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.Ā He advises and invests in digital companies but gave up the ‘day jobs’ to restart his philosophy […]
Alex is a neuroscientist working in computational psychiatry, currently a lecturer at the University of Exeter. His research aims to unpick the pathophysiology of psychiatric disease using multimodal imaging (M/EEG, MRI, PET), pharmaco-imaging, psychedelic and anaesthetic drugs, machine learning, and computational modelling. Alex is interested in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics in psychiatric disorder as […]
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 ānew age travellersā 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, […]
Emily Selove (PhD 2012, UCLA) is an Associate Professor in Medieval Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Exeter.Ā She is also the convener of the University of Exeter’s Centre for the study of Magic and Esotericism. Her recent research has focused on a 13th-century Arabic grimoire, theĀ KitÄb al-ShÄmil wa-baįø„r al-kÄmilĀ (Book of the Complete) byĀ SirÄj […]
Helen is currently a lecturer and research tutor in the psychology and clinical psychology departments at the University of Exeter. Her research has primarily used qualitative research methods to explore a range of topics including – links between nature and wellbeing, experiences of caregivers for people with dementia, and the professional education of teachers and […]
Jamie is a psychologist and lecturer in the Psychology Department at the University of Exeter. He holds an undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology, a master’s degree in Health Psychology, and a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Liverpool John Moores University. His doctoral research focused on cognitive enhancement drug use, specifically the usage of novel psychostimulants […]
Johanna wrote her Masterās dissertation on Jung’s Red Book during an internship at Fundacion Vocacion Humana, a Jungian center in Buenos Aires. She has taught a course on the interlink between Depth Psychology and the psychedelic experience, offered by āPsychedelics Todayā forum. Her interests include Transpersonal Psychology, Ecopsychology, Holotropic Breathwork, Process philosophy, and Western Esotericism. […]