Zusammenfassung eines Impulsvortrages, den ich am 2.3 in Berlin auf einem Basecamp zum Thema Stadtwerte halte – lange Version siehe unten: In meinem Talk geht es um eine einfache, aber unbequeme Frage: Reichen gute Kennzahlen, um eine gute Stadt zu machen? Wir messen heute alles. Dichte. Sicherheit. Mobilität. CO₂. Produktivität. Und das ist auch sinnvoll. […]
Next week I will give a talk tailored for students, 1st year bachelor, political science; at the Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, University of Pavia February 26, 2026 In this talk, I providesa critical analysis of the United Nations, framing it not as a failing technical machine but as a political arena reflecting the […]
The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]
On April 8th I was invited to give a talk at the HS Pforzheim. The topic was: How to drive longlasting (social) change (=sustainalbility). 80 students were watching online the Q&A – Benjamin Fritz, who has been to Janwaar for six weeks in 2019/2020, was asking the questions – it was fun!
Last week I was part of a Musterbrecher-workshop (online) “Unternehmertum” (Entrepreneurship), which they condicted for their client freenet, Hamburg, Germany. My role was to share my experiences with my social experiment in Janwaar and to draw parallels between my work in the village and my work as a consultant for companies. This might seem odd […]
I am currently in Bombay, India at the MIT India Initiative. I was invited to talk about Re-thinking Education. Here is my talk – I hope there is something in it for you! That’s an audio file of my talk. When I went to school I always felt like an outsider.I never had many friends. […]