BIO

Christian Ruhl is our Global Catastrophic Risks Lead based in Philadelphia. Before joining Founders Pledge in November 2021, Christian was the Global Order Program Manager at Perry World House, the University of Pennsylvania's global affairs think tank, where he managed the research theme on “The Future of the Global Order: Power, Technology, and Governance.

Before that, Christian studied on a Dr. Herchel Smith Fellowship at the University of Cambridge for two master’s degrees, one in History and Philosophy of Science and one in International Relations and Politics, with dissertations on early modern submarines and Cold War nuclear strategy. Christian received his BA from Williams College in 2017.

Q&A with Christian

Q: If you could choose anyone famous (real or fictional) to have dinner with who would they be and why?

Albert Barnes, the Philadelphia chemist and art collector. The Barnes Foundation is one of my favorite (and one of the weirdest) art museums in the world, and I think he was far ahead of his time.

Q: As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

An archaeologist! I actually spent 3 months working at an excavation of a Maya city in Guatemala

Q: If a movie was made of your life what genre would it be, who would play you?

A mockumentary with Taika Waititi