Jonathan Rowson

Jonathan Rowson is co-founder and Director of Perspectiva, which is committed to understanding the relationship between systems, souls and society in theory and practice with a view to help overcome collective immunity to transformation in a time between worlds. He is also an open society fellow and a research fellow at the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity at the University of Surrey. He was previously Director of the Social Brain Centre at the RSA where he authored a range of influential research reports on behaviour change, climate change and spirituality, and curated and chaired a range of related events. By background, Jonathan is an applied philosopher with degrees from Oxford, Harvard and Bristol Universities. In a former life he was a chess Grandmaster and British Champion (2004–6) and views the game as a continuing source of insight and inspiration. His book, The Moves that Matter – A Grandmaster on the Game of Life was published by Bloomsbury in 2019. He lives in Putney, London, with his wife Siva, and their two sons, Kailash and Vishnu. A good overview of his work and Perspectiva’s purpose can be gleaned from his essay Tasting the Pickle: Ten flavours of meta-crisis and the appetite for a new civilisation.

You can also find Jonathan on Twitter @Jonathan_Rowson