international institutions that can survive the AGI transition.

Kevin Kohler

About Me

Hi, I'm Kevin Kohler. I'm the founder-director of the AGI Preparedness Institute in Geneva. I am also a fellow of the Roots of Progress Institute, writing Machinocene, a blog on the social, economic, and geopolitical challenges of the AGI transition, and I mentor research fellows at Cambridge ERA:AI. Recently, I have supported the UN negotiations that created the first two global AI governance bodies and the writing and editing of the first report of the UN Scientific Panel on AI.

Mind Map

Hover and click on the map to learn more about ideas that I blog about — for my institutional work, see Publications.

My Journey

2019 – 2022

Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

Senior Researcher, Risk & Resilience
  • Reports on foresight, risk management & technology politics for the Swiss government
  • Presented to ICRC, IGF, OECD, RAND Europe
2022 – 2024

World Economic Forum

Insights Specialist, Global Risks Team
  • Co-authored the Global Risks Report — the flagship published ahead of Davos
  • Managed the Global Future Council on Complex Risks (co-chairs: Ngaire Woods, Azeem Azhar)
2024 – 2026

Simon Institute for Longterm Governance

Senior Tech Policy Specialist
  • Supported UN General Assembly negotiations of the first two global AI governance bodies
  • Engaged diplomats from 50+ countries, including all P5
2026 –
PRESENT

AGI Preparedness Institute

Founder-Director, Geneva
  • Building the Fourth International Geneva
  • Road to the Geneva AI Summit 2027

Volunteering & Part-time

2019 –

foraus

Policy Fellow
  • Co-authored papers on an “IPCC for AI” & digital foreign policy
2024 –

Roots of Progress Institute

Fellow
  • Cohort of progress-oriented independent writers — Machinocene
2025 –

Cambridge ERA:AI

Research Fellowship Mentor
  • Mentored fellows in the summer 2025, winter 2026 & summer 2026 cohorts
Apr – Jul 2026

UN University

Consultant, AI Scientific Editing & Drafting
  • Support role for production of the preliminary report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI