Omer Bilgin
Omer Bilgin is a Visiting Analyst at The Future Society, where his work focuses on the international governance of powerful AI systems. He supports research and advocacy workstreams aimed at identifying tractable paths toward global cooperation on cross-border AI risks, specifically on the establishment of universal AI red lines and on serious AI incident prevention and preparedness. He played a key role in organizing, delivering and constructing the post-event report for the 2025 Athens Roundtable.
Beyond his role at TFS, Omer conducts extensive AI-related research. He has completed fellowship programs with the Talos Network, the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), and the Future Impact Group. He has co-authored research on “Agentic Inequality”, supervised by experts from Google DeepMind and the Cooperative AI Foundation, and is currently a research assistant for a forthcoming book on AI safety being written by experts from the Future of Life Institute (FLI) and KU Leuven. He is also a co-founder and the Chief Ethics & Research Officer at deliberAIde, a startup developing AI tools designed to support discussion-based group reasoning and decision-making.
Omer holds an MSt in Practical Ethics from the University of Oxford, with a focus on AI, Data, and Digital Ethics, and a BA in Philosophy from University College London. He also serves on the Technological & Data Ethics Advisory Council for Suffrago, is a Data & Society Affiliate, and is an AI Ethics and Governance coach for The Growth House and AI Compatible.
Omer Bilgin
London
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“Facing the Stakes of AI Together”: 2025 Athens Roundtable Report
“Facing the Stakes of AI Together”: 2025 Athens Roundtable Report
Read the highlights from the Seventh Edition of The Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, an event organized by The Future Society and held on December 4, 2025 in London, UK.