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Laouris is the 2025-26 President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences and Lead Scientist of the Future Worlds Center. He is a renowned peace activist recognized (honored with 12 distinguished awards, including the Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Award in 2008 for his contributions to systems science, and an appointment as “Honorary Fellow” of the School of Sciences of the University of Lancashire, UK) for his pioneering work in applying virtual technologies and innovative systemic methodologies to foster collaboration among stakeholders with diverse and conflicting perspectives.

Utilizing digital technologies and Structured Democratic Dialogue, Laouris harnesses collective intelligence and wisdom to reimagine and redesign humanity’s future based on principles of freedom, equality, and justice, as described in his Book “Democratic [R]evolution: A Call for Collective Imagination and Systemic Action.”

Laouris and his team are at the forefront of developing systems that scale participatory dialogue processes. These systems engage thousands of participants asynchronously in meaningful, authentic conversations, thereby accelerating positive societal change. He is one of the authors of the ONLIFE Manifesto, which explores how the deployment of ICTs profoundly affects the human condition by altering our relationships with ourselves, others, and the world. Laouris’s research spans multiple disciplines, including neuroscience, applied systems science, peace studies, action research, operations research, neuropsychology, and the neuroscience of learning. Laouris has published over 100 scientific papers in neuroscience, systems science, and peace studies.

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A social, business, and peace entrepreneur who left a successful academic career in the 1990s to pursue a dream: with two friends, he launched a nationwide social entrepreneurial experiment. They envisioned introducing programming and IT thinking to young children through an educationally relevant, socially responsible, peace-enhancing curriculum, fostering creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills, thus “transcending” educational and political barriers and propelling a generation forward. He later became active in peace-building in Cyprus and the Middle East, pioneering initiatives like Tech4Peace, Reinventing Democracy in the Digital Era, bridging communication divides. He has trained thousands worldwide in structured dialogue and conflict resolution. His work, shaped by political, psychological, technological, philosophical, and scientific challenges, including the 1974 Cyprus events, inspires his books, e.g. Masks of Demons, Democratic [R]evolution, and Ten Political Commandments. A medical doctor with PhDs in neurophysiology and systems engineering, Laouris founded Future Worlds Center and serves as President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences and the Institute for 21st Century Agoras.