Jan 20The Protopia Lab Newsletter January 2022The agitation against and exclusion of the unvaccinated from large parts of public life – as we have seen in many Western democracies...
Dec 16, 2021Switching off the autopilot: An evolutionary toolbox for the Great Transition (book)This book is about the ecological crisis that threatens to collapse our entire civilisation. It is about the crisis of liberal democracy unf
Oct 31, 2021Three theses for the Protopia LabHighly polarised societies won’t tackle the environmental crisis Tackling our most pressing problems like climate change requires...
Oct 26, 2021Are you ready for a new conversation about better strategies in a complex, polarised world?Are you finding it increasingly difficult to address our most pressing environmental and social problems in the face of polarised public...
Sep 3, 2021Can the pandemic serve as a model for tackling climate change?Why we should value dissent and not just ‘follow the science' Perhaps it is a very positive phenomenon that emerged at the beginning of...
Jul 5, 2021Doughnut Economics is the answer, isn’t it?Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics has been hugely successful in progressive civil society spaces. It pops up everywhere as the solution...
Jul 1, 2021New book: The Social Instinct – How Cooperation Shaped the World (Nichola Raihani)A growing number of activists and civil society spaces focus their attention on the idea that we humans have to get rid of our...
May 27, 2021Become a Supporter of the Protopia LabHelp us start a new conversation and foster diverse perspectives Very soon, when the Covid 19 restrictions are lifted throughout Europe,...
May 19, 2021Why do we need to switch off the autopilot?Ever since Darwin, evolutionary biology has been used to justify all kinds of different political philosophies and economic orders, from com
Apr 22, 2021New publication: Thinking about climate change and polarisation togetherHow to start a new conversation Tackling our most pressing problems like climate change requires ground-breaking solutions that can reach...
Dec 17, 2020The Protopia Lab Newsletter December 2020This is our first official newsletter for the Protopia Lab (from what was formerly the Smart CSOs Lab newsletter). The reason for this trans
Oct 8, 2020Invitation to Online Workshop Series: Starting A New ConversationAre you worried about the spiral of polarisation in our societies, and the dysfunctional public conversation around our most pressing issues