We focus on four interconnected forms of action
Cosmocitizens is in formation. The practices below describe how this work is taking shape.
How We Work: An Emerging Practice
Framing
We produce concise, rigorous framing of where existing governance fails in planetary conditions, especially in technology, migration, climate, peace and future infrastructures. Our goal is shared diagnosis.
Prototyping
We design and test tangible forms of participation beyond borders, whether through deliberative assemblies, ethical intervention tools, or new civic roles. Each prototype leaves behind something that can be repeated, adopted, or embedded.
Building
We train people to think and act as planetary civic agents. Through courses, labs, and fellowships, participants gain ethical and systems literacy, governance imagination, practical tools for engagement.
Partnering
We work with universities, NGOs, policy labs, international institutions and public-interest technologists to bring what works into real systems. We are a bridge between ethics and structure, imagination and implementation, people and power.
Ongoing Happenings
Online Course:
Ethical AI in Humanitarian Response and Development
We're getting together an exemplary group for this 3-session live online course/ workshop to explore how emerging AI technologies are (and should be) reshaping humanitarian response, climate adaptation, development, and more.
Online Book Club:
A small book club for big questions.
We read and discuss books that shift how we see Earth, humanity, and our shared future. From space perspectives to philosophical fiction, these gatherings are for thoughtful conversation across borders and disciplines. No expertise required. Only curiosity.
“You never change something by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
Upcoming and Recent Events
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Opening Space: Belonging
May 9, 2026
An initial gathering to open a shared space around cosmocitizenship, exploring what it means to belong beyond borders, and how this idea takes form.
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Open Space: AI and Democracy
May 16, 2026
An open conversation on AI and democratic life, exploring power, responsibility, and the future of governance in an age of rapidly evolving technologies.
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Liftoff! Our First Book
June 2026 (Details TBA)
The opening of the book club with our first discussion in this space where we read and reflect on texts related to the planet, ethics, and global belonging.
Hybrid Course:
Psychology in the Polycrisis: Climate, Trauma, and Development
This 3-session course explores how psychology shapes today’s polycrisis and the international response — from war and migration to climate anxiety, collective trauma, and practitioner burnout. Together, we examine how fear, identity, and resilience influence global affairs and development.
