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We are glad to announce the launch of the School of Thinking edition Tau, for the next academic year 2025-2026! The programme is now open for enrollment.  This postgraduate is an intense one-year program for people from all walks of life.

Please join us for a film screening followed by a Q&A with Sabina Leonelli May 21, 2025, 18h-20h at Vrije Universiteit Brussel Room D.0.07 Artist Jacob van der Beugel and philosopher Sabina Leonelli have collaborated with filmmaker Oliver Page towards an art movie examining the notion...

To all scientists, artists, philosophers, and anyone whose work involves bringing new ideas, ways of thinking, and co-inhabiting into the world: From January to July 2025, we will run a pilot series of monthly 2-day symposia in Brussels to collectively imagine the Imaginary Institute together.

The workshop explores sustainability, environmental science, and international cooperation by blending theoretical perspectives—from cybernetics to philosophy—with practical applications in conservation and development.

Come and join CLEA at the CurieuCity Arts and Science festival in Brussels running the entire upcoming weekend from Friday 29 Nov to Sunday 1 December.

After the successful N 2 conference at UC Berkeley on ‘ The Noosphere: the future of human collective consciousness ’ in 2023, CLEA is now co-organizing a follow-up N 2 conference ‘ The Noosphere & the Global South ’.

On June 27 and 28, the conference "Maths and Society" in Brussels will explore questions and perspectives on the use of mathematics and data science in social intervention and sustainable development.

CLEA director Francis Heylighen and researcher Shima Beigi are invited to speak at the Science Week in Morocco from 12 - 16 February, organised by the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P).

In 2023, CLEA travelled to California to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the noosphere, the "sphere of thought" enveloping the Earth. We have compiled the conference's highlights to give you a better grip on the noosphere. For more info, click the title.

In January 2024, CLEA researchers Tomas Veloz and Stefan Leijnen were invited to speak at the conference “Causal Cognition in Humans and Machines” at the University of Oxford. The gathering was organized by Quantinuum where former CLEA member Prof.

CLEA is pleased to announce the N2 conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Noosphere.

We aim to challenge established paradigms and redefine the boundaries of artistic expression. The workshop will discuss the foundations of human intuition and AI-driven reasoning, unraveling the potential for unprecedented innovation.   See here for more information...