12 Facts About Roman Krznaric

Roman Krznaric is an Australian-born social philosopher, whose books focus on the power of ideas to create change.

Roman Krznaric is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing at Linacre College, University of Oxford and the founder of the world's first Empathy Museum.

Roman Krznaric was named by The Observer as one of Britain's leading popular philosophers.

Roman Krznaric was born in Sydney, Australia, and attended secondary school in Hong Kong.

Roman Krznaric did human rights work with indigenous refugees in Guatemala, then taught politics and sociology at Essex University, the University of Cambridge and City University, London.

Roman Krznaric has described the book as an attempt to rewrite existentialism for the twenty-first century.

Roman Krznaric emphasises how an apparently individualistic ideal such as seizing the day has a collective potential to become a force for socio-political transformation, suggesting that tackling issues such as the global ecological crisis requires a 'carpamus diem' mentality.

Roman Krznaric is widely recognised as one of the world's leading thinkers about empathy.

Roman Krznaric is the author of The First Beautiful Game: Stories of Obsession in Real Tennis, a book that uses a combination of oral history and personal memoir to explore the medieval sport of real tennis.

Roman Krznaric is one of the world's top amateur players of the sport.

Roman Krznaric is married to the British economist Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist.

Roman Krznaric is a top ranked amateur player of real tennis.