stayed: 16-18.10.2023

Nipun is the founder of ServiceSpace (www.servicespace.org) a grassroots gift economy volunteer network that draws inspiration from the life and principles of Mahatma Gandhi. In addition to his role as an Obama White House advisor, Nipun has been honored with a "Compassion" award bestowed by the Dalai Lama.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Nipun gave a talk on the topic of “Future of Relationships: Creatively Holding the Tension Between Artificial Intelligence and Heart Intelligence”.

stayed: 5-8.11.2023

Ian is a Senior Research Fellow in sustainability and human development at University College Cork, Ireland. He is also Senior Policy Advisor on Innovation Policy in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Ian contributed to the workshop Beyond Gender Equality in Human Flourishing.

stayed: 5-8.11.2023

Janice is a professor emeritus of Psychology at Portland State University. She is a trained clinical psychologist, an author, and a documentary filmmaker. Janice has published extensively in the areas of psychoanalysis and feminism, the history of psychiatric diagnosis, the psychology of storytelling, group responses to violence, and the dynamics of social change.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Janice contributed to the workshop Beyond Gender Equality in Human Flourishing.

stayed: 5-8.11.2023

Maggie is Professor of Sociology and Criminology at University College Cork and a newly elected member of the Royal Irish Academy. Maggie has a long history of innovative culture work at the intersections of sociology, criminology and women’s and gender studies.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Maggie contributed to the workshop Beyond Gender Equality in Human Flourishing.

stayed: 5-8.11.2023

Kieran is a Professor of Sociology and Criminology at University College Cork. He is co-founder of the Moral Foundations of Economy & Society Research Center, an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and international collaboration that contributes to the development of transdisciplinary theories and methodologies for addressing the political and cultural problems of late modern economies and societies and the ‘wicked issues’ associated with climate breakdown.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Kieran contributed to the workshop Beyond Gender Equality in Human Flourishing.

stayed: 5-8.11.2023

Carmen is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Limerick. Her research interests include cultural identity, cultural diversity, globalization, consumer behavior and political economy.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Carmen contributed to the workshop Beyond Gender Equality in Human Flourishing.

stayed: 5-8.11.2023

Ina is a political scientist and senior researcher in International Conflict Analysis in the research programme "Inter- and transnational cooperation" at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Ina contributed to the workshop Beyond Gender Equality in Human Flourishing.

stayed: 30.11.–01.12.2023

Jean is a French lawyer, a happiness researcher and a painter. In 1997- 2007 he served as President at Conflict Resolution Center, advising corporations as to the adequate treatment of litigious relationships and prevention of conflicts. In 2007, he founded a multi-disciplinary research program on the ways towards human flourishing and their practical implications. He teaches happiness to business students in Paris.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Jean contributed to the work of the Human Flourishing team with his view of the role of happiness in management.

stayed: 12–13.12.2023

Lukas is a Professor of Philosophy from the University of Graz, who works in ethics, political, legal and social philosophy, focusing on justice in space and time. His ongoing research projects are those on intergenerational justice, basic needs sufficientarianism, the ethics of climate change and historical justice.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Lukas provided the Human Flourishing group with his perspective on the connection between flourishing and intergenerational justice.

stayed: 23–24.01.2024

Sabina is a Professor of Poverty and Human Development and Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford. Together with Professor James Foster, Sabina developed the Alkire-Foster (AF) method for measuring multidimensional poverty, a flexible technique that can incorporate different dimensions, or aspects of poverty, to create measures tailored to each context.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Sabina provided the Human Flourishing group with her perspective on how to measure the non-material conditions of flourishing.

stayed: 23.01.2024

Jacques is a Senior Partner at Deloitte with more than 30 years' experience in advising global clients. He is currently the Global LCSP (Lead Partner) for the United Nations system and selected (international) clients. In his current role Jacques is a Senior Advisor and helps organizations transform to become more responsible businesses. Jacques’ focus areas are governance, strategy and risk management for clients with a specific focus on International Development, EU Green Deal, Climate & Sustainability.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Jacques joined the Human Flourishing group in their discussion on measuring the non-material conditions of flourishing.

stayed: 7–10.11.2023 and 30.01.–02.02.2024

Hans-Joachim is a Professor of International Law at the Ruhr University Bochum. His research focuses on minority rights, autonomy regulations (self-determination of peoples), post-conflict law, and law of humanitarian assistance.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Hans-Joachim provided the Human Flourishing group with his perspective on the international legal foundations of sustainability.

stayed: 9–14.10.2023 and 5–15.02.2024

Harald is an emeritus member of the Turing Center at ETH Zurich, and a former Fellow of the program "The Human Condition in the 21st Century" at THE NEW INSTITUTE. As a theoretical physicist with more than three decades of experience in interdisciplinary research, he is known for his work on complex dynamical systems, non-reductive approaches in the philosophy of science, fundamental questions of quantum theory, and non-commutative structures in physics and cognition.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Harald provided the Human Flourishing group with his perspective on the relationship between mind and matter in terms of objectifying flourishing.

stayed: 11–16.02.2024

Charmaine is a a nonresident scholar at Carnegie China, Carnegie’s East Asia-based research center on contemporary China, where she examines China-Philippine relations and maritime security issues in Southeast Asia. She is an associate professor of international studies at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines. Her current research focuses on the narratives that emerge from information campaigns on the South China Sea. She is also works on civil, maritime, and blue security and how they shape the Philippines’ foreign policy.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Charmaine will give a Monastery Talk on human flourishing and sustainability in maritime governance.

stayed: 14–17.02.2024

Michael is an Australian philosopher, mathematician and translator currently based in Cologne, Germany. He was born in Katoomba NSW Australia and received his Ph.D. in Philosophy and M.Sc. & B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics from the University of Sydney. In the early 1980s he moved from Sydney to settle in Konstanz, Germany, where he continued his philosophical work, which ranges from political and social philosophy, phenomenology of whoness, social ontology, digital ontology, philosophy of music to fundamental questions in mathematics and physics, especially the question of time. In Germany he established himself as a freelance translator specializing in contemporary art.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Michael will give a talk ‘Temporal Recasting of Who We Are‘ which explores the role of hermeneutic phenomenology in defining what it means to be human.

stayed: 14–17.02.2024

Astrid studied philosophy and literature at the University of Düsseldorf, where she received her doctorate in philosophy in 1991. Since then she has done research on feminism and philosophy, partly in collaboration with the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh). In 1993, Astrid began writing freelance for radio and the press. She taught philosophy at the University of Siegen and had a research project on Martin Heidegger. Her main philosophical interests are phenomenology, existentialism and feminist philosophy.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE, Astrid will join the Human Flourishing team to discuss the role of hermeneutic phenomenology in defining what it means to be human.