Founder of Open Knowledge, an award-winning international digital non-profit. Formerly a Shuttleworth Fellow, the Mead Fellow in Economics at Cambridge University.
Sylvie Barbier
Co-founder & Steward
French-Taiwanese performance artist, entrepreneur and educator. Co-founded Life Itself to build a wiser future through culture, space and community.
Liam Kavanagh
Co-founder
Cognitive scientist studying how body and feelings interact with thoughts, both within individuals and social groups. Studied Economics at Cambridge, PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from UCSD.
Jonah Wilberg
Research Circle Steward
Philosopher and interdisciplinary thinker, co-lead of the Life Itself Research collective and curator of the Second Renaissance initiative. Studied Physics and Philosophy at Oxford, PhD in Philosophy of Consciousness at Essex.
Armelle Boussidan
Team
Facilitator, consultant and artist with a PhD in Cognitive Science and Linguistics. Brings cross-cultural sensitivity to multilingual projects spanning ecological, cultural and well-being sectors.
Matthew de Caussin
Team
A decade forging technology and innovation partnerships, and another decade in hospitality. Diversity of experience makes him a good steward, whether at a monastery, a dinner party, or a boardroom.
Yoyo Pasieka
Communications
Communications specialist with a background in biology and marine sciences. Previously at the Human Rights Measurement Initiative in New Zealand. Fluent in English and French.
