About Us

Hi! I’m Cadence and I’m in my third year studying PPE at Wadham. I'm also a contractor at Redwood Research, working on AI model conceptual reasoning. Previously, I was a (Macrostrategy) Summer Research Fellow at the Center on Long-Term Risk, where I did a good amount of conceptual work on risks from AI in the far future. My research interests include AI futurism, AI safety strategy, s-risk mitigations, decision theory in the context of AI, and acausal trade.

Outside of AI safety, I’ve spent a lot (maybe too much) of my time rowing, doing gymnastics and playing set.

Hi, I’m Julien!

Before joining OAISI, I founded AI Safety Cardiff University and co-founded Gen Stream, a programme for people interested in generalist careers in AI safety. My background is in languages and communications, and I’m particularly interested in field-building, talent development, programme design, and the role of generalists in AI safety.

I’m always happy to chat with people who are new to AI safety, thinking about where they might fit, or working on community and programme ideas. You can book a quick chat with me below.

Hi! I’m Theo, a third year PPE student at St. John’s.

My main interests are AI safety strategy, international AI governance and AI consciousness. In the next few weeks I’ll be doing a research project in one of these areas.

Outside of AI safety, I help organise EA Oxford, debate competitively, and enjoy running.

Hi! I’m Cath, and I run the OAISI Policy Team alongside Cadence and Krish. I’m also a maths undergrad at Christ Church. One of my top priorities is to make the AI policy space inclusive and accessible for newcomers. I’m working on verification as a MIRI Technical Governance Team fellow, mentoring a SPAR stream on automated auditing, was previously a part-time research collaborator at Redwood Research, and worked on building misalignment evals with my mentors at UK AISI.

Outside of organising, I love learning foreign languages and going to the gym!

Hi, I’m Matthew! I’m a DPhil in Computer Science at Magdalen. I came to Oxford to deepen my understanding of technology and its future and to broaden my understanding of society and its history, in order to help these things work better together. My current technical research is on understanding emergent agency in reinforcement learning. In the past, I have worked on developmental interpretability and singular learning theory, goal misgeneralisation, neural network geometry, and inverse reinforcement learning. I’m excited to meet students and researchers across Oxford who are studying and working on all topics relevant to the future of AI and society.

Hi, I’m James. I was previously President of OAISI, and just graduated from the MPhil in Economics at Balliol. Before this, I graduated from Cambridge (also economics), where I became concerned about extreme AI risks through the effective altruism community in 2022. I was an ERA:AI fellow in 2024, and have also worked in a think tank, economic consultancy and quant trading firm. My research has focused on incentive problems and “market failures” across AI governance and strategy.

I work at Macroscopic on grantmaking and strategy. My background is in AI policy: I researched AI strategy as a visiting fellow at Constellation, built ambitious US policy proposals with the AI Futures Project, and was a Pivotal Technical Governance Fellow. Back in 2024, I co-founded OAISI (with Gracie Green) as a CS and Philosophy student at Hertford (fear the deer!), and I continue to advise its leadership on field-building strategy.

Hi, I’m Juliana! I was previously Programme Manager at OAISI, where I worked across operations, community building, and programme design to support Oxford’s growing AI safety ecosystem. Before that, I studied Philosophy at Queen’s University in Canada with a focus on philosophy of science, mind, AI, and logic - topics which remain reflective of my interests. I’m always keen to connect with others thinking about AI safety (especially from a high-level perspective), but I’d also be excited to chat all things music, personal psychology insights, or whatever else you’ve been pondering lately.

Hi! I’m Skye; I previously studied Computer Science and Philosophy at Hertford College, and am now working as a Contract Generalist at Kairos, helping with Pathfinder, SPAR and more.

Hi, I’m Louis! In 2025, I graduated from the Master’s in Computer Science and Philosophy at Oxford. My main interests include AI [control / safety / ethics], game theory, and cooperative AI. I’ve previously worked on the following projects (in order of recency): agentic monitoring for AI control; cooperation and alignment in multi-agent games; AI-Control games; and behavioural evaluations of deception in LLMs.