Our team
Human Progress Foundation is run by a small editorial and research staff. Different articles may be written or reviewed by different team members; each post names who wrote and reviewed it.
Dr Chris Kerala Varma
Director
Leads editorial review and foundation strategy. Articles may be written or reviewed by Chris or other staff; each post names who wrote and reviewed it.
Dr Thomas James Davies
Philosophy of Mind
Philosopher of mind and metaphysics. He earned his PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2024 with a thesis on causation and non-reductive physicalism, covering mental causation, the exclusion argument, and multiple realisability. His work helps the foundation reason carefully about consciousness, the minds of other species, and what scientific findings mean for human dignity.
More team profiles will be added as we grow. Interested in collaborating? Get in touch.