Maxime Stauffer

Maxime (Max) Stauffer is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance (SI), where he oversees the organization’s programs, fundraising, and external engagement.

With a special interest in evidence-informed policymaking, risk governance, and decision-making under uncertainty, Max has dedicated his career to helping policymakers navigate complexity. Prior to founding SI, he served as Senior Science-Policy Officer at the Geneva Science-Policy Interface, Senior Visiting Fellow at UN University, and co-President and head of policy research at Effective Altruism Switzerland. He’s also a World Economic Forum Expert on Complex Risks and co-founder of the Geneva Social Complexity Lab.

Max holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Geneva and a master’s degree in Computational Math from Johns Hopkins University.