St Cross College, Oxford

Dr Nick BostromMA (BA Gothenberg; MA Stockholm; MSc UCL, PhD LSE); Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics; Director, Future of Humanity Institute; Professor of Applied Ethics

Phone: +44 (0)1865 286889
Fax: +44 (0)1865 276932

E-mail: nick.bostrom

External web site: http://www.nickbostrom.com/

Nick Bostrom is Professor of Applied Ethics and the Director of the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute, which is part of the Faculty of Philosophy and also of the new James Martin 21st Century School. He previously taught at Yale University. His research covers the foundations of probability theory, scientific methodology, risk analysis, ethics, transhumanism, and the consequences of future technologies. He has advised the CIA, European Commission, and the UK Government on issues ranging from global catastrophic risk to human enhancement technologies. He has published more than 120 papers and articles, one monograph, Anthropic Bias (Routledge, New York, 2002), and two edited volumes with Oxford University Press (in preparation). His writings have been translated into 16 languages, and he is frequently consulted as a commentator by the media, having done more than 240 interviews with television, radio, and print media.