About us
Reinventing Society is a non-profit and independent think-and-do tank founded in late 2020.
The mission of Reinventing Society is to support societal transformation toward a good life for all within planetary boundaries and to empower people to realize their own and systemic future potentials. To this end, we explore and develop social utopias and visions of a more beautiful world and make them tangible through a variety of formats. We see our organization itself as a living laboratory in which new experiential knowledge is generated.
Our team consists of economists and social scientists, sustainability and environmental researchers,
experts in communication and media, psychology, and politics.
Our values
Agile self-organization and empowerment
Holism
Continuous learning & high quality
Trustful cooperation & transparency
Lightness, fun & cordiality
Efficiency and professionalism with a heart
Reflective conflict culture & Multiperspectivity
Conscious handling of time and money
Team
Lino Zeddies
(Board member)
#Vision power
#Social healing
#LivingCulture
Lino is a societal developer, transformation facilitator, and author of the books ‘Utopia 2048’ and ‘Zukunftsbilder 2045’. After working as a plural economist, monetary reformer, organisational developer and coach, in which he dealt intensively with social, organisational, and internal transformation, his work is focused on regenerative social development.
Contact:
lino.zeddies[at]realutopien.de
Simon Mohn
(Board member)
#Societal development
#Speaker
#LivingSociety
Simon is a speaker, process facilitator, and society developer, as well as co-founder of Reinventing Society. His work focuses on the development of concepts for the discipline of societal development and is based on his experience as an organisational developer and coach.
Simon has a background in peace and conflict studies, political science and sociology.
Contact:
simon.mohn[at]realutopien.de
Stella Schaller
#Transformation
#Consciousness
#Regeneration
Stella works as a systemic transformation facilitator and is co-founder of Reinventing Society. She leads consulting projects and holistic trainings that empower people to co-create a regenerative future. Stella previously worked in policy consulting in the field of SDGs and climate diplomacy, including projects for the German Federal Foreign Office and the UN.
Contact: stella.schaller[at]realutopien.de
www.stellaschaller.de
Sebastian Vollmar
#VisualCommunication
#Nature connection
#Inspiration
Sebastian is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator and dedicates his life to the beauty of visual diversity. He supports companies with the innovative design of studies and publications. He graduated in communication design with his thesis ‘Tau des Glücks’ (‘Tau of Happiness’) on happiness research, in which he dealt intensively with the topic of quality of life and the application of these findings to social systems. He is fascinated by the interactions between one's own relationship to the environment and the self.
www.vollmar.vision
Contact:
sebastian.vollmar[at]realutopien.de
Constanze Kernbach
#RealUtopias
#InspireTheFuture #Facilitation
Constanze Kernbach is a transformation facilitator and speaker and develops programmes for working with positive visions of the future, e.g. the ‘Inspire the Future’ format.
As a social scientist, she has supported the strategic development of international NGOs for 15 years, including in the field of humanitarian aid. She works with action concepts such as non-violent communication and is passionate about holistic social innovation.
Contact:
constanze.kernbach[at]realutopien.de
Boris Lebedev
#Keynotes
#Sustainability
#Regeneration
Boris is a speaker, (business) consultant, and lecturer for regenerative and sustainable topics. With his work, he is committed to regenerative initiatives and companies and brings them to life through motivational speeches and workshops. He has an M.Sc. in Sustainability Science and is a member of the young German Club of Rome, the TT30. In addition, he is already partly living his real utopia: in his energy and water self-sufficient Tiny House.
Contact:
boris.lebedev[at]realutopien.de
Julia Kline
#Marketing
#GraphicDevelopmentFutureVisions
#Facilitation
Julia is a speaker and consultant for sustainability, circular economy and regeneration. She is also the founder of a community garden project and is trialling how transformation can succeed locally and with the use of head, hand and heart. In addition to marketing for various projects and newsletter support, Julia is in charge of developing new visions for the future.
Contact:
julia.kline[at]realutopien.de
Fellows
Anna Reisch
works at the interface of new economic thinking and innovative organisational development, among other things as a strategy and organisational consultant for THE NEW INSTITUTE, the Dezernat Zukunft, and the ZOE Institute.
She is also a lecturer at the University of Witten-Herdecke on "System Change and Climate Change" and at the HWR Berlin on "Sustainable Finance".
Contact:
anna.reisch[at]realutopien.de
Ute Scheub
lives in Berlin as a freelance author. She holds a doctorate in political science. She was co-founder of the taz and its environmental editorial, worked there for almost 20 years and has been a freelance journalist since 1997. She has now published 23 books, including bestsellers such as »Das falsche Leben – eine Vatersuche« (2006), »Terra Preta – die schwarze Revolution aus dem Regenwald« (2013) and »Demokratie – die Unvollendete« (2018). She has received several awards for her works, including the Ingeborg Drewitz Prize, the Alternative Media Prize and the Salus Media Prize.
Contact:
scheub[at]posteo.de
Christin Bettinghaus
Christin is a creative consultant and lives in Berlin. She creates visual concepts for topics of change so that they become more tangible. She either works with existing images or creates new visual forms of expression that are suitable; Such as photo campaigns, illustrations, or collages. At Reinventing Society, she creates visual concepts for real utopias, among other things, to make a more beautiful tomorrow visible and tangible.
Contact:
christin.bettinghaus[at]realutopien.de
Dr. Tina Behrouzi
is a specialist in psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapist, coach and trainer with many years of experience in German clinics and the British NHS, closely associated with the Global Ecovillage Network and the Transition Town movement. She specialises in coaching for inner transformation, group work and enlivened scientific medicine by people for people.
Contact:
tinab[at]doctors.org.uk
Tim Lüschen
is a facilitator for transformation processes towards sustainability. After completing his Master's degree in ‘Holistic Science’ at Schumacher College, England, he worked for GIZ and Germany's national citizens' assemblies, among others. He is currently also involved as co-founder of Civilog and developer at Raumzeit.
Contact:
tim.lueschen[at]realutopien.de
Katja Fröhlich
is a psychologist and Master's student of transformation studies in Flensburg. At the interface between people and society, between inner and outer transformation, she researches effective levers for profound, holistic social and cultural change. She is passionate about empowering people to deal with the crises of our time. Katja works as an intern at Reinventing Society.
Max Kretschmer
is co-founder of Reinventing Society and a student of economics and sustainability science at Leuphana University Lüneburg, where he conducts research in the field of ecological economics at the Faculty of Sustainability. He is particularly interested in the transformation of financial and monetary systems in the context of sustainable development.
Verena Emme
is co-founder of Reinventing Society and a student of sociology and economics at the University of Hamburg and is committed to social transformation at various levels, in particular to reforms of the monetary and financial system. She is currently working as a research assistant for Katharina Beck in the Bundestag.
Contact:
verena.emme[at]realutopien.de
Nadine Binias
is a communications and brand consultant specialising in self-employed people and small and medium-sized enterprises who see themselves as do-gooders or regional heroes. Together with the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, she is also developing the ‘House with a Future’ in Angermünde as an innovative vacancy project. Nadine studied marketing communications and worked as a television writer and producer for ZDF and arte during her dual study programme.
Contact:
nadine.binias[at]realutopien.de
Katharina Beck
is co-founder of Reinventing Society and member of the German Bundestag (MdB). Previously, she worked as a senior management consultant for sustainability with executive boards and companies and as a member of the supervisory board. In addition, she headed the Federal Working Group (FOPH) on Economics and Finance of Bündnis 90/Die GRÜNEN.
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