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Alexandros Lavdas
Innovation and the Future

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The Places That Make Us: How buildings, cities, and beauty affect our brains and wellbeing.

Keynote speaker, workshop leader, and subject-matter expert · Editor of Routledge Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment

Innovation and the FutureHealth and LongevityResilience and Mental Wellbeing
+2 moreHappiness and FulfillmentParenting and Raising Children

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Speaking fees
$1,500, or custom quote
3 sessions below
Formats
Keynote, Workshop
In person or virtual
Based in
Bolzano, Italy
Based in Bolzano, Italy, happy to travel. Travel expenses are not included in my fee.
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Sessions and fees

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The Places That Make Us: Neuroscience, Beauty, and Wellbeing

$1,500
Keynote1 to 2 hoursIn person or virtual
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, executive peer groups, general corporate audiences, and boards and nonprofit leaders.

An illustrated talk explores how buildings, cities, and beauty affect our brains and wellbeing. Through visual comparisons, research findings, and audience discussion, participants examine their responses to places and consider practical implications for design.

  • Recognise how everyday environments influence attention, emotions, and wellbeing.
  • Identify how nature, beauty, and organised visual complexity can inform better design.
  • Ask informed questions when choosing or improving homes, workplaces, and public spaces
Session details and terms
Travel and logistics: Based in Bolzano, Italy, happy to travel. Travel expenses are not included in my fee. Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Alexandros. A sign-up sheet for anyone who wants to be informed for new publications or presentations.

Growing Up in Place: How Environments Influence Child Development

$1,500
Keynote1 to 2 hoursIn person or virtual
For entrepreneurs and business owners, spouses and partners, families and children, general corporate audiences, and boards and nonprofit leaders.

An illustrated talk examines how homes, schools, and neighbourhoods influence children’s development. Research, visual examples, and audience discussion explore how environments can support exploration, learning, and wellbeing.

  • Understand how physical surroundings can support children’s learning, exploration, and wellbeing.
  • Recognise the value of nature, sensory variety, and opportunities for play.
  • Ask informed questions when choosing or improving homes, schools, and neighbourhoods for children.
Session details and terms
Travel and logistics: Based in Bolzano, Italy, happy to travel. Travel expenses are not included in my fee. Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Alexandros. A sign-up sheet for anyone who wants to be informed for new publications or presentations.

Designing for Human Experience: Neuroscience, Beauty, and AI

Custom quote
WorkshopFull dayIn person
For entrepreneurs and business owners, CEOs and senior executives, executive peer groups, general corporate audiences, and boards and nonprofit leaders.

A full-day workshop combining illustrated talks, image-rating exercises, and guided discussion. Explore neuroscience, beauty, and architectural patterns; compare visual responses with attention predictions; and examine AI-assisted design examples.

  • Understand how nature, beauty, and organised visual complexity relate to perception and wellbeing.
  • Explore what visual ratings, attention models, and biometric methods can—and cannot—tell us about our responses to places.
  • Explore how AI can use architectural patterns to generate design ideas, and evaluate them through a neuroscience-informed lens.
Session details and terms
Travel and logistics: Based in Bolzano, Italy, happy to travel. Travel expenses are not included in my fee. Promotion: None proposed. Required purchases: None. Attendee follow-up: Only with attendees who choose to hear from Alexandros. A sign-up sheet for anyone who wants to be informed for new publications or presentations.

About Alexandros

Why do some places draw us in, while others make us want to leave? As a neuroscientist, I explore how buildings, cities, and beauty affect our brains and wellbeing. My work connects neuroscience, psychology, and architecture, with a particular interest in nature and organised visual complexity. I have published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, contributed chapters to books, co-edited scholarly volumes, and delivered invited lectures internationally. Through research and visual examples, I help audiences understand our responses to everyday environments and consider how we can create places that better support human life.

Media and books

Cover of Routledge Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment
Routledge Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment
Published 2025. Editor. Hardcover, paperback, and ebook.
Related books, services, and programs
Consulting or advisoryCourses or training

Neuroscience-informed design advisory: Research-based guidance on perception, beauty, biophilia, and wellbeing in buildings and urban spaces. Courses and training: Tailored seminars and workshops on neuroaesthetics, evaluating human responses to environments, and AI-assisted design exploration.

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