a realworld lab for
human-ing
We are a post-disciplinary research and education institute dedicated to exploring how to be human well in a more-than-human world.
Why IPeP exists.
The underlying cause of our current predicaments - social, ecological, individual - is a crisis of human-ing: a fundamental confusion about how to be human well: how we live, how we understand reality, how we relate to the living world, and how we embody that understanding in practice.
This crisis cannot be resolved through technological, organizational, or political solutions alone. It requires a reorientation at the level of how we live itself - at the existential ground of what it means to be human. This is, by its nature, philosophical work.
IPeP exists to do this work in two inseparable ways: as a research institute advancing rigorous, peer-reviewed scholarship, and as a practice laboratory where philosophy is lived, tested, and transformed through direct experience. We don't believe these can be separated. Research that doesn't transform the researcher remains abstract, practice without theoretical rigor remains anecdotal. IPeP holds both.
why eko?
ego + eco
radical self-authorship (ego) + radical love for the whole (eco)
What We Do.
We conduct post-disciplinary, post-structural, post-qualitative research on human-ing well. Our work contributes to sustainability science, transformation research, and philosophy of practice.
We develop the theoretical and methodological foundations of ekosophy - drawing on relational, process-oriented, and Indigenous philosophies - through peer-reviewed publications, collaborative projects, and partnerships with universities.
We design environments where living philosophically becomes possible. Through PhilosophyGyms and experimental formats, we create conditions for people - in organizations, communities, and their own lives - to encounter and practice different ways of being human.
We treat life itself as a research site. We experiment with what it means to live philosophically. Our own lives serve as realworld laboratories, grounding our scholarship in the daily practice of human-ing.
We engage more-than-human intelligences as participants. Our research and practice take seriously that the living world is not a backdrop to human activity but a co-participant in the process of understanding. This commitment is grounded in both ancient wisdom traditions and latest scientific discoveries.
To that end, we work in three key areas.
our key areas
RESEARCH
We create conceptual pink papers, books and publish in peer-reviewed journals.
You can find our latest research results HERE.
PUBLIC AWARENESS
Weekly essays that weave together philosophy, ecology and spirituality to illuminate a practical path for personal and planetary transformation.
PRACTICES
We offer PhilosophyGyms for the INTERESTED PUBLIC as well as for ORGANIZATIONS. These are spaces to practice human-ing well.
