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The idea of a “CERN for AI” was first proposed by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus at the AI for Good Summit in 2017. He invoked CERN, the…

After further rounds of consultations with member states, the co-facilitators from Spain and Costa Rica have published Revision 3 for the…

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to AI systems that perform well on a wide range of cognitive tasks. More demanding AGI…

You can view and download our full 2024 annual report here. In 2024, our team worked to do our part in the broader AI governance landscape…

After multiple rounds of stakeholder consultations, the co-facilitators from Spain and Costa Rica have published Revision 1 for the…

Member States at the United Nations are currently negotiating the modalities of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance. The outcome document…

Member States and other stakeholders have been invited to submit their responses to the Zero Draft for the modalities of the Independent…

The co-facilitators from Spain and Costa Rica have published the Zero Draft for the modalities of the Independent International Scientific…

In September 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted the Global Digital Compact (GDC), which mandated the creation of the Independent…

Today, all stakeholders are invited to informally share their views on the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global…

The UN General Assembly has mandated a Global Dialogue on AI Governance involving governments and all relevant stakeholders on the margins…

As multilateral AI governance stands at a crossroads, the 2025 AI Action Summit in Paris presents an opportunity to accelerate and harmonize…

In September 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted the Global Digital Compact (GDC), mandating the establishment of two new institutional…

This is a crosspost from the blog Machinocene - written by our Senior Tech Policy Specialist, Kevin Kohler, who writes a weekly deep dive on…

In September 2024 the UN General Assembly adopted the Global Digital Compact, mandating the establishment of an Independent International…

In 2021, the UN Secretary General published Our Common Agenda (OCA), a report outlining plans to revitalize the multilateral system and spotlight neglected issues ...

In the coming years, AI developments are expected to reap enormous economic gains by displacing human labor. These gains will very likely be…

As AI regulation continues to gain attention, policymakers are increasingly looking towards physical computational resources, such as data…

2023 was a formative year for the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI). We published two major UN reports on rapid technological progress and its risks; ran briefings and retreats across New York, Geneva, and Paris ...

Following the release of the Zero Draft of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) on April 1, 2024, the co-facilitators of the process released a…

Le 25 avril 2024, le Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) a facilité un atelier sur la gouvernance de l’intelligence artificielle…

On April 22nd 2024, the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) hosted a set of briefings for UN diplomats in New York entitled, “Where…

In September 2024, Member States of the United Nations are set to adopt the Global Digital Compact, an internationally negotiated text seeking to...

As multilateral processes and bodies such as the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and High-Level Body on Artificial Intelligence (AI) begin…

On February 6th and 7th 2024, the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) organized two full-day training courses on AI governance for…

On 26 October 2023, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched a High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (HLAB on AI…

From November 7th to December 8th 2023, the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) organized a briefing series on AI governance for…

Until the end of 2025, SI will focus on improving the multilateral system’s capacity for the governance of rapid technological change, with a specific focus on AI...

Our strategy and theory of change act as our organization’s guiding star. The contents of them act as the foundation upon which we build our…

On September 11th 2023, the Simon Institute co-hosted a workshop on frontier technologies as part of a series of foresight activities led by…

The international community increasingly seeks to understand the large-scale risks we face, and the role institutions...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionize our world. As noted by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his remarks to the…

The Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) of the United Nations is publishing a series of policy briefs to inform the Our Common…

Concerns about AI ethics — the harms AI causes due to imperfect development and training — are sometimes pegged against concerns about AI…

The need to act yet remain agile  Artificial intelligence (AI) is on everyone’s mind – most sectors will be transformed and policymakers…

Overview In April 2021, we launched the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI). In this post, we provide a review of SI’s work since…

Throughout 2022 and early 2023, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction underwent a period of review. During this time…

The last few years have witnessed exciting developments in the field of biotechnology, driven in part by the machine learning revolution…

The last few years have witnessed striking progress in artificial intelligence, driven by the machine learning revolution. However, as…

As part of the UN’s Our Common Agenda, an intergovernmental process on digital governance has been put in place to produce the ‘Global…

Why future proofing? In the words of António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, “many of today’s multilateral frameworks are…

“…I don’t believe that predicting the future is really what we’re about. After all, we ourselves, or at least the younger ones among us, are…

The Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) of the United Nations is publishing a series of policy briefs to inform the Our Common…

The Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) of the United Nations is publishing a series of policy briefs to inform the Our Common…

On 10th March 2022, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, stated that: “(…) there is renewed pressure to consider whether global…

From the 13th-16th January, the Simon Institute hosted 30 actors from across the multilateral system and academia to discuss risks from technological development ...

Future generations are fundamentally disempowered: they will inherit the planet and society we leave for them, yet they have no say in how…

In August 2022, SI was invited to contribute to two consultations held by the United Nations Foundation and High-Level Advisory Board member…

This post outlines SI’s strategic thinking around and current plan to engage with Our Common Agenda (OCA). The plan was developed in July…

What is it like to be a policymaker during the COVID-19 pandemic?  What might it be like during the next pandemic or another global crisis…

From May 23-28, SI’s CEO Maxime Stauffer attended the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) to speak on how the disaster risk…

SI has proven its value through knowledge synthesis, workshop facilitation and high-level events. This combination of activities has granted SI mandates to directly work on...

Strengthening science-policy capacity to mitigate Global Catastrophic Risks (GCRs) is difficult. As GCRs have not happened in the recent…

After demonstrating the potential for substantial impact in its first nine months of existence, SI enters the final stage of its startup…

The Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI) and the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) are pleased to invite you to explore the in-person table-top exercise...

This event already took place. You can read a recap of it on the blog of the Geneva Science-Policy Interface. Complementing the BWC Meeting…

As summer is coming to an end, we wanted to share an update with you. Recent highlights from our blog: Building the field of long-term…

Together with the Geneva Science-Policy Interface, SI contributes “Behavioral Solutions for Evidence-based Decision-making” to the UN High…

Future generations are front and center of many foundational international governance texts. Yet, consideration of their interests regularly falls into oblivion...

As the world temporarily ground to a halt in 2020, it became clear that the world is not prepared for shocks worse than COVID-19. To prepare, we need policy change...

Part of our work at SI is to conduct research on how to integrate the interests of future generations into policymaking processes. We call this field long-term governance...

At SI, we support international policy actors in dealing with uncertainty, complexity, time-pressure and global catastrophic risks. Below is a compilation of fields and resources...

Our theory of change illustrates how we intend to contribute to the long-term flourishing of civilization. In this post, we outline our overarching strategic thinking...

On April 1st, we co-hosted the event "Towards 2030: Navigating complexity and information overload in decision-making" as part of UNRISD's "From Science to Practice" series...

The Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI) aims to increase the long-term impact of policymaking processes. In its first 24 months SI’s core objectives are to...

Given the difficulty of measuring effects on policy networks, we anchor our strategy in a detailed theory of change. While organizational long-term adaptability...