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
27,729 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Gärdenfors philosophe · Suède | Selected | Academic | Cognitive scientist and university teacher. | 5 | 7 |
| Ricardo Reis professor · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Professor at the London School of Economics. | 5 | 10 |
| Steve Peters Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor explicitly mentioned in the excerpts. | 5 | 6 |
| Veronica De Romanis Economista · Stanford University Firenze | Selected | Academic | Economist at Stanford University, Florence, and Luiss Università. | 5 | 7 |
| Yasmina Asrarguis Chercheuse associée · université de Princeton | Selected | Academic | Researcher associated with Princeton University. | 5 | 9 |
| Agnes Wold | Selected | Academic | Bacteriologist and professor at University of Gothenburg. | 5 | 56 |
| Alain Duhamel éditorialiste politique BFMTV · BFMTV | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at BFMTV. | 5 | 11 |
| Alain Minc économiste | Selected | Commentator | Economist essayist author writing analysis for the public. | 5 | 5 |
| Aleksander Olech Defence24 | Selected | Commentator | Defense analyst for Defence24. | 5 | 8 |
| Alex Hutchinson columnist for Outside magazine · Outside | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Outside magazine. | 5 | 6 |
| 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 |
| Amelie Ferey Responsable du Laboratoire de recherche sur la défense · IFRI | Selected | Think tank | Defense research lab director at IFRI. | 5 | 7 |
| Amie Parnes co-author | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of political non-fiction book. | 5 | 6 |
| Andreas Kinneging rechtsfilosoof | Selected | Academic | Philosophy of law scholar, University of Leiden. | 5 | 12 |
| Andrew Gallimore Neurobiologist | Selected | Academic | Neurobiologist, chemist and pharmacologist. | 5 | 9 |
| Anna van Zoest Atlantische Commissie | Selected | Think tank | Speaker for Atlantische Commissie. | 5 | 10 |
| Annie Lööf | Selected | Former official | Former Minister for Enterprise (ended 2014). | 5 | 5 |
| Antonio Turiel | Selected | Academic | Physicist, marine sciences institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Ara Kharazian Lead Economist at Ramp · Ramp | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead economist at Ramp. | 5 | 5 |
| Arvid Hallén | Selected | Academic | Sociologist, academic. | 5 | 12 |
| Barbara Blaha Momentum-Institut | Selected | Think tank | Momentum Institute Austrian. | 5 | 7 |
| Bart Wallet hoogleraar Joodse Studies · Universiteit van Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Professor of Jewish Studies at University of Amsterdam. | 5 | 8 |
| Benjamin Moser | Selected | Commentator | Biographer and writer, nonfiction author. | 5 | 5 |
| Bent Flyvbjerg professor · Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Bernard Lahire Sociologue | Selected | Academic | Sociologist ENS Lyon and Lumière University, university teacher. | 5 | 5 |
| Bertrand Périer avocat spécialiste de l'éloquence | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in eloquence. | 5 | 8 |
| Bijan Moini Jurist · Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte | Selected | Think tank | Jurist, Society for Freedom Rights. | 5 | 5 |
| Bitte Hammargren associerad senior medarbetare · Utrikespolitiska institutet | Selected | Think tank | Senior Member Swedish political institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Bjørn Erik spareøkonom | Selected | Economist or consultant | Savings economist, financial analyst. | 5 | 7 |
| Bogusław Pacek generał broni, profesor · Uniwersytet Jagielloński | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Jagiellonian University, retired general. | 5 | 6 |
| Brendan Kelly Professor of Psychiatry · TCD | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychiatry, TCD. | 5 | 11 |
| Bronisław Komorowski były prezydent | Selected | Former official | Former President of Poland. | 5 | 17 |
| Cem Karsan Founder, CIO · Kai Volatility Advisors | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder and CIO of Kai Volatility Advisors. | 5 | 47 |
| Chadwick Moore author | Selected | Commentator | Author of biography. | 5 | 10 |
| Charles Pépin | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and public essayist. | 5 | 12 |
| Charlie Spiering author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Amateur Hour. | 5 | 10 |
| Christiana Figueres chief negotiator · Paris Agreement | Selected | Former official | Former executive secretary of UNFCCC (end 2016). | 5 | 5 |
| Christine Kinealy Professor · Quinnipiac University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Quinnipiac University. | 5 | 6 |
| Claire Marin | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 5 | 6 |
| 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 |
| Damon West keynote speaker and best-selling author | Selected | Commentator | Keynote speaker and best-selling author. | 5 | 6 |
| Dana Stroul former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer · Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 5 | 5 |
| Daniel Lieberman evolutionary biologist and author | Selected | Academic | Paleoanthropologist at Harvard University. | 5 | 8 |
| Daniela Gabor makroøkonom, professor · SOAS, University of London | Selected | Academic | Macroeconomist, professor at SOAS, University of London. | 5 | 5 |
| Dara Massicot | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at RAND Corporation and Carnegie. | 5 | 5 |
| David Djaïz Essayiste, enseignant · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Essayist and teacher at Sciences Po. | 5 | 15 |
| David Engels Althistoriker und Publizist | Selected | Academic | Ancient historian and publicist, Prof. Dr. | 5 | 10 |
| David Runciman Podcaster, academic, historian and author | Selected | Academic | Podcaster, academic, historian and author. | 5 | 6 |