Past events

Leo Apostel (1925–1995) was a Belgian logician-philosopher and pioneer of interdisciplinary worldviews who would have turned 100 this year.

In this talk, Emanuele Barreca shows how fusing space and art - combining Earth-observation data with ancient perspectives - can drive transformational, experiential learning and public engagement.

We invite you to the next two-day symposium to collectively imagine the Imaginary Institute, a new initiative by the CLEA ArtScience group. Click the title to learn more!

This talk explores the hidden dynamics of AI ethics and the societal challenges amplified by technology. It calls for a deeper reckoning beyond surface debates — a return to genuine truth in a fractured world.

  About the Seminar In this talk, I will present the arguments of the central thesis of my upcoming book, The Study of Progress: First Principles on the Brink of Runaway Complexity. The systems we design, manage, and interact with become increasingly complex.

Summary: Stefan Leijnen, Professor in Artificial Intelligence at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, will discuss how the troublesome relation between AI and values stem from misunderstanding the truthfulness of AI systems; then, drawing from Zen Buddhist principles of non-duality and non-decept...

With the upcoming Complex Anarchism symposium, we will be exploring the intersection between anarchism and complexity science.

The next CLEA AI and Values seminar on Friday, April 25, takes place within the context of the third Imaginary Institute symposium. The Friday seminar programme consists of four parts.

Consciousness is originarily not an “I think that,” but rather an “I can.”1 Probabilistic modeling has particular abilities to sense, and the capacities of these, like any form of perception, are both constrained by and flourish from the friction of their limits.

In the upcoming CLEA x ii seminar session, we invite Brian Castellani and Lasse Gerrits to explore their seminal work, The Atlas of Social Complexity. We will focus on their final chapter, The Unfinished Space, asking how we can ensure that the study of social complexity remains disruptive.

The rise of generative AI has sparked both excitement and concern. While the latest models are surprisingly effective in helping people solve their problems, they also raise ethical questions about manipulation, bias, and the potential for AI to control humans.

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