Research | Rewilding, Wellbeing, and Human Futures
A Whole-Person Framework for Wellness
In an age of constant connectivity, technology is reshaping how we work, think, and relate. Without intention, tech saturation erodes attention, disrupts sleep, weakens relationships, and diminishes resilience.
The Rewilding Protocol™ offers a practical, evidence-informed framework for restoring balance in modern life. It integrates insights from psychology, futures studies, and human–technology interaction to support sustainable wellbeing in individuals and organizations.
Developed through over a decade of research, this framework translates theory into applied practices that help people reclaim focus, creativity, and human connection.
This work is translated into applied experiences through ReWilding Lab, where individuals and organizations engage directly with these practices.
The Rewilding Protocol™
A Whole Person Framework for Wellbeing, Resilence, and Performance
The Rewilding Protocol™ is an integrative, iterative system that anchors wellbeing in five core domains:
physiology and nervous system regulation
attention and cognitive restoration
human–nature connection
social systems and belonging
measurable, sustainable practices
Together, these domains support improved mental health, creativity, resilience, and long-term performance.
Core Domains of the Rewilding Protocol™
Supports stress reduction and physiological balance through evidence-based practices that restore the body’s natural rhythms.
Nervous System Regulation
Enhances cognitive flexibility, imagination, and problem-solving through expressive and embodied practices.
Creative Intelligence
Ecological Connection
Rebuilds the human relationship with the natural world, supporting attention restoration, emotional wellbeing, and resilience.
Research, Presentations & Publications
These talks, essays, and publications reflect ongoing research in human rewilding, psychological resilience, and futures-oriented wellbeing.
This research is also shared through international keynotes, conferences, and public talks.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
October 22, 2025, Rewilding for the Apocalypse, ZAMM, Arizona State University, Eureka Springs, AR
September 20, 2024, Rewilding Futures, Keynote for Holotopia Festival, Berlin
September 11, 2024, Rewilding Imagination for Regenerative Futures, Anticipation Conference, Lancaster University, UK
August 23, 2024, Rewilding Our Future(s), Postnormal Times Symposium, Online
October 26, 2023, Transpersonal Visions and the Future of Humanity, World Futures Studies Federation Conference, Paris.
October 27, 2021, Psychological Futures: Antifragility and the future of wellbeing, World Futures Studies Federation World Conference, Berlin.
JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS
Klisanin, D. (2024). Re-membering Our Souls, Clima Utopyas. One Day in 2050.
Klisanin, D. (2023). Existential Risk: From Resilience to Antifragility, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative, Center for International Security and Cooperation,Stanford University.
Klisanin. D. (2023). Psychological Futures: The Antifragile Mindset and the Imperative of Interdependence. In Montuori. A., and Donnelly, G. The Handbook for Creative Futures. New York: Routledge.
ESSAYS, ARTICLES, & WHITE PAPERS
November, 2025, Rewilding Futures in Practice: Attention and Reciprocity, Human Futures.
April, 2025. Are We Born To Love Nature Are We Born to Love Nature? The science behind our innate connection to the natural world. Psychology Today.
December 2024. Rewilding Futures: Reimagining Our Relationship with the More-Than-Human World. Compass, Association of Professional Futurists.
November, 2024. Rewild Your Mind: Can Nature Help Ease Modern Stress? Psychology Today.
April 2023. Why Futurists Must Consider Rewilding. Compass, Association of Professional Futurists.
Ongoing writing on rewilding, wellbeing, and human futures can be found on my Wild Wisdom blog.
Selected articles on rewilding, wellbeing, and human futures are also published in Psychology Today.