Senior Economist - AI Geostrategic & Economic Mechanisms

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Future of Life Institute (FLI)

Future of Life Institute (FLI)

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Posted on: 30 May, 2025

Senior Economist - AI Geostrategic & Economic Mechanisms

Description:

  • Develop economic models to anticipate how advanced AI systems could create novel systemic risks and vulnerabilities
  • Build scenarios for potential economic disruptions from rapid AI advancement, including deflation, labor displacement, and market concentration
  • Model how AI-driven productivity changes could interact with existing economic structures to create new forms of inequality or disruption
  • Analyze potential concentration of power dynamics across markets, regions, and demographic groups as AI capabilities advance
  • Identify early warning indicators for economic instability, financial system shocks, and deteriorating standards of living
  • Translate complex economic risk analyses into actionable insights and present to policymakers, multilateral institutions, and other key stakeholders
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary experts to integrate economic risk perspectives into broader AI safety considerations

Requirements:

  • Advanced degree (PhD preferred) in Economics with expertise in labor economics and international economics
  • Demonstrated ability to rethink traditional economic models in response to paradigmatic disruptions
  • Strong publication or research record showing original thinking on economic systems and risks
  • Comfortable with uncertainty and using limited data, to predict novel economic phenomena
  • Excellent writing skills with proven ability to communicate complex economic concepts to non-specialist audiences
  • Self-motivated researcher with demonstrated interest in AI’s systemic risks
  • Strong critical thinking skills for evaluating competing economic theories in unprecedented scenarios
  • Familiarity with US and EU policy landscapes and basic understanding of international relations
  • Systems thinking capability to identify complex interdependencies between economic factors
  • Training in econometrics or other applied quantitative methods
  • Coding proficiency (e.g., Python, R, or Rust) for economic risk modeling
  • Experience working in policy, multilateral institutions, or government contexts
  • Understanding of systemic risk analysis and complex adaptive systems
  • Knowledge of AI capabilities and their potential economic impacts
  • Background in macroprudential analysis or financial stability research
  • Experience with scenario planning or other foresight methodologies for identifying emerging risks
  • Familiarity with political economy approaches to power distribution and concentration
  • Experience analyzing the impacts of technological transitions or structural economic changes
  • Background in behavioral economics relevant to human responses to economic disruption

Benefits:

plus good benefits for U.S. employees

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