Curriculum vitae

Nicolas Norbu Endres

Psychologist, facilitator and researcher. Born 1984 in Berlin, where I still live and work.

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Current

Since 04/2026
Project partner, Living Lab GemeinschaftsBildungFreie Universität Berlin — a participatory research and development project on belonging, community and cooperative learning, with Prof. Dr. Thomas Rixen and Dr. Katja Reinecke. Funded by the Stabsstelle Nachhaltigkeit und Energie.
Since 2025
Seminars in political economy, Otto-Suhr-InstitutFreie Universität Berlin — designing and co-teaching Polykrise und Transformation with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Rixen, combining political-economic theory with experiential and mindfulness-based methods.
Since 2024
Trainer, coach and facilitator, The HumWorking with decentralised organisations.
Since 05/2020
Freelance coach, consultant and mediatorClients have included 5Meter, Nathanja & Heinrich, EDGE e.V., Bodhicharya e.V., bemyapp and Plan B 2030.
Since 2022
Volunteer, Church of Interbeing

Education and training

2025
Art of Hosting facilitator training
2020
Certified CoachBusiness Trends Academy, Berlin
2020
Certified MediatorBusiness Trends Academy, Berlin
2020
Certified Agile ManagerBusiness Trends Academy, Berlin
2013–2017
M.Sc. Mind and Brain, Track BrainBerlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin — neuroscience, philosophy and psychology
2008–2011
B.Sc. PsychologyUniversity of the West of England, Bristol
1995–2004
AbiturEvangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster, Berlin-Wilmersdorf

Selected positions and engagements

01–02/2025
Two-month residency, Southern SpainDesigned and ran a residency on peer-to-peer support and regenerative practice.
08–12/2023
Regenerative Teamwork online courseCreated and taught for common-good oriented companies.
07/2023–01/2024
Regenerative Spaces ProjectAn EU-funded collaboration with imu supporting common-good oriented companies. Produced the Regeneratives Arbeiten workbook.
10/2021–01/2023
Fellowship, Reinventing Society e.V.
2021–2025
Inner ScienceCreated and taught a course on meditation, science and philosophy, run over several cohorts.
12/2021–03/2022
Course leader, Mind-Body-MedicineImmanuel-Krankenhaus, Berlin-Wannsee
04/2020–07/2023
Co-founder and co-manager, CoopSpace (now Imago Space)A self-organised, co-creative co-working community in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
10/2018–01/2020
Course leader, Evangelische Schule Berlin ZentrumYears 7 to 10, pupils aged 13 to 15.
10/2018–12/2020
Researcher and adviser, 5Meter GbRDevelopment of a novel biofeedback algorithm and toy.
10/2017–01/2020
Volunteer, MIND FoundationScience committee, and organising a large-scale scientific conference.
10/2017–03/2018
Lecturer, Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität“Applying the scientific method directly to the mind — an introduction to the theory and practice of first-person methods”, conceived from June 2017 and co-lectured with Dr. Vera Ludwig.
10/2012–04/2018
Assistant scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain SciencesBerlin satellite lab, working principally within the ReSource Project, a large longitudinal study on the effects of meditation.

Talks, stipends and time abroad

Talks

Scientific and public talks since 2016, including the conference on First-Person Science at Universität Witten/Herdecke in 2019 and eight consecutive years of talks at the Wilde Möhre Festival. The full list, with recordings where they exist, is on the writing and talks page.

11/2017–04/2018
Qualification stipend, Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinIn the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Arno Villringer.
09/2014–02/2015
ERASMUS semester, Universidad Complutense de MadridReading courses in philosophy and psychology.
09/2008–07/2011
University of the West of England, BristolUndergraduate study in psychology.
01/2006–01/2007
ArgentinaSpanish classes, and work as a German teacher.
08/2001–07/2002
Valencia High School, Saugus, CaliforniaSenior year.

And the rest

Languages

German (native) · English (fluent) · Spanish (good) · Latin (Latinum) · Ancient Greek (Graecum)

Research tools

SPSS (good) · Matlab (basic) · R (basic)

Ongoing practice

Meditation, Qigong, Taichi and Yoga since my early twenties, alongside the study of Buddhist and Daoist psychology and philosophy, a number of meditation retreats, breathwork and plant medicine. Uncertificated, and most of what I teach rests on it.

Otherwise

Piano, drums and juggling.

Get in touch

Berlin. Available for research collaborations, teaching, talks and facilitation, and for coaching and mediation.

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