September 2025
The latest development in psychedelic research and therapy will be presented at Borealis Psychedelic Science Summit in Stockholm, 26 and 27 September. The conference brings together researchers, clinicians and policy makers and is organised by the Swedish Network for Psychedelic Science (NPV Sweden). The event builds on earlier psychedelic science conferences in Norway and Sweden in 2022 and 2018.
Psilocybin is the active psychedelic ingredient in certain mushrooms. PHOTO Canva
The program centers on trauma healing and emotional processing, and allows space for exploring the spiritual aspects of psychedelic experiences.
Keynote speakers are psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist and best-selling author Julie Holland and experimental psychologist and behavioral pharmacologist Matthew W. Johnson. Holland was a medical monitor for clinical studies examining MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Johnson has published research on psychedelics in relation to mystical experience, personality change, cancer distress treatment and depression treatment.
Forty-four other speakers will talk about the healing and mind-altering properties of psilocybin, LSD, DMT, Ayahuasca and MDMA, all substances experiencing a revival in the West since the 1960s.
Regarding the science-spirituality intersection, Naina Eira Gupta, a Huxley Foundation Scholar and a PhD candidate at the University of Exeter, bridges Eastern traditions with Western psychedelic research. She designs meditation-based protocols for psychedelic navigation rooted in Buddhism yet adapted for secular psychotherapy. Her current research examines altered states of consciousness.
Written by Anders Bolling
Edited by Liza Horan
