Alumni outcomes

The ERA Fellowship equips individuals with the skills, knowledge, and network to become impactful leaders in the fields of AI safety and governance.

Our alumni go on to secure influential roles and produce research at the following organisations:

Fellow Testimonials

  • "ERA significantly fast-tracked my path into AI governance… It has given me the time and legitimacy to speak to experts and produce formal research outputs."

    Aris R., RAND Corporation Technology and Security Policy Fellow, ERA Fellow 2023

  • "ERA invests a lot in its fellows as people, through the talks, workshops, and career focus. Getting better at general competence is a big part of the Fellowship."

    Edward Kembery, University of Cambridge, ERA Fellow 2024

  • "The fellowship enhanced my strategic understanding of AI safety through engaging conversations with fellows and experts. I even found ongoing research partnerships with other fellows!"

    Misha G., MIT Computer Science, ERA Fellow 2024

  • "ERA gave me the opportunity to explore a new research area, allowing me to test my fit for it and introducing me to relevant experts in the field."

    Tina W., NTI:bio Next Generation Biosecurity Delegation, ERA Fellow 2024

  • The programme was exceptionally well-run, with an evidently great deal of thought and effort put into making workshops and events useful for fellows. ERA offered considerable flexibility and support in choosing my research focus and redirecting it when needed.

    Anonymous fellow, ERA 2024

  • "It was hugely inspiring and uplifting to be surrounded by ambitious, hard working people who want artificial intelligence to benefit humanity. "

    Severin F., University of Louisville, ERA Fellow 2024

  • "The networks developed during the fellowship through interactions with mentor, research manager and other fellows are invaluable, and it’s highly likely that I would not be working in my current position if not for the fellowship. "

    Iyngkarran Kumar, GovAI and Transformative Futures Institute, ERA Fellow 2023

  • My favourite part of ERA was by far the other fellows: it was amazing to get to work alongside such smart, dedicated, curious people, and it definitely changed how I think.

    Catherine B., Open Philanthropy, ERA Fellow 2022

  • The calibre of the other fellows was very high, and I learned a lot from them, both about AI governance and the world in general!

    Anonymous fellow, ERA 2024

  • "Senior researchers in my field have been more than willing to advise me and discuss my project and put me in touch with other experts to fill relevant gaps in my research.”

    Carson E., Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative, ERA Fellow 2022 & 2024

Alumni Spotlight

  • Claire Dennis, ERA 2023

    Claire joined ERA after completing her Master's in Public Affairs at Princeton, where she focused on climate change and AI policy. Her experience included representing Princeton at COP27 and serving as a Policy Fellow at the Responsible AI Institute. During her ERA fellowship, Claire explored the UN's potential role in AI governance, co-authoring a report titled "Towards a UN Role in Governing Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models" with collaborators from the Simon Institute and UN University.

    Claire describes the ERA fellowship as a turning point in her career, introducing her to a community of passionate researchers exploring AI's implications. The programme's timing allowed her to analyse rapid developments in AI governance alongside like-minded individuals. After ERA, Claire pursued opportunities with the UN and US Government while co-authoring a paper on international AI governance frameworks, aiming to make a meaningful impact in this nascent field. She is now a Research Scholar at the Centre for the Governance of AI.

Our Alumni

Below, we spotlight some of our alumni who are actively working on mitigating risks from frontier AI at several impactful organisations in this space:

  • Alexander Davies

    UK AI Security Insitute

  • Alexandra Bates

    Constellation

  • Alejandro Ortega

    Apollo Research

  • Aris Richardson

    RAND Corporation

  • Arvo Muñoz Morán

    Rethink Priorities

  • Barath Harithas

    Centre for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

  • Carson Ezell

    Harvard University

  • Catherine Brewer

    Open Philanthropy

  • Claire Dennis

    Centre for the Governance of AI

  • Conor Downey

    RAND Corporation

  • Duncan McClements

    Inference Magazine

  • Einar Urdshals

    Timaeus

  • Gabriel Mukobi

    US AI Safety Institute

  • Hamza Chaudhry

    Future of Life Institute

  • Helena Cozzarini

    Centre for the Governance of AI

  • Iyngkarran Kumar

    Centre for the Governance of AI

  • Jack Miller

    Entrepreneur First (def/acc)

  • Jai Patel

    UK AI Security Institute

  • Jesse Richardson

    Safe AI for Humanity (Mila)

  • Michael Gerovitch

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Moritz von Knebel

    Institute for Law & AI

  • Oscar Delaney

    Institute for AI Policy & Strategy

  • Pauline Kuss

    Insitute for Law & AI

  • Peter Barnett

    Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)

  • Pranav Gade

    Conjecture

  • Richard Ren

    Centre for AI Safety

  • Sami Petersen

    University of Oxford

  • Tom Reed

    UK AI Security Institute