Breaking Convention
Founded: 2011
Founder: Cameron Adams and colleagues
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Website: https://breakingconvention.co.uk
Category: Science & Research
About the Channel
Breaking Convention is Europe's largest psychedelic science conference, and their YouTube channel archives hundreds of conference presentations from some of the most important researchers, practitioners, and cultural thinkers in the psychedelic field. The biennial conference draws speakers from clinical research, philosophy, anthropology, art, and activism, and the talks represent the current frontier of psychedelic knowledge across disciplines. For anyone who wants to go deep on specific topics — from the neuroscience of mystical states to the ethics of psychedelic industry — the Breaking Convention archive is an unparalleled resource.
Editorial Context
Breaking Convention represents the breadth of European psychedelic discourse, which tends to be more interdisciplinary and politically critical than the US-focused clinical research scene. The conference archive is particularly valuable for talks that don't fit neatly into the clinical or advocacy categories.
Key Topics
- consciousness science
- clinical research
- anthropology
- ethics
- history