The Hic et Nunc Lab

We study what makes authority hold when the context changes.

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How we research

Field Work

We go where it's hard to fake.
Authority under strain shows what it's made of. We engage with the people living it.

Dialogue

We convene leaders with different codes. Authority earned in one world rarely transfers to another, but some patterns do.

Applications

We turn findings into things leaders use.
Games, tools, exercises: each one a new way to observe. What we see goes back into the research.

Contributors

Researchers and decision-makers take part in our work, speaking at conferences, joining dialogues, testing tools before release. They come from government, defence, diplomacy, mediation, business, medicine, the academy and the arts, bringing experience, engagement, and the freedom to disagree.

Released.

  • 60 leadership dilemmas - no right answers, just better ones.

    The Hic et Nunc Lab - 2025

  • 150 rising leaders on what good leadership looks like.

    Leadership Survey - 2025

  • Lessons from leadership frontlines that go far beyond war.

    Generation Ukraine - 2024

Project partners

Work with us

We look for partners, terrains and decision-makers willing to engage. If the question is live where you are, get in touch.