We were honored to host Prof. Mark Risjord from the Department of Philosophy at Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Prof. Risjord held an open discussion with the Polonsky Academy Fellows on “Well-Being: Pluralism, Naturalism, and Interdisciplinarity”, and a workshop on writing academic grant applications. In addition, Prof. Risjord gave a public lecture at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute titled “Improvisation and Social Action: Perspectives from Philosophy and the Social Sciences” .