For the record, I think Jose Orallo (and his lab), in Valencia, Spain and CSER, Cambridge, is quite interested in this same exact topics (evaluation of AI models, specifically towards safety).
Jose is a really good researcher, part of the FLI existential risk faculty community, and has previously organised AI Safety conferences.
Perhaps it would be interesting for you to get to know each other.
For the record, I think Jose Orallo (and his lab), in Valencia, Spain and CSER, Cambridge, is quite interested in this same exact topics (evaluation of AI models, specifically towards safety). Jose is a really good researcher, part of the FLI existential risk faculty community, and has previously organised AI Safety conferences. Perhaps it would be interesting for you to get to know each other.