Member of Futures Team (Frontier Risk & Alignment)

## About the role - Identify the most pressing open research questions in frontier risk and alignment, and lead world-class, time-sensitive research with direct industry relevance. - Produce high-quality deliverables including papers, whitepapers, internal memos, blog posts, and briefings that address frontier safety, alignment, and normative model behaviour. - Define normative alignment positions, contributing to value alignment approaches and providing philosophical grounding for frontier model behaviour. - Build and steward a network of external research partners, and represent MSI in key frontier risk forums and conferences. - Embody our culture and values. ## Requirements - Doctoral degree in a related field, OR another advanced degree with equivalent research experience. - Research experience in one or more of: - Frontier AI safety or governance - Agentic AI safety, collaboration, or societal implications - Alignment - Philosophical and ethical aspects of AI - Institutional preparedness for advanced AI - Deep expertise in frontier risk vectors, frameworks, regulation, or evaluation and mitigation pathways. - Track record of writing and thought leadership across formats, including academic papers, books or chapters, journalism, or other public-facing work on AI and society. - Sufficient technical understanding of AI, and a proven ability to collaborate with technical stakeholders, anticipate risks grounded in technical developments, and inform mitigation efforts. - Strong verbal and written communication skills. - Peer-reviewed publications in leading venues. - Experience with frontier safety governance or research in leading labs, think tanks, or academic institutions. - Applied experience developing or informing alignment frameworks, model specs, novel evaluations, or technical mitigations. - Research spanning both empirical and conceptual work on the future impact of AI.