A Strategy Built for
Hard Conversations
Australia does not lack for conversation. It lacks the right conditions for conversation that matters. Eidos exists to create those conditions, deliberately, patiently, and without an agenda.
What We're Responding To
Public discourse in Australia has accelerated without deepening. Social media gives everyone a platform. Every challenge has an advocacy coalition. Governments hold consultations; think tanks publish reports; academics give evidence.
And yet the conversations that matter most, the ones that require genuinely different kinds of people to sit with hard questions over time, those conversations are getting rarer.
Our public dialogue has become faster, louder, and shallower. The pressure to have a take has crowded out the space to think. Eidos exists to restore that space.
The speed problem
Platforms reward reaction over reflection. The first take wins attention; the considered view arrives too late.
The homogeneity problem
Most forums bring together people who already agree. Diversity of voice is tokenised, not structural.
The depth problem
Consultations produce submissions. Panels produce talking points. Neither produces genuine understanding across difference.
The independence problem
Most convenings are funded by parties with a stake in the outcome. The agenda shapes the conversation before it begins.
Our Four-Part Response
Each element of Eidos's strategy is designed to address one of the structural failures in Australian public dialogue.
Invitation-Only Convenings
Small rooms. Big questions. Diverse voices.
Our signature dinners bring together 12 carefully chosen Australians who would not ordinarily share a table. A High Court justice and a 22-year-old. A regional mayor and an elder. A business leader and a welfare economist. Invitations are extended based on what someone brings to the conversation, not who they are in the hierarchy. Eidos designs the conditions, sets the question, and then gets out of the way.
National Online Dialogues
Open to any Australian who wants to contribute.
Through our Mindhive platform, Eidos runs structured online dialogues that scale participation without sacrificing depth. These are not polls or comment threads. They are facilitated, asynchronous conversations that surface genuine reasoning, and allow people to change their minds when they encounter a compelling argument. The platform was built by Eidos's sister organisation, Mindhive, and is free for all participants.
Research & Publishing
Rigorous but readable.
Eidos commissions and publishes accessible explainers on Australia's most contested questions, written for thoughtful Australians, not specialists. Our research frames the five national inquiries we are running in 2026, and will feed back into future convenings and dialogues. We do not produce policy recommendations. We produce better questions.
The Eidos Collective
A community committed to the long game.
Behind every great convening is a community of people who believe in the work. The Eidos Collective is our growing network of Australians who support our independence, share our values, and are willing to be called on when a conversation needs their voice. Members receive advance access to research, priority invitations, and the knowledge that they are part of something that outlasts any single election cycle.
Five Questions Shaping Australia
Each of Eidos's 2026 convenings and dialogues is organised around one of five national inquiries, questions chosen because they are unresolved, contested, and consequential.
Australian Values
"What values do Australians actually share, and which ones are genuinely contested?"
Not what we say we believe. What we actually do, fund, protect, and argue about when things get hard.
Fairness & Equity
"What does a fair Australia look like, and are we building it?"
Housing, healthcare, education, opportunity. Where is Australia living up to its own story, and where is the gap widening?
Social Cohesion
"How do we maintain a shared sense of national life as Australia becomes more diverse?"
Migration, identity, belonging, trust in institutions. What holds us together, and what pulls us apart?
Our Future in 2035
"What kind of Australia do we want to hand to the next generation?"
Climate, technology, democracy, economy. The decisions we make now will constrain or open the choices of the generation after us.
The Two Poles of AI
"What do we want artificial intelligence to become, and what are we prepared to give up?"
From productivity and democratised knowledge to labour displacement, environmental costs, and cognitive colonisation. Launching in Brisbane on 29 July 2026.
How We Work
These are not aspirational values. They are operational commitments that shape every decision Eidos makes.
Non-partisan by design
Eidos does not advocate for political parties, governments, or ideological positions. We convene across difference, which requires that no participant feels the room is rigged.
Independence over funding
We do not accept donations that come with editorial or programming conditions. If a funder wants to shape the agenda, they will need to find a different organisation.
Diversity as structure, not optics
Generational, professional, cultural, and geographic diversity is built into the convening design, not added afterwards to check a box.
Patience over speed
Good conversations take time. Eidos designs for depth, not for output. We are not producing a report. We are cultivating a different quality of public thinking.
Transparency about what we are
We are not a think tank. We are not a lobbying group. We are not a government advisory body. We are a convening organisation, and that specificity matters.
Open questions, not predetermined answers
Eidos sets the question. Participants find the answer, or discover that the question is more complicated than they thought. That's a success.
Be Part of the Conversation
Whether you want to attend a convening, contribute to an online dialogue, support the work financially, or join the Eidos Collective, there is a place for you.