GHI Forum presents, “COGNITION, LEARNING & HUMAN FLOURISHING: A Journey into Presence, Practice, and Complexity”

Register Online: (Zoom link HERE)

Join us for the inaugural GHI Forum! This session introduces the Cognition, Learning, and Human Flourishing pillar and the Living in Complexity project, inviting participants to explore how contemplative practices foster resilience, cognitive flexibility, and meaning-making in an uncertain world.

We will introduce the pillar’s key concepts and facilitate an interactive discussion where we invite you to explore how the pillar’s themes relate to your own work. To anchor our exploration in direct experience, we will weave in experiential segments, incorporating meditation, somatic movement, and reflective writing.

This will be a space to engage the mind, heart, spirit, and body—a conversation through moments of stillness, movement, and reflection. Come ready to share, listen, explore, and step into a different way of thinking and being together. For this session, bring a journal, get comfortable with tea or coffee, and step away from your usual workspace—perhaps onto a meditation cushion—to symbolically shift from routine and enter these 90 minutes with curiosity.

GHI FORUM SERIES:

1st GHI Forum

– ‎Title: Cognition, Learning & Human Flourishing
– ‎Date: February 21, 8:00–9:30 AM EST
– Speakers: Jonas Mago, Justus Wachs

2nd GHI Forum

– ‎Title: Good Governance in Bad Times
– Date: March 28, 8:00–9:30 AM EST
– Speakers: Wiebke Denecke, Johannes Makar, Michael Puett

3rd GHI Forum

– Title: The Good Life: Religions, Philosophies & Sciences
– Date: April 11, 8:00–9:30 AM EST
– Speakers: Rafal K. Stepien, Simran Jeet Singh, Andreas Ohlemacher, Wiebke Denecke

4th GHI Forum

– Title: Public Literacies: Civic Systems, Media & Emotional Intelligence
– Date: May 9, 8:00–9:30 AM EST
– Speakers: Gabor Hollbeck, Mikael Jakobsson, Richard Eberhardt