Cosmas Okello Ondino
Entry-level
INTEREST AREAS
Academic research, AI strategy & policy, Global priorities research, Improving institutional decision making, Policymaking/Civil service
Part-time
TYPE OF ROLE
ARE YOU OPEN TO REMOTE WORKING?
Yes
CURRENTLY BASED IN
Kenya
OTHER INTEREST AREAS
Big Power Politics, Climate Migrants/Refugees, Nuclear Power Warfare.
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TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOU...
I am currently a graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Nairobi where I also did a B.A. and double majored in Philosophy and Political Science. My areas of interest are academic research, policy, and advocacy. I have been in the Equianox Fellowship for Artificial Intelligence Safety Governance and worked on a personal project on Geopolitics and AI Governance in Africa. I am also a Don Lavoie Fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University for the year 2024-2025.
WHAT CONSIDERATIONS GUIDE YOU IN DECIDING HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND YOUR CAREER? HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE OR WEIGH THESE?
1. Impactful. Will I make impartial social impact?
2. Independence/Autonomy. How independent will I be when making decisions?
3. Personal Fitness. Do I have what it takes to do this? How long will it take me to be good at this?
4. Does it fit with the rest of my life plans?
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IDEAL ROLES FOR YOU, WHAT ARE SOME
KEY CHARACTERISTICS?
Academic research.
Policy. Consultancy, for government, think tank, non-for profit organization.
Advocacy. For civil society to convince governments to address a pressing problem.
Founding a non-for profit/for profit.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE RECRUITERS LOOKING AT YOUR PROFILE TO KNOW?