Tobias Baumann has written about a variety of topics relating to how we can best reduce suffering in the long-term future on his website, with an emphasis on how to avoid worst-case outcomes (s-risks). He is the author of Avoiding the Worst: How to Prevent a Moral Catastrophe, which outlines ways to steer the world away from s-risks and towards a brighter future.
Previously, Tobias worked as a quantitative trader at Jane Street Capital and pursued research at University College London on Cooperative Artificial Intelligence.
Alistair Stewart works on fundraising, finances, community-building and partnerships. He is particularly interested in the impact of powerful AI on sentient nonhumans, and co-organised Sentient Futures Summit London in 2025 and 2026. He has worked full-time in animal activism, holds an MSc in global governance and ethics from UCL, and previously served as an officer in the British Army.
David Veldran helps manage programs, research, and communications. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in moral philosophy. His interests include well-being, consciousness, longtermism, and the ethics and governance of AI and emerging technologies.
Zoé Roy-Stang works on operations and programs, including introductory courses on s-risk and suffering-focused ethics. She interviews job applicants and handles book distribution at conferences. She is interested in how AI tools can support CRS’s work and how advanced AI could change strategies for reducing suffering. She co-founded the Theory of Change Builder project, holds a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science from Carleton University, and has published a paper in AI and Ethics on human biases in AI safety and alignment.
Magnus Vinding serves as an advisor to CRS, which he co-founded with Tobias Baumann. He is the author of Suffering-Focused Ethics: Defense and Implications (2020), Reasoned Politics (2022), and Compassionate Purpose (2026), and has published many essays related to suffering reduction on his blog.
Alistair Webster works as a communications and strategy consultant for CRS.
Brian Tomasik serves as an advisor to CRS. He is well-known for writing over 100 pieces about ethics, animal welfare, and far-future scenarios from a suffering-focused perspective on his main website, “Essays On Reducing Suffering“.