United States, 1946
Lenny Kaye
guitarist, composer and writer
Speakers and authors
The journal Nexus was founded in 1991, the Nexus Institute three years later. Since then, a large number of international thinkers, artists, scholars and politicians have published in Nexus or taken part in one of the Institute’s activities. Below you find an overview of all our authors and speakers.
Palestine, 1971
Nadia Harhash
Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist
India, 1950
Anand Patwardhan
Indian artist-activist and revolutionary spirit
France, 1994
Colombe Cahen-Salvador
political activist, co-founder of Volt and co-founder of Atlas
Italy, 1966
Antonio Spadaro, S.J.
Catholic priest and Jesuit
United States, 1962
Jeff Flake
A high ranked Republican politician and critic of Trump
Italy, 1975
Haris Vlavianós
Greek European humanist
United States, 1964
Patrick J. Deneen
internationally renowned American political thinker
United States, 1965
Mary L. Trump
niece and author of ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Man’
United Kingdom, 1983
Kehinde Andrews
anti-racist activist and most influential spokesman for Black Lives Matter in the UK
Egypt, 1962
Baroness Minouche Shafik
top economist and one of the most influential financial thinkers
Italy, 1964
Giuseppe Conte
former Prime Minister of Italy and president of the Italian Five Star Movement
Belarus, 1982
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
Belarusian opposition leader
Belgium, 1958
Ivo van Hove
General Director of International Theatre Amsterdam
United Kingdom, 1950
Richard Frackowiak
top expert neuroscience
Nigeria, 1962
Folake Wole-Soyinka
expert on race and gender issues in Africa
United States, 1981
Thomas Chatterton Williams
cultural critic and author Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
United Kingdom, 1971
Laura Spinney
author of Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it Changed the World
United States, 1950
Gregory J. Polan
Abbot of the Benedictine Order
Russia, 1987
Igor Levit
world-famous pianist
United Kingdom, 1973
Edward Skidelsky
philosopher and author of Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture
United Arab Emirates, 1971
Omar Saif Ghobash
diplomat and author of Letters to a Young Muslim
Czech Republic, 1929-2025
Dita Kraus
Auschwitz survivor
United States, 1958
Anne Case
prominent American economist at Princeton University