Rob Riemen
Founder, President and CEO of the Nexus Institute and Author
Rob Riemen, a European public intellectual and cultural critic, is the founder, president and CEO of the Nexus Institute, a leading international center for philosophical debate and and intellectual discourse. The Nexus Institute was founded in 1994 by Riemen to stimulate intellectual debate in the European tradition of humanism. The Nexus Institute is widely acknowledged for the quality of its insight into contemporary issues and an approach that offers the appreciation of the humanistic culture and philosophy as a counterweight to the dominance of commercial values in today’s society. Riemen has lectured around the world and is also an international best-selling author with a number of critically acclaimed publications.
Riemen spoke at The Common Good in 2018: A Conversation with Rob Riemen, “To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism and Humanism, and partnered with The Common Good in hosting a conversation on Art and Activism in Amsterdam with Ai Weiwei.
