A Space to Explore New Perspectives
In response to the existential crisis we are facing, 3rd Space offers a diversity of new perspectives. New ideas for critical times. Conversations for a world in transition.
We believe the metacrisis of today cannot be approached by a form of thinking that reduces life to utility and economics, entirely missing the wholeness and intelligence of life itself.
A Space to Explore New Perspectives
In response to the existential crisis we are facing, 3rd Space offers a diversity of new perspectives. New ideas for critical times. We believe the metacrisis of today cannot be solved by a form of thinking that reduces life to utility and economics.
Living with Uncertainty
A COURSE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REAL ORIENTATION IN A DISORIENTING TIME.
Move beyond the binary of ‘breathless optimism’ and ‘existential dread’ around AI, with a course designed to provide real orientation in a disorienting time. Living with Uncertainty offers a rigorous framework for thinking clearly about AI, drawing on a deep lineage of evolutionary biology, philosophy of technology, and the study of consciousness.
Over two modules of six fortnightly sessions, with a month’s break between them, you will join a small-group inquiry to explore the possibility of a postive symbiosis between human and artificial intelligence.
Start Date
17 May 2026
Thinking, Relating, Creating
Beyond Ideologies
3rd Space is a home for alternatives – new ways of thinking, being, and doing. Innovations and ancient wisdom that disrupt the status quo, challenge our assumptions, and nourish our souls. 3rd Space offers a refuge for depth, a space for thinking, relating, and creating beyond polarising ideologies.
Through articles, interviews, videos and podcasts, we convene voices from across cultures and disciplines – thinkers, visionaries, activists, and culture hackers, re-shaping the future of consciousness and society.
We highlight non-western philosophy and ancestral wisdom for the unitive perspective they offer – alongside contemporary innovations and prototypes that re-imagine how we live and relate.
We host intercultural communication and offer ‘immersive journeys’ – an opportunity to spend time interning in projects in India, to discover another civilisation from the inside.
Emergent Voices
Intercultural Communication
A Shift in Consciousness
Emergent Voices
The urgency of current global realities is prompting emergent voices: new ways of thinking that seek to transform our global culture and systems.
Visit our Features page where we feature these innovative counter-narratives from around the world.
Intercultural Communication
3rd Space explores different forms of sensemaking in the world – both contemporary and ancient. We see voices from the global south, such as those from India, Africa and South America, as critical to the conversation. The understanding of ‘being-based’ existential principles embedded in non-western cultures; their fluency in the symbiotic nature of living systems; their traditions of decentralisation and communitarianism; their knowledge of the ‘interbeingness’ of all life, are essential contributions in addressing the current challenges we are facing.
A Shift in Consciousness
For a systemic change to take place in our societies, we believe a radical shift in mainstream consciousness is required. This means a shift from our fragmented and mechanistic perception of the world, to one that recognises the interdependent and participatory nature of the Universe itself.
New from 3rd Space
Spaces of Connectedness–Philosopher Charles Taylor Explores the Ethical Significance of Poetry
Food—The Low-Hanging Fruit of Transition (and how understanding complexity is a superpower)
“You Are Not Alone” – A Conversation with Sydney Searchwell-Simpson on Spirituality & Activism
Rethinking value, volunteering, and the future of social impact: An interview with Harinda Fonseka
‘Love is a Project with no Completion Date’: A Tiny Charity Tackles the Business of Medicine
Working with Young Refugees in a World that Doesn’t Make Sense – a conversation with Renate Keller
The Colonising Mind and the Polycrisis – An Interview with Sashikala Ananth & Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Racial Justice, Climate Activism, Self-Repair: building a new paradigm with Esther Stanford-Xosei
Filmmaker Renate Keller on her documentary of Indian mystic and social activist, Vimala Thakar
Pressing ‘Reset’ in the Anthropocene: Global Social Witnessing as an Awareness-Based Practice for Global Citizenship
“This is not a University subject, this is a universal subject” – Dr. Vasudevan speaking on Ayurveda
3rd Space Programs
3rd Space programs provide the opportunity to experience the diversity of the world’s cultures from ‘the inside’. We believe in the enormous learning and creative potential in open interrelationship between different civilisations and cultures.
