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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bent Flyvbjerg professor · Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Bogusław Pacek generał broni, profesor · Uniwersytet Jagielloński | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Jagiellonian University, retired general. | 5 | 6 |
| Christine Kinealy Professor · Quinnipiac University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Quinnipiac University. | 5 | 6 |
| David Runciman Podcaster, academic, historian and author | Selected | Academic | Podcaster, academic, historian and author. | 5 | 6 |
| Edward Watts historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor, author of Mortal Republic. | 5 | 6 |
| Franziska Davies Osteuropa-Expertin und Historikerin · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Historian at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. | 5 | 6 |
| Heike Specht Dr. · Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Bavarian Academy of Sciences. | 5 | 6 |
| John Martinis Nobel Prize in Physics Winner | Selected | Academic | Physicist at UC Santa Barbara. | 5 | 6 |
| Julia Ravanis teknikhistorikern | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at Chalmers University of Technology. | 5 | 6 |
| Kim Wehle professor of law and former assistant U.S. attorney | Selected | Academic | Professor of law, former assistant attorney. | 5 | 6 |
| Matthew Desmond Princeton sociologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Princeton sociologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. | 5 | 6 |
| Saul Perlmutter Physiknobelpreisträger | Selected | Academic | Physics Nobel laureate, Berkeley professor. | 5 | 6 |
| Steije Hofhuis docent cultuurgeschiedenis en postdoctoraal onderzoeker · Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin | Selected | Academic | Docent in cultural history at Wissenschaftszentrum. | 5 | 6 |
| Stephon Alexander theoretical physicist · Brown University | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at Brown University. | 5 | 6 |
| Vanessa Bohns psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Organizational Psychology at Cornell University. | 5 | 6 |
| Mark Miodownik Professor of Materials and Society · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor of Materials and Society at University College London. | 5 | 5 |
| Sonja Lyubomirsky psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology at University of California, Riverside. | 5 | 5 |
| Emily Wilson traductrice, classiciste | Selected | Academic | Classicist and translator, university professor. | 5 | 5 |
| Helen Czerski physicist and oceanographer · University College London | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering UCL. | 5 | 5 |
| Lode Lauwaert filosoof aan de KU Leuven · KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at KU Leuven. | 5 | 5 |
| Patrice Geoffron Professeur d'économie · Université Paris-Dauphine | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at University Paris-Dauphine. | 5 | 5 |
| Paul Nurse director · Francis Crick Institute | Selected | Academic | Director of Francis Crick Institute. | 5 | 5 |
| Robert Lustig Dr. · UCSF | Selected | Academic | Endocrinologist at UCSF. | 5 | 5 |
| Sara Seager astrophysicist · MIT | Selected | Academic | Planetary scientist, MIT. | 5 | 5 |
| Thomas Curran psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at London School of Economics. | 5 | 5 |
| Alison Fragale professor of organizational behavior · University of North Carolina's business school | Selected | Academic | Professor of organizational behavior, University of North Carolina. | 5 | 5 |
| Alison Gopnik APS President · University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | APS President, studies at University of California Berkeley. | 5 | 5 |
| Bernard Lahire Sociologue | Selected | Academic | Sociologist ENS Lyon and Lumière University, university teacher. | 5 | 5 |
| Coltan Scrivner leading expert on morbid curiosity | Selected | Academic | Leading expert on morbid curiosity, researcher and psychologist at Aarhus University. | 5 | 5 |
| Dahlia Scheindlin political consultant and researcher · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Political consultant and researcher at University of Pennsylvania. | 5 | 5 |
| Daniela Gabor makroøkonom, professor · SOAS, University of London | Selected | Academic | Macroeconomist, professor at SOAS, University of London. | 5 | 5 |
| Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf Prof. | Selected | Academic | Prof. Legal scientist, Universität Potsdam. | 5 | 5 |
| Jutta Allmendinger Soziologin · Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at Scientificscentrum Berlin, social research. | 5 | 5 |
| Kip Thorne physicist | Selected | Academic | Physicist and professor at Caltech. | 5 | 5 |
| Leslie John professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 5 | 5 |
| Michael McConnell Richard and Frances Mallery Professor · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Richard and Frances Mallery Professor, Stanford Law. | 5 | 5 |
| Oliver Stuenkel Politikwissenschaftler, Schriftsteller, Professor · Fundação Getulio Vargas | Selected | Academic | Professor at Fundacao Getulio Vargas. Academic position. | 5 | 5 |
| Olivier Alexandre chercheur · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Researcher at CNRS, public research organization. | 5 | 5 |
| Rashid Khalidi Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Edward Said Professor at Columbia University. | 5 | 5 |
| Susan David PHD, psychologist · McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School | Selected | Academic | PhD psychologist at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. | 5 | 5 |
| Jean-Marc Daniel éditorialiste · BFM Business | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at ESCP Business School. | 4 | 112 |
| Scott Lucas Professor of International Politics · Clinton Institute, UCD | Selected | Academic | Professor of international politics at the Clinton Institute, UCD. | 4 | 80 |
| Fabrice Epelboin | Selected | Academic | Entrepreneur and university teacher at Paris IEP. | 4 | 31 |
| Anne-Sophie Alsif cheffe économiste · BDO France | Selected | Economist or consultant et Academic | Economist at BDO and professor at Paris 1, primary role consulting. | 4 | 24 |
| Miguel Anxo Bastos economista y politólogo | Selected | Academic | Profesor, economist and political scientist. | 4 | 22 |
| Héctor Socas | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist, researcher and university teacher. | 4 | 20 |
| Jan Blomgren Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit title. | 4 | 18 |
| Franco Cardini professore emerito di Storia medievale · Istituto italiano di Scienze umane e sociali / Scuola normale superiore | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of medieval history. | 4 | 16 |
| Justus Haucap Chefökonom | Selected | Academic | Chief economist and professor. | 4 | 15 |
| Joaquín Urías professor de Derecho · Tribunal Constitucional | Selected | Academic | Professor of law, former letrado of the Constitutional Court. | 4 | 15 |