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Peter Ward studied journalism at the University of Sheffield before moving to Dubai, where he reported on the energy sector. After three years in the Middle East, he earned his[…]
As a physician, writer, and clinical researcher, Haider Warraich wears many hats. He writes frequently for the New York Times and the Washington Post, and has also written for the[…]
Will Lockett is a British writer and ex-engineer who is passionate about cutting-edge technology, the burgeoning space industry, and revolutionary ways to fight climate change.
Dr. Will Gervais is an assistant professor of social psychology and director of the Belief and Morality Lab (BAM!). He is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Culture and[…]
Named a "Rising Star" by the Association for Psychological Science, Dr. Steph Cacioppo is the Director of the Brain Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.[…]
Gary Gerstle arrived in Cambridge in 2014 after a three-decade career in the United States, most recently at Vanderbilt University where he was James G. Stahlman Professor of American History.[…]
Thomas Buonomo is an independent consultant with expertise in Middle East affairs, geopolitics, and religious nationalism. His writing on diplomacy; conflict prevention, management, and resolution; the link between trauma and[…]
Dr. Leor Roseman is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London, where he also received his PhD and MRes, under the supervision of Dr. Robin[…]
Iain McGilchrist is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of[…]
Dr. Ken Ginsburg is a Professor of Pediatrics and an Adolescent Medicine Specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the[…]
Jamie Merisotis, an international leader in higher education, human work, philanthropy, and public policy, has been Lumina’s president and CEO since 2008. Before joining Lumina, he was an advisor and[…]
Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch received his Ph.D. in geosciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Afterwards he took up a fellowship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, worked as Assistant Professor[…]
Kevin Vost, Psy.D., obtained his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Adler University with internship and dissertation at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Alzheimer Center. He has served as[…]
Oded Galor is Herbert Goldberger Professor of Economics at Brown University. He is the founder of Unified Growth Theory and has contributed to the understanding of the process of development[…]
Courtney Brown, Ph.D, is vice president of impact and planning for Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation in Indianapolis that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school[…]
Dr. Nick Chater joined Warwick Business School in 2010, after holding chairs in psychology at Warwick and UCL. He has over 200 publications, has won four national awards for psychological[…]
Agustín Fuentes, a Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University, focuses on the biosocial, delving into the entanglement of biological systems with the social and cultural lives of humans, our ancestors, and a few of the other animals with whom humanity shares close relations.
Dr. Nicholas Mulder works on European and international history from 1870 to the present. His research focuses on political, economic, and intellectual history, with particular attention to the era of the[…]
Barbara J. Fields is a professor of American history at Columbia University. She is the co-author of Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life.
Karen E. Fields is an independent sociologist who holds degrees from Harvard University, Brandeis University, and the Sorbonne. She is a co-author of the author of Racecraft: The Soul of[…]
Avi Loeb is a Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author. He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age[…]
Sai Gaddam is an entrepreneur and a computational neuroscientist by training. He previously co-authored A Billion Wicked Thoughts, an internationally acclaimed science non-fiction book about sexual desire and what the[…]
Helen Thompson is a professor of political economy at the University of Cambridge. In addition to contributing to publications including The New Statesman, The New York Times, and The Financial Times,[…]
As the former Secretary of State for European Affairs in Portugal, Bruno Maçães is a geopolitical consultant and the author of books such as Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of[…]
Bryan Walsh is the editor of Vox's Future Perfect section, overseeing coverage on policies and technologies that will make the future a better place. Previously he worked at Axios as[…]
Sam Jarman is a communicator of all things physics, from black holes to nature-inspired technology. He is also a regular contributor for online magazines including Physics World, Scientia, and Research[…]
Kelly Weill is a journalist at the Daily Beast, where she covers extremism, disinformation, and the internet. As a leading media voice on the role of online conspiracy theories in[…]
John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. His research includes over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and several published textbooks.[…]