Adrian studied philosophy at Nottingham University in the 1980s before entering the business world where he rose to become a Board Director of Gocompare plc, Chair of London digital group, LAB, and co-founder of technology advisory company, OutcomePath. He advises and invests in digital companies but gave up the ‘day jobs’ to restart his philosophy […]
Dr Andy Letcher is a scholar of religion specialising in psychedelic and ‘dark green’ spiritualities and new religious movements. He is Senior Lecturer at both Schumacher College, Devon UK – where he is the Programme Lead for the MA Engaged Ecology –, and at the University of Exeter, where he teaches on the PGCert Psychedelics: […]
Celia completed her undergraduate degree and Ph.D at UCL. After a short time Yale University on a scholarship programme, she returned to UCL for a post-doc. Following this she worked at University of Melbourne as a visiting research fellow and returned to UCL for a fellowship and then Lectureship. Celia joined University of Exeter as […]
Chris Salway graduated from Leicester University Medical School in 1989, after completion of his pre-registration year he left Medicine for 4 years joining the ranks of the “new age travellers” living in a truck in England and Ireland. In 1994, he returned to work in Medicine, he initially worked in general medicine and emergency medicine […]
Christine is a philosopher with training in sociology and psychology also. Her research interests include a range of topics in Moral Philosophy and Empirical Ethics, Feminist Philosophy and Decolonizing Approaches; Frankfurt School Critical Theory, Philosophy of Medicine and the Life Sciences (especially psychedelic psychotherapy, genetics and stem cell research), and Science and Technology Studies. Christine […]
Eirini is currently a PhD candidate at Exeter where she also coordinates the Transdisciplinary Psychedelic Colloquium. Her work at its core explores diversifying consciousness for flourishing (eudaimonia) and aims to balance polarizing narratives. She investigates how challenging perceptions of ‘Normality’ trigger mechanisms with layered impact on individual and collective potential for transformation. Originally from Greece, […]
Joy’s academic journey spans multiple disciplines, encompassing literature, law, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. However, it was in the neuroscience of psychedelics that she discovered her true passion. During her BSc in psychology at the University of Luxembourg, she became captivated by the intricate neurocircuits underlying various psychiatric disorders. This fascination led her to pursue a […]
Leor is a Senior Lecturer and Psychedelic Researcher at the department of psychology. He is fascinated by the ways psychedelics modify consciousness from a biopsychosocial perspective. He has previously worked at the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College London, under the mentorship of Prof. Robin Carhart-Harris and Prof. David Nutt, in the midst of a […]
Mark has been studying the sacramental drug-culture relationship for seven years, having presented his research in Tallinn, Harvard, Breaking Convention and Prague. His interests span theology, philosophy, critical theory, medical anthropology and literature and he looks at the relationship between measurable exteriorities, immeasurable interiorities, ritual and value generation, comparativism and natural theology. He is especially […]
Peter is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher of mind who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza, and in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. Following his degree in Continental Philosophy at the University of Warwick, he became a Philosophy lecturer in London for six years after which he pursued his PhD […]