Max Reddel

Projects

Research Direction: Middle-Power Strategies for Transformative AI

For me, it’s important to explore together what makes most sense before fixing a research agenda. Priorities should follow where developments in transformative AI actually materialise and where intervention can still shape outcomes. Promising directions include testing how “open sovereignty” could work in practice—how middle powers might pool compute, verification, and crisis-coordination infrastructure to retain agency; rethinking institutional designs that let democracies act faster under compressed timelines without losing oversight; and accelerating resilience-enhancing technologies. I'm open to discussing the exact direction.

What I'm looking for in a Mentee

Ideally, you are someone who approaches complex, uncertain problems with intellectual discipline and epistemic humility. Backgrounds in political science, international relations, economics, or advanced technology governance are all relevant, but I value reasoning ability and clarity of thought more than formal credentials. You should be comfortable working independently in areas where the literature is thin and causal structures are unclear. The collaboration style I prefer is analytical and conversational: challenge assumptions, ask precise questions, and bring your own models of how the world might evolve.

Bio

Max is the Advanced AI Director at the Brussels-based think tank Centre for Future Generations, leading research and policy initiatives around frontier AI. He is particularly focused on multilateral collaboration, CERN for AI, institutional design, establishing a science of safe AI, and the Geopolitics of AGI. He is also a Board Member at the Talos Network and an Expert on Responsible Innovation & Technology for the European Commission.