About Us

A responsible global network shaping a benevolent future for humanity.

We are a collaborative alliance of visionary thinkers, global institutions, and changemakers - working across disciplines, sectors, and borders to facilitate a sustainable, inclusive world

Who We Are

The Sapience Network is a global community of sapient beings—individuals and institutions united by a shared purpose: to restore wisdom, balance, and equity to human civilisation
We partner with governments, multilateral bodies, and world institutions to help reimagine progress – not through dominance or ideology, but through responsibility, cooperation, and conscious action.

What Sapience Means

Sapience (Noun), Origin:  Sapientia (Latin)
Meaning: Good taste, good sense, intelligence, and wisdom
At our core, we believe humanity’s future must be rooted in sapience—not just intelligence or ambition, but awareness, humility, and balance.

Our Vision

In a volatile, divided world, we envision a future of coexistence – where diverse cultures, communities, and ecosystems thrive in harmony.
A world that embraces:

Collective responsibility over individual rights

Dialogue over division

Conscious growth over unchecked consumption

Our Mission

To shape a truly sustainable future by applying wisdom to action—across governance, economics, culture, and ecology.
We do this by connecting influential experts, leaders, and institutions to co-create policies, platforms, and paradigms for global good.

Our Pillars

We focus on four foundational pillars that guide our work:

Polycentric World

Promoting collaboration and mutual respect across cultures, governments, and geographies—beyond size, power or influence.

Economic Sustainability

Evolving economic systems rooted in fairness, ethics, and long-term well-being for people and planet.

Conservation of biodiversity

Preserving biodiversity and natural resources through collective ecological responsibility.

Inclusive Progress

Honouring every culture and community while resisting the global trend toward homogenisation.

Why We Exist

The world today faces deep, complex, and interlinked crises:
  • Economic Inequality: 74% of the world’s wealth is held by just 10% of the population, while the bottom 50% holds only 2%.
  • Geopolitical Instability: Conflicts, wars, and natural calamities are compounding uncertainty. The World Uncertainty Index is at an all-time high.
  • Digital Explosion: Over 5 billion people are digitally connected—yet many remain socially and economically disconnected.
  • Cultural Erosion: Every two weeks, a language dies. Traditions and ancestral knowledge are rapidly vanishing.
  • Ecological Collapse: Human consumption is driving mass extinction, wildfires, and glacial melt.

Our Response

In this landscape, The Sapience Network stands at the intersection of wisdom, collaboration, and action.
We bring together leading minds across science, art, economics, governance, and spirituality—to shape a future that is conscious, collaborative, and compassionate.

Why Sapience Matters

Sapience Network exists to shape a future that is righteous, conscious, balanced and rooted in wisdom. We’re a think-and-do tank, not just a think tank. Our focus goes beyond ideas to concrete, real action on the ground.
Our members bring decades of experience and a deep commitment to selfless service, united by the desire to multiply impact and serve humanity with integrity. The diversity of perspectives, blended with a view that is built on spiritual traditions and cultural depth, lends a unique perspective to our insights and actions.
By bridging diverse worldviews, advising institutions, and launching high-impact initiatives, Sapience is redefining how global change is envisioned and implemented.
In a world that needs both insight and action, Sapience offers both.
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Edouard Husson

Professor of Contemporary History & International affairs at CY Cergy-Paris University
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Edouard Husson

Professor of Contemporary History & International affairs at CY Cergy-Paris University

Is a professor of contemporary history and international affairs at CY Cergy-Paris University. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, he earned his PhD at La Sorbonne and has held several senior academic leadership positions, including Vice-Chancellor of the University of Paris–La Sorbonne and Provost of Paris Sciences & Lettres University. He is the co-founder and president of the Brennus Institute, a Paris- and Vienna-based research institute focused on the emergence and organization of the multipolar world, working with public, private, and non-profit actors in a changing geopolitical landscape. He is also an Honorary Doctor of the Academy of Philosophy of Rio de Janeiro.

Soundarajan Narendran

Data sciences and public policy expert India
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Soundarajan Narendran

Data sciences and public policy expert India

Founder-director of global policy think-do tank Sapience Network (www.sapiencenetwork.org), Narendran is a data science expert with over 20 years of experience in Big Data and social media analytics. He works on public policy and advocacy across 52+ countries, focusing on humanism-based economics, sustainability, and culture. He is the founder and director of Janam TV, an India-based television channel. His projects include consulting for governments on data analytics and policy, initiatives on global hunger prevention, sustainable economic growth, digital governance, and preventive health through Ayurveda.

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras (India) and a postgraduate qualification in Digital Commerce.

Madhusudan Rajagopalan

Entrepreneur, Social Worker
Director of Sapience Network
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Nazem Alkudsi,

Entrepreneur, Social Worker
Director of Sapience Network

Director of global policy think-do tank Sapience Network (www.sapiencenetwork.org)

Madhusudan is an experienced entrepreneur and social worker. Starting his career as a management consultant, he later co-founded and ran a global knowledge services firm for several years. He is involved with a pioneering water technology that has transformative health benefits. He serves on the executive council of Mohanji Foundation, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to raising consciousness and the highest human values in the world.

He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras (India) and a MBA from IIM Bangalore (India).

Monika Dizdarevic

Senior Analyst at Sapience Network.
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Monika Dizdarevic

Senior Analyst at Sapience Network.

Monika is currently pursuing her Masters degree in International Cooperation in Italy. She has worked in the hospitality industry for several years, and lived in the USA, Botswana and her home country of Serbia. She is passionate about creating positive change in societies based on a deep understanding of culture, history and human values. She has also been involved with global non-profit and charity activities for several years, contributing her time and skills to helping the needy.

S Narendran

Public Policy Expert, Data Scientist
Director – Sapience Network

Madhusudan Rajagopalan

Entrepreneur, Social Worker
Director of Sapience Network

Himanshu Gulati

Member of Parliament Norway, Member of Nordic Parliament
Director of Sapience Network

Monika Dizdarevic

International Policy Researcher, Social Worker

Dr Malav Shroff

Sports Administrator, Entrepreneur, Olympian

Nazem Al Kudzi

Arab historian, Public Policy Advisor

Aditya Khanna

Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist

Siddharth Sethi

Founder - Oxford India Forum

Lena Bäcker

Global Stateswoman, Diplomatic Strategist, Advisor to Royal Families

Mohanji

Humanitarian, Spiritual Leader, Environmentalist

Ravikumar Iyer

Historian, Social Worker, Global Thinker

Nazem Alkudsi

Ex-CEO of Sovereign Wealth Fund | Strategic Advisor | Historian
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Nazem Alkudsi

Ex-CEO of Sovereign Wealth Fund | Strategic Advisor | Historian

Nazem is a former CEO and seasoned strategic advisor with four decades of experience in global finance across the Gulf, Asia, and the West. He spent 18 years at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and seven years as CEO of Invest AD, leading major infrastructure investments, including Jordan’s largest concession. He has served on boards across infrastructure, logistics, and fund management.

Alkudsi’s work spans finance, diplomacy, and interfaith initiatives, with intellectual interests in geopolitics, governance, and the philosophical traditions—Vedic, Abrahamic, and Kabbalistic—that have shaped civilizations. He writes on multipolarity and the rebalancing of global power.

Peter Isackson

Chief Strategy Officer
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Peter Isackson

Chief Strategy Officer

Peter is Chief Strategy Officer at Fair Observer, author, and media producer with over 30 years of experience in publishing, coaching, and learning management. He has pioneered technology-enhanced pedagogy and developed innovative collaborative methods and software tools for soft skills training, working with major publishers including the BBC, Heinemann, and Macmillan. Peter has published widely on intercultural management, language learning, technology, and politics. Educated at UCLA and the University of Oxford, he holds dual US and French nationality and resides in France.

Pierre Morlière

Co-founder of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Pierre Morlière

Co-founder of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Pierre is a European Internet pioneer, co-founder of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and former Chairman of Télésystèmes-CITCOM at France Télécom. He has held academic positions at HEC Paris and SKEMA Business School, chaired Université France Télécom, and led strategic consortia for industrial transformation under SEIN. An engineer from CentraleSupélec with advanced degrees from Université Paris-Dauphine and HEC Paris, he is currently President of the FOWCEA Consortium, focusing on industry, technology, and global multipolarity.

Youssef Hindi

French-Moroccan essayist, historian of ideas, and lecturer France
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Youssef Hindi

French-Moroccan essayist, historian of ideas, and lecturer France

Youssef is a French-Moroccan essayist, historian of ideas, and lecturer. His work focuses on international power dynamics, the transition from unipolarity to multipolarity, and the ideological foundations of global order. His analyses combine geopolitics, intellectual history, and civilizational perspectives, with particular attention to Western hegemony, U.S. foreign policy, and the role of ideology in international relations.

He has published several essays examining the historical roots of modern political ideologies, the relationship between religion and power, and the structural transformations of the contemporary international system. He is especially known for his critique of liberal universalism and for advocating a realist and non-Western centric understanding of multipolarity.

Charles Auguste Onana

Political scientist , journalist and essayist
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Charles Auguste Onana

Political scientist , journalist and essayist

Charles is a French-Cameroonian political scientist, investigative journalist, essayist, and publisher. He is also a graduate of Sorbonne University. Onana obtained a Ph.D. in political science in 2017 from Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. Since 2002, Onana has published several books.

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