Philippe Narval

Philippe Narval holds university degrees from Kings College London and the University of Oxford.  Between 2012 and 2020 he lead the European Forum Alpbach, Europe’s foremost ‘festival of ideas’ and from 2021-2022 he was founding director of SQUARE at the University of St. Gallen. He writes and lectures on issues related to participatory leadership, transformation and inclusion.  As a columnist he is a regular contributor to the Austrian “Der Standard” and in 2018 published his book “Die freundliche Revolution” on innovation in democracy in Europe. Currently he serves as a secretary general of “Lebenshilfe Österreich”, the umbrella organisation of Austrias largest NGO working for the inclusion of people with disability.