Mark Leonard

Before playing a key role in establishing the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Mark Leonard worked in fisheries and waste resources management. He adapted Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for the workplace and developed Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education.

Can mindfulness help us in the midst of COVID-19 - and beyond?

If we connect our contemplative practices with social realities we can fashion a healthier present and a better future.

By Beth Berila, David Forbes, Rachel Lilley and Mark Leonard

/ 3 May 2020

Can mindfulness help us in the midst of COVID-19 - and beyond?

Social mindfulness as a force for change

Collective action is more effective when people understand the values and beliefs that drive their behaviour.

By Mark Leonard

/ 29 Sep 2019

Social mindfulness as a force for change

Cameron’s backward-looking speech

Britain is at a fork in the road with a choice to make about what role it will play in the 21st century. Yet, David Cameron’s long-awaited speech about Europe is a miscalculation that will leave everyone frustrated.

By Mark Leonard

/ 31 Jan 2013

The spectre of multipolar Europe

On Monday, Sarkozy, Merkel and Medvedev will sit down to discuss a new European conception of global security. With the current order dysfunctional and inadequate, it is not before time that Russia is included in the discussion, writes Mark Leonard.

By Mark Leonard

/ 14 Oct 2010

The world's choice: super, soft, or herbivorous power?

An ambitious survey of public opinion around the world contains valuable findings of great interest to the world's citizens and policymakers alike. The project, conducted by Voice of

By Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard

/ 26 Oct 2007