THE NEW INSTITUTE is an experimental initiative aimed at developing social imaginaries for future societies. We combine academic rigor with innovative practice to inspire, promote and implement societal change. We try to close the gap between insight and action by bringing together academics from different disciplines with politicians, entrepreneurs, journalists, and artists.
We live and collaboratively work together in the Warburg Ensemble, which provides the conditions for rethinking conventional approaches to work. We host up to 35 fellows and build unlikely alliances.
Key Publications
’- ‘Towards a New Enlightenment. A Case for Future-oriented Humanities’ (2022), https://thenew.institute/en/media/discussion-papers/the-integrative-power-of-the-humanities. Co-authored by fellows of THE NEW INSTITUTE, this essay addresses: What might a new understanding of the humanities look like, one that aligns its thinking and imagination with criteria for a livable future?
- ‘On Hope’, https://thenew.institute/en/media/on-hope. ‘Hope is a promise, a contradiction, a quiet revolution. For the second issue of our Paper Edition, we speak to twelve leading thinkers, dreamers, and practitioners; and present them in the context of artworks that expand the concept of hope.‘
Additional Notes
One of their 2023/24 programmes is ‘Black Feminism and the Polycrisis’, chaired by Minna Salami: https://thenew.institute/en/programs/black-feminism-and-the-polycrisis.