About Us
Journal d'Ambroisie Team
The Journal d’Ambroisie is an online publication born out of the vision to create a space for our generation where young people can explore themes most relevant to our lives and express novel, creative and diverse ideas. Our ultimate purpose is to unite the pioneering voices of our generation and leave a lasting impact on the world. Through the Journal we invite the larger public to join a wider discussion, breaking down barriers of geography and aiming at reducing echo chambers. The Journal is published quarterly, each edition centring around a new, thought-provoking theme that our writers may interpret as loosely (or as closely) as they wish. Our writers are voices of our generation – representing many, although not yet all – with a myriad of bright and distinctive ideas. Their writings are, at the same time, deeply personal and intrinsically societal; they can be enjoyed as individual works but also read in conversation with each other; they are expressions of our writers’ personal thoughts and yet equally invitations to a discussion between the author and the reader. The Journal publishes opinion pieces in eight different categories: Art, Literature and Philosophy, Science, Social Commentary, Business, and ‘Our Causes’ (which at the moment includes the Environment, Homelessness, and the LGBTQ+ Community) Creative Writing and Poetry, and Interview.
The Journal d’Ambroisie is the daughter of the Salon de la Sagesse, a non-profit association whose aim is to unite today’s pioneering youth. The two organisations’ vision and aim is exemplified through our shared motto ‘Communitas et incrementum sapientiae’, or ‘Community and Growth in Wisdom’.
Ignacio Garcia
Head of Communications
Ignacio Garcia is a Public Relations graduate and holds a Masters’s degree in “Management of Performing Arts”. Ignacio grew up in Buenos Aires where he graduated from Belgrano University and worked as a freelance in the communication field and at the Central Bank of Argentina in the Public Relations Department for more than 16 years. He moved to Italy in 2020, where he assisted Palazzo Spinelli’s Masters of Performing Arts. He started to dive into the European artistic and cultural field, working for theaters, dance festivals, and dance schools in the communication and marketing field with different roles.
Currently, he works as a freelance all over Europe helping their clients to design their communications strategies and marketing plans.
Emma Gabor
Co-Founder
Emma Gabor is a recent graduate holding a Masters degree in ‘Arts and Heritage: Policy, Education and Management’ from Maastricht University, having written an innovative thesis on contemporary witchcraft. Emma grew up in Vienna, to then move to London and graduate from UCL with a Bachelors in Art History. She went on to found the Salon de la Sagesse in 2020, co-founding the Journal d’Ambroisie in 2021, and becoming lead coordinator of the ACMC in 2023 (Arts and Cultural Management Conference). She is a passionate polyglot, an avid early modern historian, having completed courses at the CEU and the Warburg Institute, an art historian, and an aspiring cultural entrepreneur.
Dorottya Luca Ágoston
Co-Founder
Dodo’s greatest joy is working in and for communities. After moving from Budapest to London at 19 to pursue her dreams, she graduated with a History degree from UCL in 2021. That same year, with Emma, she co-founded the Journal d’Ambroisie. Since January 2023, she’s been working in the people & talent team at a startup in Barcelona, enjoying the long and sunny days, and a city filled with people coming together in public spaces. In her free time she’s an avid reader and part of a feminist bookclub.
Faustas Norvaisa
Editor-in-Chief
Faustas Norvaisa is a dynamic professional with over seven years of experience in content management and marketing. Originating from Lithuania, he holds two master's degrees, one in Eastern European & Russian Studies and another in Arts and Culture, focusing on Modern Political Culture. Faustas began his writing journey at 16, earning various awards and recognitions since then. His career is marked by significant involvement with startups, providing strategic guidance in content and marketing. Additionally, Faustas owns a company and offers consultancy services, assisting various companies in guided business solutions. His blend of academic insight and hands-on experience in both the startup/corporate ecosystem inhabit his versatility and impactful approach to the journal.
Jesper Karlsson
Marketing Specialist
Jesper is currently partaking in a post-graduate exchange programme called ‘International Master’s Class’ in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Before his move to the southern dutch border, Jesper lived in Sweden where he attended Lund University. An internship at the Absolut Company sparked his interest for international brands and marketing and led him to pursue an MSc in International Marketing & Brand Management. Jesper was also a member of Mensa Sweden. Besides marketing and brand management, Jesper has a BSc in Psychology, and his interest in human behaviour is what drew him towards Journal D’Ambroisie and its mission. By combining his interest in the human experience with his passion for marketing, it is Jesper’s hope to help the Journal reach new horizons. In his free time, Jesper is a horror connoisseur, and the psychology of horror is also one of his big interests.
Our Manifesto
The Journal d’Ambroisie is the place for the free expression of the greatest thoughts by the pioneering youth of our generation. As the daughter of the Salon de la Sagesse, the Journal was created to bring together bright minds and diverse thoughts, inviting the greater public to engage in novel discussions. Our Writers and Editors are some of the great pioneers and thinkers of our era.
The Journal was inspired by the Greek goddess of the hunt and the Moon, Artemis. Much like Artemis, at the Journal d’Ambroisie, we are hunting the brightest ideas of today; with visionary people, with the desire to create a thriving community, we are uniting readers, writers and editors alike, connected by understanding and love. Our female founders and Committee are the beating heart of this initiative, represented in the Journal’s symbolism by the Moon’s relevance in alchemy, embodying the feminine.
The Moon in alchemy is furthermore associated with silver, namely lunar caustic (silver nitrate), an (al)chemical compound. Much like the lunar phase, the Journal is constantly in progressive motion; we believe that new ideas and creations never cease and our ultimate wish is to provide a platform for them. The moon is lit by the Sun, its alchemical counterpart, visible in the vision of the Salon de la Sagesse. Therefore, the Journal and the Salon are inevitably intertwined into an immersive, connected bond, in the name of our mutual motto: ‘Communitas et incrementum sapientiae’, or ‘Community and Growth in Wisdom’.
However, the Journal is more than just a cultural and intellectual think tank. It aims to become the food for thought, the nectar, the ambrosia, or the elixir of life of and for today’s leading youth. For our goal is to inspire and to be inspired, to call to action and to act upon our boldest dreams, visions and goals. In Ancient Greece, the way Gods fed on ambrosia to sustain their immortality is how our community feeds on the diverse, thought-provoking ideas conceptualised by our writers and editors. Thus, the Journal d’Ambroisie is here to push us towards a better us and indeed a better world, so that we may do good and do better, for ourselves, and for others.
Inspired by the past, namely Ancient Greece, alchemy, and the history of our universe and galaxy, our vision is to gather all this knowledge into the present, to build our future in a better way. This we wish to achieve through our very own galaxy.
In this way, both through the Journal and the Salon, our goal is to carve a newer path for what culture and cultural institutions entail. Because intrinsically, culture is what unites us. Found in every aspect of our lives, in all fields, whether astrophysics, economy or the arts, culture is the key to unlocking the most brilliant human potential.
Therefore, we welcome you into our very own galaxy: let’s explore together through words that are significant and powerful. The goal of our expedition is to breach the void between ideas and form constellations. In drawing on the past to navigate the present, we can light the constellations that will guide our future. And so, united by our diversity, inclusivity and love, at the Journal, our community is also a family. A family whose deepest wish is to build an inspiring, lasting, and a meaningful legacy.