Speaker of the day: Stefan Brunnhuber — Economics & Finance

Every day we spotlight one voice from the UnoMe network. Today: Stefan Brunnhuber, Economics & Finance — one of the keynote speakers we recommend for corporate events and conferences in Riffa, Abu Dhabi and across the GCC.

Who is Stefan Brunnhuber?

Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber – Psychiatrist, Economist & Futurist | Keynote Speaker on Sustainable Finance, Human Psychology & Transformation in the Anthropocene

Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber is a rare polymath whose career bridges psychiatry, economics, sociology, sustainability, and spirituality. He serves as Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer at the Diakonie Clinics for Integrative Psychiatry in Germany and holds an endowed Chair in Psychology & Sustainability at Mittweida University. As a dual specialist in psychiatry/psychosomatics with doctorates in medicine and socioeconomic sciences, he has written over 500 scientific publications and numerous books.

He is a member of the Club of Rome, trustee of the World Academy of Art & Science, former senator of the European Academy of Sciences & Arts, a long-standing scientific advisor to the EU, WHO, and UN, and holds multiple visiting professorships at global academic institutions. His education included medical school in Ulm, PhDs in psychiatry and sociology, and further qualifications across sociology, psychology, and finance.

🏆 Notable Achievements

• Dual medical and socioeconomic doctorates; dual board certifications in psychiatry/psychosomatics

• Medical Director & Chief Clinical Officer since 2010; Endowed Professor since 2016

• Member/trustee of Club of Rome, European Academy of Sciences & Arts, WAAS

• Scientific advisor to EU, WHO, Federal German Sustainable Finance Council

• Over 500 peer-reviewed publications and authored books such as:

  • The Art of Transformation (2016)

  • The Open Society (2019, federal book award)

  • The Tao of Finance (2020)

  • Financing Our Future (2021)

  • Financing Our Anthropocene (2023)

• Honored as “International Scientist of the Year” (2003); received Living Science Award (2004), Peace Prize (2004), and Bahcesehir Science Award (2023)

• Frequent speaker at global venues: UN, IMF, COP27, Think Tanks, major universities

Languages:

• German
• English

🧭 Key Themes & Expertise:

• The endless growth deception: reframing sustainability beyond tech fixes

• Psychology of the Anthropocene: inner limits and mental reframing
• Financing our future: parallel currencies for commons/SDGs
• The Third Culture: bridging science, technology & humanities
• The art of transformation: integrating mind–body health, sustainability & finance
• The open society and spirituality: freedom, trust & psychological resilience