Restore the Human Capacities Your Organization Needs for What Comes Next.
Dana Klisanin, Ph.D., is a psychologist and futurist helping leaders, institutions, and communities strengthen resilience, imagination, and regenerative thinking through the science and practice of human–nature connection.
Selected Collaborations & Contexts
Universities, governments, and global organizations where this work has been invited or partnered.
Stanford University
U.S. Embassy
United Nations
Camberwell College of Arts
UK Government
The Inquiry
Across my work runs a single, sustained inquiry: what conditions allow humans and the living world to flourish—together? Modern life has weakened many of the inner capacities that once shaped our relationship with the natural world—attention, awe, imagination, and care. As these inner ecosystems decline, so too does our ability to respond creatively and ethically to the challenges we face.
Drawing on psychology, futures thinking, ecology, and the arts, I explore how restoring these inner capacities strengthens resilience and expands what futures are possible. This inquiry takes shape through research, public dialogue, immersive experience, and collaboration with institutions seeking more regenerative ways forward.
Featured TEDx Talk
Rewilding the Mind: The Missing Piece in Human Flourishing
A TEDx talk exploring how the erosion of inner qualities such as awe, attention, and imagination mirrors the loss of biodiversity in the natural world—and how rewilding the mind can restore the conditions for human and planetary flourishing.
How the Work Takes Shape
Developing integrative, futures-oriented frameworks that explore human–nature relationships, resilience, and regenerative futures—bridging psychology, systems thinking, and ecological understanding.
Research & Frameworks
Keynote conversations, lectures, and facilitated inquiry designed for universities, cultural institutions, and organizations navigating complexity, uncertainty, and change.
Public Talks & Inquiry
Place-based and experiential projects that integrate art, nature, and mind–body practice to restore connection, imagination, and a felt sense of belonging.
Immersive & Collaborative
REWILDING: LAB
ReWilding: Lab is a research and practice space devoted to the integration of art, nature, and mind. It serves as a living context for inquiry into human–nature relationships, supporting immersive programs, research initiatives, and collaborative exploration. The Lab brings theory into lived experience—offering a place where questions about resilience, imagination, and flourishing can be explored through direct engagement with the living world.
Conversations & Collaborations
I collaborate with universities, cultural institutions, foundations, and organizations interested in exploring human flourishing, resilience, and regenerative futures.
This work takes the form of talks, facilitated inquiry, and longer-term collaborations shaped by context and shared purpose.
If this inquiry resonates, you’re welcome to be in touch.