Jessica Bland

Jessica is an Intellectual Forum Senior Research Associate.

Jessica is deputy director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge.

She has a background in science and technology policy, including working at the Dubai Future Foundation, the Royal Society and Nesta. She is interested in bringing technical expertise into public debate through initiatives like the Museum of the Future, FutureFest and the World Majlis at Expo 2020.

Jessica was principal at School of International Futures until 2021, where she led strategic foresight projects for governments and NGOs. Her research interests include the ethics and cultures of technology innovation, working most recently with Professor Jodi Halpern at Berkeley. She has a Masters in Physics and Philosophy from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London.

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