ASPR 2025 Team

  • Jan Kulveit

    Jan leads the Alignment of Complex Systems research group at the Center for Theoretical Study in Prague. Previously he was Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. In his free time, he enjoys mountains and drinking good tea.

  • David Yu

    David researches the design of better social ecosystems. He spent 5 years in tech startups as a director of growth and anthropologist. He is interested in information theory, complexity theory, and philosophy.

  • Anicka Dolezalová

    Half-nomadic math postdoc at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Big fan of balance-and-trust sports like dancing, acrobatics, climbing or wild water canoeing. Used to organize math and art camps.

  • Cat Wu

    Doing economics in grad school. Interested in both user and systems design. Was a product manager at Shopify. Temporary hobbies: climbing, yarn, photography, classical Chinese

  • Damon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, writer, and teacher at over a dozen rationality workshops and summer programs. He's a strong believer in the power of stories as a catalyst for growth, the value of rationality to improve therapeutic

    Damon P-Sasi

    Damon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, writer, and teacher at over a dozen rationality workshops and summer programs. He's a strong believer in the power of stories as a catalyst for growth, the value of rationality to improve therapeutic practices, and is working to combine all three in as many ways as possible.

  • Stag, having left math and physics Olympiads behind, works as a brain for hire with side projects in figuring out how, if at all, a human is different from a country and what makes games good.

    Stag Lynn

    Stag, having left math and physics Olympiads behind, works as a brain for hire with side projects in figuring out how, if at all, a human is different from a country and what makes games good.

  • Sam Enright

    Sam is finishing up his undergrad in economics and philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He writes a newsletter about policy and economic history, and is Non-Resident Fellow at the think tank Progress Ireland.

  • David Frantisek Wagner

    Merging gamedesign (larps, boardgames, education games) with history and education background and career in public policy making (EU institutions). Cat person.

  • Anna Gajdova

    Anna spends her time thinking about minds & cognition while coordinating FABRIC camps, such as ASPR, from behind the scenes. Previously, she was a mathematician, helped run an AI research program, and studied zookeeping.

ASPR 2024 Team

  • Gavin Leech

    Gavin is nearly done with an AI PhD at Bristol. He co-founded the consultancy Arb Research. He won an Emergent Ventures grant for a few startup ideas. His background is in software engineering, philosophy, and development economics.

  • Misha Yagudin

    Misha is a world-class forecaster and leads the Samotsvety super team. He also cofounded Arb. He studied ML at Yandex and enjoyed his time in math olympiads a lot.

  • David Yu

    David researches the design of better social ecosystems. He spent 5 years in tech startups as a director of growth and anthropologist. He is interested in information theory, complexity theory, and philosophy.

  • Jan Kulveit

    Jan leads the Alignment of Complex Systems research group at the Center for Theoretical Study in Prague. Previously he was Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. In his free time, he enjoys mountains and drinking good tea.

  • Elizabeth Garrett

    Elizabeth manages an events venue. Her background is in project management, education, and workshops on epistemics. She studied at the University of Virginia.

  • Quratul Aain

    Q has worked on forecasting, a machine learning bootcamp and just finished a degree in mathematics and economics. She's currently interested in cooperative game theory, network science, and economic theory.

  • Anička Doležalová

    Math postdoc, spends the rest of her time on a slackline, climbing, dancing (ballroom dances + salsa), puzzle hunts, guitar, figuring out how her brain works, and organizing (art) camps for kids and (math) camps for students.

  • Julian D'Costa

    DPhil student in computer science at Oxford, algorithmic verification. Grew up in Goa, India, and studied math at IISc Bangalore. Interested in AI, neuroscience, synthetic and molecular biology, longevity research, economics, education and parenting, and design.

  • Cat Wu

    Doing economics in grad school. Interested in both user and systems design. Was a product manager at Shopify. Temporary hobbies: climbing, yarn, photography, classical Chinese

ASPR 2025 will be lead by Jan Kulveit and David Yu.