Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,663
Selected8,924
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,498Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute736Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament551LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar255Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent873CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist2,011
Why the others are excluded
People
4,513 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Halldorf professor i kyrkohistoria | Selected | Academic | Professor of religious history. | 9 | 20 |
| Slavoj Zizek Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher, professor and director of university institute. | 9 | 19 |
| Aladin El-Mafaalani Soziologe | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at FH Münster. | 9 | 17 |
| John Curtice Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor Sir John Curtice, explicit professor title. | 9 | 15 |
| Angela Duckworth Professor of Psychology · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Pennsylvania. | 9 | 13 |
| Isabella Weber economics professor · University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Selected | Academic | Economics professor at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. | 9 | 13 |
| Daniel Whiteson professor of physics · UC Irvine | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at UC Irvine. | 9 | 13 |
| Felienne Hermans professeure · VU | Selected | Academic | Professor of Computer Science at VU. | 9 | 13 |
| Ruud Koopmans hoogleraar sociologie | Selected | Academic | Professor of sociology, migration researcher. | 9 | 11 |
| Hein de Haas migratie-onderzoeker | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. migration researcher, international. | 9 | 11 |
| Ivan Krastev Politikwissenschafter | Selected | Academic | Bulgarian political scientist, university teacher. | 9 | 11 |
| Erik Scherder neuropsycholoog · Open Universiteit, VU Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Neuropsychologist at Open University and VU Amsterdam. | 9 | 10 |
| Eliezer Yudkowsky AI researcher and writer · Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Selected | Academic | AI researcher at Machine Intelligence Research Institute. | 9 | 9 |
| Hanno Sauer Associate Professor Philosophie und Ethik · Universität Utrecht | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of philosophy and ethics at Utrecht. | 9 | 9 |
| Mario Del Pero Professore di Storia Internazionale · SciencesPo | Selected | Academic | Professor of history, Sciences Po, ISPI researcher. | 8 | 61 |
| Katy Milkman professor · Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. | 8 | 56 |
| Jim Al-Khalili | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at University College London and University of Surrey. | 8 | 40 |
| Asle Toje statsviter | Selected | Academic | Researcher, University of Oslo. | 8 | 19 |
| Bruno Cautrès Chercheur CNRS · CEVIPOF, Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Researcher, CNRS CEVIPOF Sciences Po. | 8 | 16 |
| David Eagleman Stanford neuroscientist · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist at Stanford. | 8 | 15 |
| Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik Sinologin · Universität Wien | Selected | Academic | Sinologist University of Vienna. | 8 | 15 |
| Pablo Simón analista político y profesor · Universidad Carlos III | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Universidad Carlos III, political analyst. | 8 | 14 |
| Thea Riofrancos Associate Professor of Political Science · Providence College | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College. | 8 | 14 |
| Luke Kemp Research Affiliate · Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) | Selected | Academic | Research Affiliate CSER - affiliated researcher | 8 | 12 |
| Emma Frans Doktor i medicinsk epidemiologi · Karolinska Institutet | Selected | Academic | Doctor in medical epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet. | 8 | 11 |
| Mark Blyth political economist · Brown University | Selected | Academic | Political economist professor at Brown University. | 8 | 11 |
| Judith Kohlenberger chercheuse | Selected | Academic | Social scientist and university teacher at University of Vienna. | 8 | 11 |
| Alex Imas professor of behavioral science and economics · University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Chicago Booth. | 8 | 10 |
| Philippe Aghion professeur · Collège de France | Selected | Academic | Professor Collège de France, economist. | 8 | 10 |
| Steffen Mau Soziologe · HU Berlin | Selected | Academic | Prof. Sociologist HU Berlin. | 8 | 10 |
| Bob Blume Lehrer, Bildungsinfluencer und Doktorand | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at German university. | 8 | 10 |
| Donald Hoffman | Selected | Academic | Scientist at University of California, science communicator. | 8 | 10 |
| Inga Strümke | Selected | Academic | AI researcher at University of Bergen. | 8 | 10 |
| Scott Barry Kaufman psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist professor at Cornell University. | 8 | 10 |
| Vincent Lemire Historien, professeur · Université Paris-est Gustave-Eiffel | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor at Paris-East Gustave Eiffel University. | 8 | 10 |
| Adam Alter psychologist · New York University Stern School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of Marketing, NYU Stern. | 8 | 9 |
| Monika Schnitzer Vorsitzende des Sachverständigenrats · Sachverständigenrat | Selected | Academic | Chair Council of Experts and Professor. | 8 | 9 |
| Daniel Ziblatt Politologe · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard. | 8 | 9 |
| John Vervaeke associate professor · University of Toronto, Department of Psychology | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at University of Toronto. | 8 | 9 |
| Julia Cagé professeure d'économie · Sciences Po Paris | Selected | Academic | Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris. | 8 | 9 |
| Nicholas Epley psychologist · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at University of Chicago. | 8 | 9 |
| Robert Cialdini Regents Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing · Arizona State University | Selected | Academic | Professor Regents Arizona State. | 8 | 9 |
| Serhii Plokhy Ukrainian historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Harvard University. | 8 | 9 |
| Sunita Sah professor · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Cornell University. | 8 | 9 |
| Colin Fisher professor · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor, University College London. | 8 | 8 |
| Gita Gopinath Harvard economics professor, former first deputy managing director · Harvard, IMF | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Harvard. | 8 | 8 |
| Robin Hanson economist | Selected | Academic | Economist, Wikidata: economist and professor at George Mason University. | 8 | 8 |
| Peter Neumann Terrorforscher | Selected | Academic | Professor of security studies, terrorism researcher. | 7 | 46 |
| Antoni Dudek prof · Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego | Selected | Academic | Prof at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University. | 7 | 44 |
| Alain Bauer professeur de criminologie · Conservatoire des arts et métiers | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. | 7 | 36 |