Luke Kemp is a researcher focused on existential risk, climate and environmental policy. He is a research affiliate at Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (Cambridge) and an honorary lecturer at Australian National University (ANU). He holds a PhD in international relations and a first-class honours degree in interdisciplinary studies from ANU. Luke examines how climate change, emerging technologies and systemic risks threaten human civilisation — and has advised institutions including the World Health Organization (WHO) and governments on environmental policy. He is author of Goliath’s Curse (2025), which traces five millennia of civilisations collapsing and argues our modern global system is dangerously fragile — urging reforms to avoid catastrophic futures.