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We are a non-profit and non-governmental organisation, founded by, and gathering, scientists from a range of fields in research and development. Listed below are some of the areas we promote and seek to achieve.

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Intellectual integrity

Science at the very top should empower and reflect in the lowest regions of the social strata. In this regard, we not only translate academic achievement into terms accessible to the civil society, but believe that intellectuals have a particular responsibility in society.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Education, the ultimate equaliser

The key means for a way out of poverty, education access to should be far wider. We assertively seek to fund the most talented and least privileged.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Defence & promotion of science

Not only is the role of scientific principles and critical thinking shrinking in the civil society, but science and intellectuals have come under recent attack by systems of power and government. We are passionate about promoting science and restoring its position in the centre of the democratic engine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Science & research

We are committed scientist and researchers. Aside from the academic research the core team undertakes (including linguistics and artificial intelligence), we seek to attract and support research in many other areas in the long term.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Critical thinking

Philosophy should be taught to kids. Capacity for critical thought is the most important intellectual skill that we seek to encourage, primarily among the (very) young.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Co-operative enterprising

We incubate co-operative business and start-ups that sustain and integrate communities. Founded on the idea of co-operative enterprising is our hope to contribute to building a more sustainable society.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Intellectual ecology & cultivation

Talent, intelligence and capacity for excellence is equally distributed in the population: geographically, ethnically and socially. We seek to give the talented and the excellent means for succeeding. We do this through funding and establishing an infrastructure that supports our scholars. We also promote the multidimensionality of intelligence and oppose intellectual mining of the archaic and conformist educational systems.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Toward a constructive dialectic

In light of global political uncertainty and the curtailing of civil rights, we seek to establish means of civil actions that centre around collective prosperity enabled by an uncompromising access to democracy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Language incubation

We help preserve endangered and minority languages through documentation, production and dissemination of language materials in the communities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]

Linguistic & legal infrastructure

There are very many caught in the war zones that could have their cases heard if they had access to elementary legal & linguistic infrastructure. We seek to assist such people by helping them with their cases, including translation services and legal networking.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”wteam”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”People” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”The core team” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator][lab_team_members layout_type=”titles-inside” reveal_effect=”fadeInLab-one” hover_bg=”rgba(10,10,10,0.52)” img_size=”300×300″][lab_team_members_member image=”4513″ name=”Moreno Mitrović” sub_title=”Executive director & Co-founder” description=”BA Hons (York)
MPhil (Cambridge)
PhD (Cambridge)” link=”||”][lab_team_members_member image=”4514″ name=”Nicolas Fiorini” sub_title=”Co-Founder” description=”BSc (Aix-Marseille)
MSc (Montpellier)
PhD (Montpellier)” link=”||”][lab_team_members_member image=”4512″ name=”Arif Naveed” description=”MSc (Quaid-i-Azam)
MRes (Bath)
MPhil (Cambridge)
PhD (Cambridge)” link=”||”][/lab_team_members][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”wnews”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”News” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_separator][lab_blog_posts hover_layer_icon=”static”][lab_button title=”More news” type=”standard” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbled.institute%2Fnews%2F||” el_class=”font-weight: normal;” css=”.vc_custom_1488030295999{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Support us & join our initiatives” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Our aims are wide & ambitious, and predicated on the idea of collective action. We would love to hear from you with ideas of working together.

You may also donate to our causes and support us in this way.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”36px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”CLIENTS · PARTNERS · COLLABORATORS” el_class=”connecting_heading”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][lab_clients columns_count=”2″ image_borders=”no” img_size=”medium”][lab_clients_entry image=”4778″ title=”University of Cyprus” description=”We developed technical tools for a University of Cyprus research project.”][lab_clients_entry image=”4777″ title=”University College London” description=”We are teaming up with UCL in organising a research conference in Bled.”][/lab_clients][/vc_column][/vc_row]