20th – 27th September 2026 in French Pyrenees
A week-long gathering for researchers who take first-person inquiry seriously as scientific method — integrating contemplative practice, authentic dialogue, and rigorous formal science.
Most research uses only third-person methods. This workshop uses all three: first-person (contemplative investigation of experience), second-person (authentic exchange that surfaces hidden assumptions), and third-person (complexity science, modeling, data). We examine the worldview assumptions shaping our science — what we actually believe about consciousness, agency, and emergence — before those assumptions become invisible constraints.
Participants give research talks (the real version, not the conference version), collectively map the research landscape at the intersection of complexity science and contemplative studies, and build high-trust collaborations. Planned shared outputs include a collectively authored field-mapping document.
For researchers whose work grapples with questions of agency, emergence, consciousness, or what it means to be a complex system studying complex systems.
This workshop is immediately followed by the Work Alive Retreat (information below) at INTP in the French Pyrenees. €200 off for the combined two weeks. 10–20 participants each.
Deadline: Early bird registration closes May 31, 2026