Sessions:
05-06.10.2023
09-10.11.2023
07-08.12.2023
11-12.01.2024
01-02.02.2024
22-23.02.2024
21-22.03.2024
18-19.04.2024
16-17.05.2024
06-08.06.2024
School of Thinking
Workflow – Cohort Upsilon (2023/2024)
Regular Track – On-Campus
For the printable agenda in PDF please see ‘Schedule, cohort Upsilon: 2023/24‘.
Semester 1
SESSION 1
5-6.10.2023
Thu, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-11:30; Thinking Studio, Maciej Świeży, Marta Lenartowicz
Thu 12:00-18:00*; Fallacies and Biases, Maciej Świeży (*12:00-13:15 | 14:15-16:00 | 16:30-18:00) || Slides
Fri 10:00-16:00*; The Locus of Thought, Marta Lenartowicz (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00-13:15 | 14:15-16:00)
Fri 16:30 – 18:00; Thinking Studio, Maciej Świeży
SESSION 2
09-10.11.2023
Thu, 10-16: PLANT DAY remotely (Zoom link) or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-16:00*; The Brain, Balthasar Tirosh (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 10:00-16:00*; Co-Thinking, Iwona Sołtysińska (*10:00 – 11:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 14:30-16:00) || Slides
Fri 16:30-18:00* Thinking Studio, Marta Lenartowicz
SESSION 3
07-08.12.2023
Thu, 10-16: PLANT DAY remotely (Zoom link) or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00 – 11:30; What is Thinking #1, Francis Heylighen
Thu 12:00-13:30*; Intelligence & Creative Thinking #1, Edward Nęcka
Thu 14:30-16:00 Thinking Better, Francis Heylighen, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Gerard de Zeeuw, Edward Nęcka
Fri 10:00-16:00*; Critical Thinking, Karin Verelst (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00 – 13:15 | 14:15-16:00)
Fri 16:30-18:00; Thinking Studio, Marta Lenartowicz
Portfolio consultations – Task 1 (illeism), Part 1 – with Iwona Sołtysińska (45 minutes)
- Reading assignments bundle #4
SESSION 4
11-12.01.2024
Thu, 10-16: PLANT DAY remotely (Zoom link) or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-11:30; What is Thinking #2, Francis Heylighen
Thu 12:00-13:30*; Intelligence & Creative Thinking #2, Edward Nęcka
Thu 14:30-16:00 Thinking Better, Francis Heylighen, Gerard de Zeeuw, Edward Nęcka
Fri 10:00-13:30*; Embodied Thinking, Meredith Root-Bernstein (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00-13:30)
Fri 14:30-18:00; Thinking Studio, Marta Lenartowicz (14:30-16:00 | 16:30-18:00)
Portfolio consultations – Task 2 (intervention), Part 1 – with Sayfan G. Borghini (45 minutes)
- Reading assignments bundle #5
SESSION 5
01-02.02.2024
Thu, 10-16: PLANT DAY remotely or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-11:30 What is Thinking #3, Francis Heylighen
Thu 12:00-13:30; Intelligence & Creative Thinking #3, Edward Nęcka
Thu 14:30-16:00 Thinking Better, Francis Heylighen, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Gerard de Zeeuw, Edward Nęcka
Fri 10:00-16:00; Extended Mind, Katarina Petrovic, Orion Maxted, Clement Vidal
Fri 16:30-18:00; Thinking Studio, Maciej Świeży
Portfolio consultations – Task 3 (dialogue), Part 1 – with Marta Lenartowicz (45 minutes)
Portfolio partial deadline – first parts of portfolio assignments submitted and first round of consultations for tasks #1, #2 and #3 completed by this point.
- Quiz 1 (Deadline: tbd)
‘Thinking about Thinking’ quiz 1, Balthazar Tirosh, Meredith Root-Bernstein, Francis Heylighen, Lotte van Lith, Weaver D.R. Weinbaum & Marta Lenartowicz
- Quiz summary
Semester 2
- Reading assignments bundle #6
SESSION 6
22-23.02.2024
Thu, 10-16: PLANT DAY remotely or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-11:30 What is Thinking #4, Francis Heylighen
Thu 12:00-13:30 Thinking Better, Francis Heylighen, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Gerard de Zeeuw, Edward Nęcka
Thu 14:30-16:00; Beautiful Minds (introduction), Weaver D.R. Weinbaum
Fri 10:00 – 16:00*; Nurturing Intelligence, Lotte Van Lith (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 16:30-18:00; Thinking Studio, Maciej Świeży
- Reading assignments bundle #7
SESSION 7
21-22.03.2024
Thu, 10-18: PLANT DAY remotely or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-11:30 What is Thinking #5, Francis Heylighen
Thu 12:00-13:30 Thinking Better, Francis Heylighen, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Gerard de Zeeuw, Edward Nęcka
Thu 14:30-16:00; Beautiful Minds (introduction), Weaver D.R. Weinbaum
Fri 10:00-16:00*; Worldviews and Identities, Paul Wouters (*10:00-11:30 | 12:30 – 13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 14:30-16:00; Thinking Studio, Marta Lenartowicz
Portfolio consultations – Task 3 (dialogue), Part 2 – with Marta Lenartowicz (45 minutes)
- Reading assignments bundle #8
SESSION 8
18-19.04.2024
Thu, 10-16: PLANT DAY remotely or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-16:00*; Dialectical Thinking, Cadell Last (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 10:00-11:30; Engaged Thinking, self-managed by students
Fri 12:00:-16:00*; Beautiful Minds (workshop), Weaver D.R. Weinbaum (*12:00-13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 16:30-18:00; Thinking Studio, Marta Lenartowicz
Portfolio consultations – Task 2 (intervention), Part 2 – with Sayfan G. Borghini (45 minutes)
- Reading assignments bundle #9
SESSION 9
16-17.05.2024
Thu, 10-16: PLANT DAY remotely or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-16:00*; Systems Thinking, Stefan Blachfellner (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 10:00-16:00*; Complexity Thinking, Sayfan G. Borghini (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00 – 13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 16:30-18:00; Thinking Studio, Marta Lenartowicz
Portfolio consultations – Task 1 (illeism), Part 2 – with Iwona Sołtysińska (45 minutes)
SESSIONS 10 & 11
06-08.06.2024
Thu, 10-18: PLANT DAY remotely or at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Fri, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Sat, 10-18: EXPLORE DAY at VUB Campus (D.1.07)
Thu 10:00-11:30 Thinking Better, Francis Heylighen, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Gerard de Zeeuw, Edward Nęcka
Thu 12:00-18:00*; Game Thinking, Weaver D.R. Weinbaum (*12:00-13:30 | 14:30 – 16:00 | 16:30-18:00)
Fri 10:00:-16:00*; Beautiful Minds (workshop), Weaver D.R. Weinbaum (*10:00-11:30 | 12:00-13:30 | 14:30-16:00)
Fri 16:30:-18:00*; Thinking Studio, Marta Lenartowicz
Sat 10:00-13:30; Engaged Thinking, self-organized by students
Sat 14:30-18:00*; Thinking Studio, Maciej Świeży, Marta Lenartowicz (15:30-16:00, 16:30-18:00)
- Quiz 2
‘Thinking about Thinking’ quiz 2, Marta Lenartowicz, Weaver D.R. Weinbaum & Paul Wouters
- Quiz summary
Portfolio submission deadline (15.06) All three tasks of the portfolio (Illeism, Intervention, Dialogue) submitted by this point.
