Here you will find information to better understand the Institute, the spirit that drives it, and the writings that mark and inspire the fulfillment of its mission.
Interviews – Video
A question for Paolo Bartolomeo
What is the relationship between conscious subjective experience and moral consciousness?
Paolo Bartolomeo, neurologist and neuroscientist at the Paris Brain Institute, shares his insights…
Publications – Book
Publication: Expérience et vérité(s) – Un regard interdisciplinaire
Conceived as part of the À Ciel Ouvert programme, this book was published on 3 September 2026 by Éditions Épistémé. Experience and Truth(s) – An Interdisciplinary Perspective, edited by Ghislain Waterlot and Fernand Salzmann, is a collective work that brings together the perspectives of researchers from different disciplines and explores a question that is both fundamental and highly relevant today: what makes something true?
Conferences – Video
“The Robustness of Living Systems and Human Societies” – Mathilde Simon
Mathilde Simon draws on the robustness of plants—rooted in adaptation, redundancy, and plasticity—to propose an alternative model to the pursuit of performance. She invites us to rethink our societies toward greater sustainability, particularly in our relationship with time and resources. Wild foraging provides a concrete illustration of this approach, grounded in attentiveness to ecosystems, adaptation to natural cycles, and a sensitive relationship with living beings, opening the way to a form of ecospirituality.
University of Geneva, May 19, 2026.