Recommended upcoming events
Click here for a curated selection of upcoming events (and application deadlines) related to open & contemplative science, research, scholarship, and practice.
For more conferences and events related to Open Science, please check out the Open Research Calendar.
For events related to Contemplative Science / traditions / practices, see the calendars of Mind & Life Europe and the Mind & Life Institute.
Several other organisations that are listed on our Resources page have their own event calendars too.
Also check out the list of upcoming Online Buddhist Studies Events, maintained by Mariia Lepneva and Guttorm Gundersen.
A selection of upcoming online courses
The next ProSocial Action Lab, for groups to “learn, research, play and practice their collaborative skills”, will run online from 28th August until 31st October 2024.
The next 3-hours online “The Money Game Experience”, hosted by Greaterthan, takes place on 30th August 2024 in English and on 25th September 2024 en Español.
The next Leading ProSocial course, “designed for those aiming to facilitate or coach more effectively”, will run online from 9th September until 29th October 2024.
Mind & Life Institute is offering “Relational Facilitators for collective liberation”, an online training program to help nurture a network of “movement leaders, healers, tenders and weavers”. The next cohort will run from 5th September until 19th December 2024.
Roshi Joan Halifax and other teachers are offering “G.R.A.C.E.: Training in Cultivating Compassion-Based Interactions” in-person and online from 6th-8th September 2024. You can find Upaya Zen Center’s full program schedule here.
The next 5-week cohort of the Liberating Structures Studio, hosted by Susan Basterfield and Stefan Morales from Greatherthan, starts on 10th September 2024. Greatherthan also offer courses on Collective Leadership and Trauma Informed Collaboration.
John Makransky and Paul Condon are offering an online weekend retreat with BCBS, titled “Opening to the Primordial Goodness of Our Being”, from 20th-22nd September 2024. It is intended for people who have previously practised with John Makransky or Paul Condon and are familiar with Sustainable Compassion Training (SCT).
Arika Virapongse and Eva Jo Meyers are offering an 8-week program titled “A Learning Community for Community Stewards” for people who help coordinate the steering of any community. The weekly sessions (Tuesdays) are starting on 24th September 2024.
The next “CU*money” course by ConsciousU, based on the work of Peter Koenig, starts on 26th September 2024 (English) or 24th September 2024 (German). ConsciousU is also offering other programmes for organisational and personal development.
The next Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet online course by Plum Village – a “7-week in-depth online learning journey to nurture insight, compassion, community, and mindful action in service of the Earth” – will run from 20th October until 8th December 2024.
Upaya Zen Center’s program “Awakened Action: Opening to All of Life” will run in-person and online from 15th-17th November 2024. You can find Upaya Zen Center’s full program schedule here.