Kim Samuel

founder of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness (SCSC); author, On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation

Kim Samuel is a leading voice in the global movement for belonging. She is the author of On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation, an exploration of the crisis of social isolation and humanity’s right to belong. She is also the founder of the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness (SCSC), a ‘think-and-do tank’ that partners with leading advocacy groups and research organizations to combat social isolation and build belonging around the world. 

In addition, Kim is a research fellow at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford, and an associate fellow at Green Templeton College, also at the University of Oxford.