Nora Bateson

Nora Bateson is a filmmaker, writer, and systems thinker who serves as Founder and President of the International Bateson Institute, carrying forward the intellectual legacy of her father, Gregory Bateson. She coined the concept of symmathesy — contextual mutual learning within living systems — and developed the Warm Data methodology for illuminating the relational complexity underlying social and ecological challenges. Her book Small Arcs of Larger Circles and her documentary An Ecology of Mind have established her as a leading voice at the intersection of systems theory and ecology.