Recommendations for People Getting into Technical AI Governance Research

In summer 2026, MIRI ran a technical governance fellowship to expand the team and identify promising early-stage technical governance researchers. To support the program, we also developed a couple of resources for our fellows. This post is a trailhead for those interested in MIRI-style technical governance work, including two reading lists (one on how to do research, and one on prior work in the field we think is worth exploring) and tips on how to do research from the team. We’re sharing these...