Roman Krznaric, a founding faculty member at The School of Life in London and an empathy advisor to organisations including Oxfam and the United Nations, is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His previous international bestsellers, including Empathy, The Wonderbox and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in over twenty languages. His latest book is The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long-Term in a Short-Term World. Growing up in Sydney and Hong Kong, Krznaric studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where he earned a PhD in Political Sociology. He is the founder of the world’s first Museum of Empathy and is a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation and a member of the Club of Rome. Krznaric has been described by The Observer as one of Britain’s leading popular philosophers. His writings have had an enormous influence on political and environmental activists, educational reformers, social entrepreneurs and designers. An acclaimed public speaker, his talks and workshops have taken him to diverse venues, from a London prison to the world stage of TED Talks. Krznaric has previously been an academic, a gardener and has worked on human rights issues in Guatemala. He is also a fan of the medieval sport of “real tennis” and a passionate furniture maker.
