17 academic/researcher social impact speakers on Mezzo — including Rutger Bregman, Kim Scott, and Susie Baldwin. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.
29 speakers · showing 1–24
Rutger Bregman
Bestselling Historian | The Moral Ambition of Utopia
🇳🇱Netherlands13 talks
Future Of Society
Purpose Driven Business
Tarja Turtia
UNESCO Programme Specialist | Global Cultural Innovation
🇫🇷France1 talk
Culture Design & Transformation
Purpose Driven Business
Jack Dangermond
Esri Founder | Pioneering Geospatial Technology for a Sustainable Future
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Climate Action & Net Zero
Purpose Driven Business
KS
Kim Scott
Award-Winning Indigenous Australian Novelist | Storytelling & Cultural Identity
🇦🇺Australia15 talks
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Fiction & Literary Writing
Robert Lustig
Obesity Expert | Metabolic Health & Food Policy
🇺🇸United States
Corporate Social Responsibility
Healthcare Transformation
Elizabeth Dunn
| Expert on how helping others increases happiness
🇺🇸United States1 talk
Emotional Intelligence
Employee Wellbeing Programs
Christian Busch
Author of 'The Serendipity Mindset' | Professor at USC, LSE & NYU on Purpose-Driven Leadership
🇺🇸Los Angeles, United States2 talks
Corporate Innovation
Culture Design & Transformation
Armen Papazian
Space Value Foundation Co-Founder | Financial Economist Rethinking Capital for Cosmic-Scale Challenges
🇬🇧United Kingdom
Financial Strategy
Future Trends & Predictions
Nicholas Christakis
Director, Human Nature Lab | Pioneering Social Network Science
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Cognitive Neuroscience
Consumer Behavior
Alex Edmans
London Business School Professor | Author of 'Grow the Pie' on Purposeful Business & ESG
🇬🇧United Kingdom1 talk
Corporate Social Responsibility
ESG & Sustainable Business
Susie Baldwin
Physician & Trafficking Prevention Expert | HEAL Trafficking Co-Founder
🇺🇸Los Angeles, United States2 talks
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Healthcare Transformation
Eloise Skinner
Entrepreneur & Therapist | Exploring Existential Well-Being
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom
Purpose Driven Business
Social Impact
Randy Cohen
New York Times Ethicist | Author of The Good, the Bad and the Difference
🇺🇸New York, United States
Purpose Driven Business
Storytelling & Narrative
Clayborne Carson
King Papers Project Director | Definitive Martin Luther King Jr. Historian
🇺🇸Stanford, United States2 talks
Nonprofit Leadership
Social Impact
Regina Benjamin
18th U.S. Surgeon General | Pioneering healthcare equity and public health transformation
🇺🇸United States
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Healthcare Transformation
Naomi Klein
Activist & Journalist | Disrupting Corporate Power
🇨🇦Canada2 talks
Climate Activism
Documentary
Liz Ogbu
Urban Design Innovator | Transforming Unjust Environments
🇺🇸United States1 talk
Inclusive Leadership
Social Impact
PB
Pablo G. Bejerano
Professor | AI Ethics and the Future of Technology
🇬🇧United Kingdom1 talk
AI Ethics & Governance
AI Strategy & Implementation
HF
His Holiness Pope Francis
His Holiness Pope Francis | Moral Leadership in a Polarized World
Vatican City4 talks
Purpose Driven Business
Social Impact
LB
Laurel Braitman
Environmental Scientist | Exploring the Connections Between Humans and Nature
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Environmental Justice
Purpose Driven Business
Shereen El Feki
Author & Social Scientist | Sexuality & Social Change in the Arab World
🇬🇧United Kingdom3 talks
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Human Rights
Sharon Brous
Rabbi | Spiritual Roadmaps for Justice Work
🇺🇸United States2 talks
Entrepreneurship
Purpose Driven Business
JG
In Memoriam
Jane Goodall
Pioneering Primatologist | Revolutionizing Understanding of Chimpanzee Behavior
Tanzania3 talks
Climate Action & Net Zero
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Hasan Elahi
Artist & Technologist | Surveillance, Identity & Media
🇺🇸United States1 talk
Civil Liberties & Digital Rights
Creativity