OUR MISSION
We are a mission driven Institute of Advance Study and a platform for change. Our mission is to develop visions for fundamentally reconfigured societies. We combine academic rigor and innovative practice to inspire, promote and implement societal change. We will close the gap between insight and action, by bringing together academics from different disciplines and practitioners like activists, politicians, journalists, artists, and entrepreneurs.
Our home is the Warburg Ensemble, which provides the conditions for the rethinking of conventional approaches and commonly held beliefs. We will host up to 35 fellows and build unlikely alliances.
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Tom Carlson – Love as CareCaught up in the rushed busyness of our countless everyday concerns — a cloudy stir of the truly pressing and deeply trivial — we often tend to forget and thus to neglect what we most care about.
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Colin Mayer – Care as PracticeCare is central to human emotions, feeling and thinking. It is the essence of what it is to be human – to care for the well-being of others; to provide care for them; and to act with care in regard to them.
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Geoff Mulgan – Our TaskCourage is one of the classical virtues. But it is a subtle virtue. Courage can easily spill over into folly or hubris. Yet all communities need at least some people to be courageous, and not just in a martial sense.
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Corine Pelluchon – The Capacity to Feel FearWhy is courage a key virtue, especially in the context of the ecological, economic, social and political challenges of the 21st century?
PROGRAMMES
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The Foundations of Value and Values
What is a sustainable value system for the 21st century?
The programme “The Foundations of Value and Values” is motivated by a recognition that there are differing versions of how society and the economy function – and encourages a thorough thinking through of these various approaches to their logical conclusions.
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The Future of Democracy
Which governance structures and forms of decision making enable systemic change for a sustainable future?
The programme “The Future of Democracy” explores how to make democratic decision-making processes and the respective institutions fit for the future – more responsive to contexts, more equitable, and more sustainable.
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Socio-Economic Transformation
What is an economy that serves social well-being within planetary boundaries?
Read MoreThe programme “Socio-Economic Transformation” aims to find alternative ways to measure progress and develop rules of digital governance directed towards public interest and the common good.
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Changing Mindsets – Changing Behaviour
What role do behavioural changes play in socio-economic transformations?
Read MoreThe programme “Changing Mindsets – Changing Behaviour” aims to forge novel interdisciplinary and trans-sectoral alliances, drawing together research from neuroscience, psychology, data science, sociology, philosophy and economics, among others.
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The New Hanse
How can cities use data to become more democratic and sustainable?
Read MoreThe programme “The New Hanse” investigates the relationship between urban digital infrastructures, data justice, and sustainability, supporting the city of Hamburg’s transformation towards climate neutrality with tangible data-driven pilot projects.
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Voices from the Past – Lessons for the Future
How do social movements lead to systemic change?
The programme “Voices from the Past – Lessons for the Future” is analyzing key-moments in Europe and beyond, treating change as a generational practice as well as an exercise in memory.