What carbon markets can teach us about governing frontier AI
AI governance could mirror carbon markets by regulating physical compute chips, data centers, and energy use rather than subjective model capabilities.
Joel Christoph
Joel Christoph is a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where his research focuses on the economics of frontier AI governance, including compute regulation, market-based security mechanisms, and international coordination. He is also a researcher in economics at the European University Institute, supported by the Japan-IMF Scholarship.
His work spans AI policy, energy systems, and international relations, with research experience at the Centre for the Governance of AI, the World Bank, the International Energy Agency, and Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. He has co-founded several organizations at the intersection of technology and public good, including Formal Markets (advance market commitments for beneficial AI) and the Equiano Institute (AI governance in Africa).
A former Curator of the Global Shapers Florence Hub and a delegate to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Joel speaks six languages (French, Japanese, Dutch, English, German, Spanish) and has working proficiency in Italian and Mandarin.
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