Breakfast seminar: Mindfulness in Parlaiment

Date: 7 November 2025, 08:30–10:00
Location: Segerstedt Building, Plantskolan
Type: Seminar
Lecturer: Karen Brounéus
Organiser: UUniCORN

Can mindfulness reduce political polarization? This is currently being investigated by Karen Brounéus in a study conducted in the Swedish Parliament.

Karen Brounéus is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, and in this seminar she presents the study, which is inspired by Oxford University's decade-long collaboration with the British Parliament.

The overarching rationale of implementing mindfulness in these different spheres of polarization (each with their own goal conflicts) is that less reactivity and more reflexivity in complex decisionmaking and relationship-building is key for peaceful and sustainable social transformation.

This project therefore seeks to support political leadership that encourages bridge-building and reflection in challenging times, to tackle the many conflicting objectives for sustainable development from a position of seeking to contribute to the greater good.