Stephan Harding was born in Venezuela in 1953. He came to England at the age of six with his father and housekeeper, with whom he spoke Spanish (his mother tongue) at home. Since childhood Stephan has had a deep fascination with the natural world, and his scientific cast of mind lead him to do a degree in Zoology at the University of Durham and then a doctorate on the behavioural ecology of the muntjac deer at Oxford University. Before Durham, Stephan spent a gap year helping to carry out ecological research in the remote Sengwa Research Station in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia), where he worked on warthog ecology, and as a Durham undergraduate he led a two-man expedition to the Manu National Park in Peru. After completing his first degree he returned to Venezuela where he was a field assistant for the Smithsonian Institute, studying mammalian diversity in the rainforest and in the lowland plains. It was here that he learnt to play the 4- stringed Venezuelan guitar known as the ‘cuatro’. After Oxford Stephan was appointed Visiting Professor in Wildlife Management at the National University in Costa Rica, where he lived for two years before becoming a founder member of Schumacher College in 1990. The College’s first teacher was James Lovelock, with whom Stephan has maintained a long-lasting friendship and scientific collaboration that lead to their joint appointment as founding chair holders of the Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo. Stephan lives on the College campus with his wife Julia Ponsonby and their son Oscar, is author of Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia Green Books 2009, and editor of Grow Small, Think Beautiful: Ideas for a Sustainable World from Schumacher College, Floris Books 2011.
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Members and Advisers
Galileo Commission Co-ordinators
- Prof Dr Harald Walach (Germany and Poland), Professor, Medical University Poznan, Lecturer and Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, University Witten-Herdecke
- David Lorimer (France), Programme Director SMN
- Richard Irwin (UK), Director SMN
Advisers
Dr Eben Alexander III (US), neurosurgeon and author
Prof Chris Bache (US), philosopher, Youngstown State University
Anne Baring (UK), Jungian analyst and author
Prof Imants Baruss (Canada), psychologist, King’s University College
Dr Vasileios Basios (Belgium), physicist, Free University of Brussels
Dr Mario Beauregard, (US), neuroscientist, University of Arizona
Prof Carl Becker (Japan), social scientist, Kyoto University
M.D. Laurin Bellg (US), ICU physician
Dr Daniel Benor (US), physician, doctor-healer network
Dr Edi Bilimoria (UK), consultant engineer and author
Dr Arie Bos (Netherlands), physician and philosopher of science, University of Utrecht
Emilios Bouratinos (Greece), philosopher, author of “Science, Objectivity and Consciousness”
Prof Stephen Braude (US), philosopher, University of Maryland
Prof Etzel Cardeña (Sweden), psychologist, University of Lund
Prof Bernard Carr (UK), physicist and cosmologist, Queen Mary College, University of London
Dr Deepak Chopra (US), physician, author
Prof. John Clarke (UK), historian of ideas, Kingston University
Dr Apela Colorado (Canada), systems and indigenous scientist
Dr Jude Currivan (UK), cosmologist, healer and author
Prof Christian de Quincey (US), philosopher, The Wisdom Academy, formerly JFK University
Dr Larry Dossey (US), physician, Executive Editor: Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Brenda Dunne (US), PEAR Lab, Princeton
Duane Elgin (US), writer and futurist
Dr Peter Fenwick (UK), neuropsychiatrist, University of London
Prof Jorge Ferrer (US), psychologist, California Institute for Integral Studies
Dr Paul Filmore (UK), physicist, University of Plymouth
Dr David Greenwood (UK), engineer, Alister Hardy Trust
M.D. Bruce Greyson (US), neuropsychiatrist, University of Virginia
M.D. Stan Grof (US), psychiatrist, California Institute for Integral Studies
Dr Neal Grossman (US), philosopher, University of Illinois
Dr Michael Grosso (US), philosopher, Jersey College, New York
Nicholas Hagger (UK), philosopher, mystic and cultural historian
Paul Hague (Sweden), systems architect and author
Prof Stuart Hameroff (US), neuroscientist, University of Arizona
John Hands (UK), philosopher of science and author of Cosmo Sapiens
Dr Stephan Harding (UK) biologist, Schumacher College
Prof Janice Holden (US), psychologist, University of North Texas
Prof Ed Kelly (US), cognitive neuroscientist, University of Virginia
Dr Emily Williams Kelly (US), cognitive neuroscientist, University of Virginia
Paul Kieniewicz (Poland), physicist and geologist
Prof Stanley Krippner (US), psychologist, Saybrook Institute
Dr Les Lancaster (UK), Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Ervin Laszlo (Italy), systems theorist and President of the Club of Budapest
Prof Martin Lockley (US), palaeontologist, University of Denver
Dr Andrew Lohrey (Australia), philosopher and author
Dr Pim van Lommel (Netherlands), cardiologist
Dr Paul Marshall (UK), philosopher, co-editor of ‘Beyond Physicalism’
Nicholas Maxwell (UK), philosopher of science, University College London
Dr Iain McGilchrist (UK), neuropsychiatrist and philosopher
Dr Lisa Miller (US), psychologist, University of Columbia
Dr Julia Mossbridge (US), cognitive neuroscientist and futurist, Fellow, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Prof AK Mukhopadhyay (India), physician and consciousness researcher, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Dr Jeremy Naydler (UK), philosopher and historian of ideas
Dr Roger Nelson (US), psychologist, Global Consciousness Project
Prof Kim Penberthy (US), cognitive neuroscientist, University of Virginia
Dr Andrew Powell (UK), psychiatrist, Founding Chair of Royal College of Psychiatrists Special Interest Group
Prof John Poynton (South Africa), zoologist, University of Natal
Prof Dean Radin, (US), parapsychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Prof K. Ramakrishna Rao (India), psychologist, philosopher and parapsychologist Chair, Indian Council for Philosophical Research and former Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University
Prof Ravi Ravindra (Canada), physicist, University of Halifax
Dr Alan Rayner (UK), biologist, University of Bath
Prof Peter Reason (UK), social scientist, University of Bath
Dr John Reed (US), physician, editor, World Institute of Scientific Exploration Journal
Prof Kenneth Ring (US), psychologist, University of Connecticut
Dr Oliver Robinson, (UK), psychologist, University of Greenwich
Prof Chris Roe (UK), psychologist, University of Northampton
Peter Russell (US), physicist, author
Dr Shantena Sabbadini (Spain), physicist, Pari Center and Schumacher College
Dr Marilyn Schlitz (US), anthropologist, parapsychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Dr Gary Schwartz (US), neuropsychiatrist, University of Arizona
Stephan Schwartz (US), scientist, futurist, historian
Julie Soskin (UK) M. Phil. Author, Intuitive and Psycho-Spiritual Facilitator
Prof Richard Tarnas (US), philosopher, California Institute for Integral Studies
Prof Charles Tart (US), psychologist, parapsychologist, UC Davis
Dr Steve Taylor (UK), psychologist, Leeds Beckett University, author
Hardin Tibbs (UK), futurist
Dr Natalie Tobert (UK), medical anthropologist
Prof Max Velmans (UK), psychologist, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Cassandra Vieten (US), psychologist, Institute of Noetic Sciences
Dr Alan Wallace (US), physicist and Tibetan monk, Santa Barbara Institute
Dr Joan Walton (UK), consciousness researcher, York St John University
Prof Marjory Hines Woollacott, (US), neuroscientist, University of Oregon
Dr Michael Wride (Ireland), biologist, Trinity College, Dublin
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