About us

About us

About us

Understand what divides us. Discover what connects us.

Understand what divides us. Discover what connects us.

Understand what divides us. Discover what connects us.

We decode the values, mindsets and cultures that shape societies – revealing differences, common ground, and insights for better decisions and a more connected future.

We decode the values, mindsets and cultures that shape societies – revealing differences, common ground, and insights for better decisions and a more connected future.

We decode the values, mindsets and cultures that shape societies – revealing differences, common ground, and insights for better decisions and a more connected future.

Our Vision

Our Vision

Our Vision

A world that understands its differences and rediscovers what it shares.

A world that understands its differences and rediscovers what it shares.

A world that understands its differences and rediscovers what it shares.

Societies are becoming increasingly fragmented. Different social worlds develop different realities, values and ideas of the future. We believe understanding these differences is only half the task.


The other half is finding what remains shared.

Our vision is to make both visible: the forces that divide societies and the common ground that can reconnect them. Because meaningful change begins with understanding how people see the world.

Societies are becoming increasingly fragmented. Different social worlds develop different realities, values and ideas of the future. We believe understanding these differences is only half the task.


The other half is finding what remains shared.

Our vision is to make both visible: the forces that divide societies and the common ground that can reconnect them. Because meaningful change begins with understanding how people see the world.

Societies are becoming increasingly fragmented. Different social worlds develop different realities, values and ideas of the future. We believe understanding these differences is only half the task.


The other half is finding what remains shared.

Our vision is to make both visible: the forces that divide societies and the common ground that can reconnect them. Because meaningful change begins with understanding how people see the world.

The Uranos Story

The Uranos Story

The Uranos Story

Uranos a principle of renewal, originality and energy.

Uranos a principle of renewal, originality and energy.

Uranos a principle of renewal, originality and energy.

Our name is more than a name. Uranos stands for renewal, originality and energy and for questioning structures that no longer allow further development. At its heart is an idea that has shaped Uranos from the beginning:

Both, not either-or.

Our name is more than a name. Uranos stands for renewal, originality and energy and for questioning structures that no longer allow further development. At its heart is an idea that has shaped Uranos from the beginning:

Both, not either-or.

Our name is more than a name. Uranos stands for renewal, originality and energy and for questioning structures that no longer allow further development. At its heart is an idea that has shaped Uranos from the beginning:

Both, not either-or.

Technology & human understanding

Technology & human understanding

Differences & commonalities

Differences & commonalities

Individuality & society

Individuality & society

Continuity & change

Continuity & change

We believe the challenges of our time cannot be understood through simple oppositions. They require a deeper understanding of the values, worldviews and socio-cultural environments that shape how people think, feel and act.


Through our research and technology, we make these invisible structures visible. Because meaningful change starts in people’s minds and understanding what divides us is the first step toward discovering what connects us.


Uranos was built on the idea that understanding people requires more than demographics and that technology alone cannot explain human complexity.

We believe the challenges of our time cannot be understood through simple oppositions. They require a deeper understanding of the values, worldviews and socio-cultural environments that shape how people think, feel and act.


Through our research and technology, we make these invisible structures visible. Because meaningful change starts in people’s minds and understanding what divides us is the first step toward discovering what connects us.


Uranos was built on the idea that understanding people requires more than demographics and that technology alone cannot explain human complexity.

We believe the challenges of our time cannot be understood through simple oppositions. They require a deeper understanding of the values, worldviews and socio-cultural environments that shape how people think, feel and act.


Through our research and technology, we make these invisible structures visible. Because meaningful change starts in people’s minds and understanding what divides us is the first step toward discovering what connects us.


Uranos was built on the idea that understanding people requires more than demographics and that technology alone cannot explain human complexity.

Our founders – Björn Welzel, Jonas Michels and Carina Frisch – brought together perspectives from social science, market research, technology, design and strategy to create a different kind of insight company: one that combines deep human understanding with data and technology, and treats complexity not as noise to be eliminated, but as something worth understanding.

Our founders – Björn Welzel, Jonas Michels and Carina Frisch – brought together perspectives from social science, market research, technology, design and strategy to create a different kind of insight company: one that combines deep human understanding with data and technology, and treats complexity not as noise to be eliminated, but as something worth understanding.

Our founders – Björn Welzel, Jonas Michels and Carina Frisch – brought together perspectives from social science, market research, technology, design and strategy to create a different kind of insight company: one that combines deep human understanding with data and technology, and treats complexity not as noise to be eliminated, but as something worth understanding.

Our Purpose

Our Purpose

Our Purpose

Turning human complexity into understanding.

Turning human complexity into understanding.

Turning human complexity into understanding.

We help organizations see society beyond averages and target groups — as an evolving landscape of values, identities and perspectives. By decoding these worlds, we enable better decisions and deeper societal understanding.

We help organizations see society beyond averages and target groups — as an evolving landscape of values, identities and perspectives. By decoding these worlds, we enable better decisions and deeper societal understanding.

We help organizations see society beyond averages and target groups — as an evolving landscape of values, identities and perspectives. By decoding these worlds, we enable better decisions and deeper societal understanding.

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