Ecosystem
EPIC is deeply committed to effecting social change through meaningful engagement both within and beyond the psychedelic ecosystem. We extend our insights outside of the academy, engaging diversely to broaden the reach and relevance of our work.

Our thriving Exeter Psychedelic Colloquium meets during term time every other Friday at 3.30pm on Streatham Campus in Exeter, followed by a social event. The series is also available to join online.
Leadership
We hold leadership roles in key organisations including:
Outreach
We are all frequent contributors to documentaries, podcasts and talk series.
- Drug Science: Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom with Dr Andy Letcher
- Peter Sjøsjedt-Hughes TEDx Talk on 'Psychedelics and Consciousness'
- Anjali Bhat on Dishbrain
- Psychedelic Science 2023: Sami Awad & Leor Roseman: ayahuasca as a peace-making tool among Palestinians and Israelis.PS23-MAPS
- Encounters with Shipibo Ayahuasca ceremonies and ethics: Simon Ruffell TEDx University of Greenwich
- BBC: How Drugs Work: Cannabis – Celia Morgan
- When Anjali Bhat Met Richard Lang
- Drug Science – Psychiatrists and Curanderos with Simon Ruffell
- The New Health Club : Leor Roseman: The Chemistry of Compassion in Times of Conflict
- Peter Attia: Ketamine: Benefits, risks, and promising therapeutic potential | Celia Morgan
Events
We participate in workshops, festivals and other events to engage with and expand minds (including our own) outside of EPIC.
We also engage the wider community through creative outputs, for example our ’Psychedelic Mayhem’ event where the EPIC team came together to read our poetry, make music and art and together explore liminal spaces. And through Leor Roseman’s extraordinary peacebuilding work using performance as a collective "grief ritual" with the Ripples Collective.
Conviviality and connection are central to our community.
Visit our Gallery to see some of the EPIC experiences we’ve shared together outside of work.
Conferences
EPIC organises conferences hosted at our University of Exeter campus that shape the future of psychedelic research and culture by convening international researchers, practitioners, and thinkers in spaces of discussion, challenge and constructive debate.
- Mind At Large Conference
- Conference on Psychedelics and Gender 2026
- We are a community partner of World Ayahuasca Forum in collaboration with Simon Ruffell.
Academic Ecosystem
We are keen collaborators with groups across the globe, with collaborations stretching back in some cases for decades. Some of our key academic collaborators are detailed below:
Academic Ecosystem
- UCL Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit
- Imperial College London Centre for Psychedelic Research
- Kings College London Psychoactive Trials Group
- Johns Hopkins Centre for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research
- UCSF Cahart-Harris Lab
- University of British Columbia, Zach Walsh lab
- University of Cambridge Psychedelics Research Group
- AZA Lab, Yale University
- The Institute for Psychedelic Research, Tel-Aviv University (IPR-TLV)
- Psychedelic Participant Advocacy Network (Psypan)
- Psychedelics In Recovery (PIR)
- Roots To Thrive
- Gathering Groups
- PSY-NET COST Action Consortium
