The Serendipity Society was co-founded in 2016 by Lori McCay-Peet and Samantha Copeland, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Since then our membership has expanded by invitation, by word, and by serendipity to include all of those listed below, in alphabetical order by second name.
Ron Adany, Serial Entrepreneur
Naresh Agarwal, Simmons College, School of Library and Information Science
Ahmad Hassan Afridi
Emin Altun, Venice School of Management, Ca'Foscari University
Pierpaolo Andriani, Kedge Business School, Marseilles
Sam Arbesman, Lux Capital
Selene Arfini, University of Chieti and Pescara, Department of Philosophy, Education and Economical-quantitative Sciences
Nishtha Arora, Department of Commerce and Business Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia
Nigel Ash, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Ric Asselstine, CEO Terepac Corporation
Ted Avraham, Duke University, Physics Department
Emanuele Bardone, Institute of Education, University of Tartu
Thomas Baruzzi, University of Edinburgh, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Matteo Basei Fantolino, Circolo dell'innovazione
Jamshid Beheshti, McGill University, School of Information Studies
Bernard Beitman, University of Virginia
Tommaso Bertolotti, University of Pavia, Department of Humanities-Philosophy Division
Anirban Bhattacharjee, Trinity College Dublin, Computer Science - Intelligent Systems
Lennart Björneborn, University of Copenhagen, Department of Communication
Toine Bogers, Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University
Daniele Bourcier, University of Paris 2 & CNRS (Law & AI)
Christian Busch, London School of Economics (LSE)
Jim Bright, School of Education, Australian Catholic University
Michael Buchanan, Palestine Texas
Sarah Buchanan, Library and Information Science, University of Missouri
Toby Burrows, Library Manager, University of Western Australia
Bethany Butzer, School of Psychology, University of New York in Prague
José Campos, Centre for Informatics and Systems, University of Coimbra
Sylvie Catellin, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin - University Paris-Saclay, Cultural and International Studies Institute
Ricardo Peraça Cavassane, Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science, University of Campinas, Brazil
Xuanning Chen, University of Cambridge
Samantha Copeland, TU Delft, Ethics and Philosophy of Technology section
Matteo Costa, La Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Philosophy
Jaered Koichi Croes
Frédéric Darbellay, University of Geneva, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Unit, Center for Children’s Rights Studies
Vinícius de Aguiar, Centre for the Philosophy of Science, University of Lisbon
Mauricio De Lille Garcia, Lucky Synergies
Zohreh Dehghani Champiri, University of Malaya, Computer Science (HCI)
Erez Dicovsky, Israel airports authority
Auguste Dumouilla, Institut de psychology, Laboratoire Adaptations Travail-Individu, Université Paris Descartes
Claus Emmeche, Section for Science Studies, Dept. of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Sanda Erdelez, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University, Boston
Maier Fenster, Patent attorney
Debra Ferdinand, Course Coordinator-Facilitator, The University of the West Indies Open Campus, Trinidad
Allen Foster, Aberystwyth University, Information Studies
Synne Frydenberg, The Ocean Industries Concept Lab, Institute of Design, Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Raghu Garud, Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Pennsylvania State University
Astrid Groot, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam
Nicole Guenther, M.A.
Nora Guerrera, New School / Parsons, NYC
Ken Gilhooly, School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire
Katrina Ginis, Psychology, Monash University
Vlad Glaveanu, City University Dublin
Maria Eunice Quilici Gonzalez, São Paulo State University
Julian Gresser, co-founder of Big Heart Technologies
Frederick Grinnell, Robert McLemore Professor of Medical Science, Department of Cell Biology, Ethics in Science and Medicine Program, UT Southwestern Med Ctr, Dallas
Ryan Guillory, Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute
Ilan Guinguis Duenas
John Hagel, Deloitte Centre for the Edge
Paul Harper, freelance lecturer, researcher & writer on art & craft
Sarah Hasnain, Space Exploration, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Walter Hehl, Physics & Innovation Management
Jannica Heinström,* Department of Archivists, Library & Information Science, Oslo Metropolitan University
David Hench, Synchronicity & Special Probability
Geoffrey Evamy Hill, OCAD University, Strategic Foresight and Innovation Program
Ellen Hoard
Jarno Hoekman, Universiteit Utrecht, Innovation Studies
Sarah Honeychurch, Learning Enhancement & Academic Development, University of Glasgow
Mark Hopkins, INTEGRIS Health and New York University
Jeroen Hopster, Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies, Utrecht University
Mette Høst, Art & Science, Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
Sveinn Breki Hróbjartsson, Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management
Axel Ienna, Livolution, London UK
Debbie Jenkins, Author, Writing Mentor & Creation Coach
Johnny Kerkhof
Rafael Jiménez, Seenapse founder
Mark Johansen, Cardiff University, School of Psychology
KC Jones, Realtor
Ilkka Kakko, Founder and Partner, Karostech Ltd, Finland
Ian Kennedy
Pagan Kennedy
Ali Khalili, Knowledge Representation & Reasoning Research Group, AI Section, Dept. of Computer Science & The Network Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Smilla Khonsari, National Film School of Denmark
Dave King, Exaptive Inc.
Marc King, Vital Justice
Daniel Kruse, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
Paulina Larocca, Creative Catalyst
Ben Levi, Spiral Dynamics Integral Training, Consultant and Coach
Meredith Lewis, Creativity Consultant
Greg Lindsay, New Cities Foundation
Richard Lisenberg
Gerhard Bruno Erich Lock, Tallinn University, Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School & Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Guzmán López, University of Valencia
Markus Luczak-Roesch, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Information Management, Victoria Business School
Lori Lutze, Leadership Development
Alexia Maddox, Deakin University Library & RMIT
Stephann Makri, City, University of London
Roger Malina, Professor of Arts & Technology, and Physics, University of Texas at Dallas
Paul March, Visual Artist, Archaeology at University of Oxford
Kim Martin, University of Guelph
Nora Martin, University of Technology, Sydney, School of Communication
Dana McKay, iSchool, University of Melbourne
Lori McCay-Peet, Nova Scotia Government; Dalhousie University, School of Information Management
Alistair McCulloch, Head of Research Education UniSA Research Office, University of South Australia
Osnat Meron
Philip Merry, Philip Merry Consulting Group
Jan Michel, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf
Reinhard Maximilian Möller, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Ryan J. A. Murphy, Management (Information Systems) at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Thomas Myers, TriSync Impact
Chris Napolitano, University of Zurich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Maja Naumczyk, Glasgow School of Art
Sky Nelson, The Synchronicity Institute
Michael Neugarten, Competitive Intelligence
Simon Niemann, DFG-Research Training Group in Aesthetic Practice, University of Hildesheim
Nancy Nisbet, Philosophy and interdisciplinary research, Calgary Canada
Xi Niu, College of Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Software and Information Systems
Rita Oliveira Pelica, ISCSP - University of Lisbon
Andrei Orasanu, Cognitive Science
Magda Osman, Head of Dynamic Learning and Decision-making Lab, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Emilie Palagi, Computer Sciences - Human Computer Interaction and UX Research
Jitesh Parikh, University of Queensland Australia, Business Leadership Program
Marco Patriarca, NICPB - National Institute of Chemical Physics & Biophysics, Tallinn
Winston Pei, Free Range Librarian, Co-Founder of the Butterflies & Aliens Library
Miguel Pina e Cunha, Nova School of Business and Economics
Nils Pharo, Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science, Oslo Metropolitan University
Sayon Pramanik, Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Raipur
Zhixin (Giselle) Pu, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University
Fatemeh Qasemi, Philosophy of Science, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran
Giulio Quaggiotto, Head, Regional Innovation Center, UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia Pacific
Anabel Quan-Haase, Western University, Faculty of Information & Media Studies and Department of Sociology
Tammera Race, Systems, Metadata & Assessment, Jane Bancroft Cook Library, Florida
Sharon Hewitt Rawlette, Philosopher, USA/France
Alonso Reategui, San Francisco State University, Philosophy
Roni Reiter-Palmon, IO Psychology & Director of Innovation, Center for Collaboration Science
Deryck Rensburg, Pepperdine University, Graziadio Business School
Urbano Reviglio, LAST-JD International Joint Doctorate in Law, Science and Technology, University of Bologne
Mariana Vitti Rodrigues, São Paulo State University
Alison Rogers, University of Melbourne
Wendy Ross, London Metropolitan University, London UK
Martin Sand, Delft University of Technology, Department of Values, Technology and Innovation
Emilia G. Sanabria, National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Sabrina Sauer, University of Groningen, Media Studies & Journalism Department
Melinda Sansone, Columbia University
Jean-Michel Saussois, Emeritus Professor ESCP
Joseph Schwab, Bridgewater State University, Psychology Department
Timothy G. Scott, The Country Consulting Group
Colleen Seifert, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Alison Shaw, Flipside Sustainability
Sean Silver, Rutgers University
Annelien Smets, imec-SMIT-VUB, Studies in Media, Innovation & Technology
Rolf Smith, The School for Innovators
Yosef Solomon, Bar-Ilan University, Department of Information Science
Michael Soto, University of Minnesota, The Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Global Change & the Spark Collaboration
Omar Sosa-Tzec, School of Design, San Fransisco State University
Vyas Sreenivas, Temple University, Philadelphia USA
Clark Stacey, University College London
Xu Sun, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Maria Taramigkou, Information Management Unit, National Technical University of Athens
Misha Teplitskiy, University of Michigan School of Information
David Thompson, Co-founder, Lunch Roulette
Chris Trinetti, Founder, Belmont & Hawthorne Co.
Elaine Toms, Sheffield University Management School, Information Innovation & Management
Topp and Dubio, Artists, the Hague
Angélica Cabrera Torrecilla, UNAM, Department of Philosophy
Frédéric Vallée-Tourangeau, Department of Psychology, Kingston University
Pek van Andel, University Medical Center Groningen
Roland Van Dierendonck, Sheffield Hallam University
Simone van Neervan, Adaptable mindset & innovation, reBella
Deb Verhoeven, Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and Cultural Informatics, University of Alberta
Mariia Vitrukh, Education Policy & Evaluation, Arizona State University
David Weaver
Kashay Webb, Philosophy, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Randall Weingarten, Stanford University, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Peter Wells, Dalhousie University, Marine Affairs Program and International Ocean Institute
Eileen Wiediger, Transcendent Leadership & Living
Teodoro Wigodski, Universidad de Chile, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Business Ethics
Alex Williams, Liaison Librarian, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Sharon Williams
Sabine Winters, Founder and Program Curator of Futurebased.org
Iwan Wopereis, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands
Borchuluun Yadamsuren, Northwestern University
Ohid Yaqub, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
Jonah Zankl, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Xiaosong Zhou, University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Please contact us by email if you wish to be a member or have a comment or contribution to make to the Society; membership currently has no fees or official requirements, but we would like to hear about your interest in serendipity research and practice, so that we can make connections among us where possible.