31.03.2026

SAINTS at York’s College of Benefactors Dinner

In late March, Ibrahim Habli (SAINTS Director) and PhD researchers Madeleine Neilsen and Prenika Anand attended the University of York’s College of Benefactors dinner at the Royal Society of Chemistry, organised by the Office of Philanthropic Partnerships and Alumni.

In their speeches they reflected on why the University of York, an institution dedicated to the public good with four decades of expertise in the safety of complex systems, is the ideal home for AI safety research. They described how SAINTS’ research and training across engineering, social, legal and ethical dimensions is rooted in the city’s ethos of social justice and ethical enterprise.

The team highlighted SAINTS’ core pillars: interdisciplinarity, collaboration and inclusive research and emphasised our commitment to advancing evidence‑based policy and practice so AI deployments are safe, acceptable and fair for the communities they serve.