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A Systems Psychodynamics trilogy, authored by Mannie Sher and David Lawlor

75-plus years of learning and practice have been distilled into three accessible and highly readable books.

Institute's staff co-author the 2023 Eurofund Report

Tackling labour shortages is not just about skills

Strategic Thinking, Design and the Theory of Change

Join us on 25 May to meet some of the contributors to this new volume

Book launch

Latest book in our Belgirate series: The Ecosystem of Group Relations

Culture, Gender and Identity in Groups and Organisations

Strategic Thinking, Design and the Theory of Change

How can the Theory of Change framework be effectively employed in a wide range of social interventions?

Lunchtime Talks

For the digital age — an Introduction to Systems Psychodynamics

This book describes this new and expanding paradigm – bringing together the social-technical and the people dimensions for the first time. 

Dreaming Of Compassion

Archer, C (2021) ‘Dreaming Of Compassion’. In K. Waddington (ed.) Towards the Compassionate University: From Golden Thread to Global Impact. London: Routledge.

Policy Evaluation for a complex world

Special issue of the Evaluation Journal dedicated to the work of CECAN – the Centre for Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus.

The Vocational Potential of Anthropology: Teaching Organisational Research Through Practitioner Archives

Cory Pearce. E. and Scott J., (2020).  'The Vocational Potential of Anthropology: Teaching Organisational Research Through Practitioner Archives' in  Teaching Anthropology, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 10-24.

The Experience of Being 70 or Over

On Being an Orphan – an untold story

Dynamics at Boardroom Level

New ground-breaking research emerging from EmerGent

Six papers reporting the research outcomes from the EmerGent project that looks at social media use in emergencies.

Data mining Twitter during the UK floods: Investigating the potential use of social media in emergency management

Spielhofer, T., Greenlaw, R., Markham, D., & Hahne, A. (2016, December). Data mining Twitter during the UK floods: Investigating the potential use of social media in emergency management. In Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM), 2016 3rd International Conference on (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Social media in emergencies: A representative study on citizens’ perception in Germany

Reuter, C., Kaufhold, M. A., Spielhofer, T., & Hahne, A. S. (2017). Social media in emergencies: A representative study on citizens’ perception in Germany. Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM): Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 1(2), 1-19.

Towards social resilience: A quantitative and qualitative survey on citizens' perception of social media in emergencies in Europe

Reuter, C., & Spielhofer, T. (2017). Towards social resilience: A quantitative and qualitative survey on citizens' perception of social media in emergencies in Europe. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 121, 168-180.

Studie: Wie sehen Mitarbeiter von Feuerwehr und THW den Einsatz sozialer Medien in Gefahrenlagen? Crisis Prevention

Reuter, C., Ludwig, T., Kaufhold, M. A., & Spielhofer, T. (2018b). Studie: Wie sehen Mitarbeiter von Feuerwehr und THW den Einsatz sozialer Medien in Gefahrenlagen? Crisis Prevention – Fachmagazin Für Innere Sicherheit, Bevölkerungsschutz Und Katastrophenhilfe, vol. 1, pp. 64–66.

Emergency services׳ attitudes towards social media: A quantitative and qualitative survey across Europe

Reuter, C., Ludwig, T., Kaufhold, M. A., & Spielhofer, T. (2016). Emergency services׳ attitudes towards social media: A quantitative and qualitative survey across Europe. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 95, 96-111.

Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain

Fernández-Cornejo, J.A., Del-Pozo, E., Escot, L., & Castellanos-Serrano, C. (2018) Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain. Revista Española de Sociología RES 27 doi:10.22325/fes/res.2018.3.

Changing the story: management panaceas as narrative interventions

Whittle, Susan Rosina (2015) 'Changing the story: management panaceas as narrative interventions', in Anders Ortenblad (ed.) Handbook of Research on Management Ideas and Panaceas, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK; Chapter 10, 173-189.

Evaluation of public policies: marital property regimes and parental leave systems. Effects on welfare regime from the gender perspective.

Castellanos Serrano, C. (2016) Evaluation of public policies: marital property regimes and parental leave systems. Effects on welfare regime from the gender perspective, Complutense University of Madrid (PhD Thesis) .

Cloud Cuckoo Land: evidence from a study of student drop-out

Findings: Personal Relationships and Poverty - An Evidence and Policy Review

Castellanos, C., Corlyon, J., Grieve, M., Stock, L., (2014). 'Findings: Personal Relationships and Poverty - An Evidence and Policy Review', in Joseph Rowntree Foundation Reducing Poverty in the UK: a collection of evidence reviews, pp. 126-129

Do Fathers Who Took Childbirth Leave Become More Involved in Their Children’s Care?

Fernández-Cornejo, J.A., Escot, L.,Del-Pozo, E. & Castellanos-Serrano, C. (2016) 'Do Fathers Who Took Childbirth Leave Become More Involved in Their Children’s Care? The case of Spain'. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, XLVII(2), pp. 169-191.

Representation, Place, and Equivalent Realities: an Exploration of Relational Perspectives on Representation and Meaning

Izod, Karen (2016). 'Representation, Place, and Equivalent Realities: an Exploration of Relational Perspectives on Representation and Meaning', Organisational and Social Dynamics, Volume 16, Number 1, May 2016, pp. 110-128(19). Karnac Books.

Understanding and working with the psychodynamics of practitioner-patient relationships in the manual therapies

Sher, D. & Sher, M. (2015). 'Understanding and working with the psychodynamics of practitioner-patient relationships in the manual therapies'. Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies. Vol. 20, pp. 1-7.

The Experiences of Co-Directorship in Group Relations Conferences

Developing a Group Relations Institution in Lithuania

The Oedipus Complex, Creativity and the Legacies of Group Relations

Self-Assessing of the Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Intelligence in Schools

Carneiro, R., Child, C., Cullen, C., Dagienė, V., & Juškevičienė, A. (2015). 'Self-Assessing of the Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Intelligence in Schools'. Informatics in Education. 14, 2: 199-217.

What Role, if any, Can Education Systems Play in Fostering Social Transformation for Social Justice? Prospects, Challenges and Limitations

King, S. & Sher, M. (2015). 'What Role, if any, Can Education Systems Play in Fostering Social Transformation for Social Justice? Prospects, Challenges and Limitations' European Journal of Education, 50: 250–253.

Practice: Social Work in Action

Elizabeth Harlow & Karen Izod (2015) 'Special Issue - The Supervision of Social Work Practice'

Evaluation of Child Poverty Pilots: Delivering Improved Services for Separating Parents.

Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, BPSR and TNS-BMRB (2011) Evaluation of Child Poverty Pilots: Delivering Improved Services for Separating Parents. DfE.

Relationship Support Interventions Evaluation

Personal Relationships and Poverty: An Evidence and Policy Review

Stock, L, Corlyon, J, Castellanos Serrano, C, and Gieve, M. (2014). Personal Relationships and Poverty: An Evidence and Policy Review. JRF.

Address to the Finnish Organizational Development Society on their 25th Anniversary

A paper by TIHR Principal Researcher / Consultant Fiddy Abraham, presented at the Finnish Organizational Development Society on their 25th Anniversary in February 2015.

A Partnership of Policing and Health Systems: containing the dynamics of sexual violence

Sher, M. (2015). 'A Partnership of Policing and Health Systems: containing the dynamics of sexual violence'. In: D. Armstrong and M. Rustin (Eds.), Social Defences Against Anxiety: explorations in a paradigm. Tavistock Clinic series. London: Karnac Books.

Resource-ful Consulting: Working with your Presence and Identity in Consulting to Change

Izod, Karen & Whittle, Susan Rosina (2014). Resource-ful Consulting: Working with your Presence and Identity in Consulting to Change, London: Karnac Books.

Barriers to inclusion and successful engagement of parents in mainstream services: evidence and research

Corlyon, J. and La Placaa, V. (2014). 'Barriers to inclusion and successful engagement of parents in mainstream services: evidence and research', Journal of Children’s Services Vol 9, 3, pp. 220-234.

Innovation or Stagnation – Social Work Organisations as Models of Behaviour for Clients

Sher, M. (2014). 'Innovation or Stagnation – Social Work Organisations as Models of Behaviour for Clients', Social Theory, Empirics, Policy and Practice. Vol. 9.

Group Relations Work in China – Challenges, Risks & Impact for Organisational Development

Özdemir, H. & Sher, M. (2014). 'Group Relations Work in China – Challenges, Risks & Impact for Organisational Development', Challenging Organisations & Society. Vol. 3. No. 1. pp. 5012-517.

Capacity Building: What the literature tells us

Whittle S., Colgan A. and Rafferty M. (2012). Capacity Building: What the literature tells us. Dublin: The Centre for Effective Services.

Evaluating politically sensitive programmes: the case of Preventing Violent Extremism (Prevent)

G. Iacopini and L. Stock. (2013) Evaluating Politically Sensitive Programmes: The Case of Preventing Violent Extremism (Prevent), British Library MBS Portal, 2013.

Challenges Recruiting Families with Children at Risk of Anti-Social Behaviour into Intervention Trials

Stateva, M., Minton, J., Beckett, C., Doolan, M., Ford, T., Kallitsoglou, A. and Scott, S. (2012). 'Challenges Recruiting Families with Children at Risk of Anti-Social Behaviour into Intervention Trials', Journal of Children’s Services, Vol. 7 (4) pp. 285 – 302.

Social tourism and organised capitalism: research, policy and practice

Corlyon, J. and La Placaa, V. (2013). ‘Social tourism and organised capitalism: research, policy and practice’, Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, published online: 09 Sep 2013.

Changing Organizations from Within: Roles, Risks and Consultancy Relationships

Whittle, S. R. & Stevens, R. C. (eds.) (2013). Changing Organizations from Within: Roles, Risks and Consultancy Relationships. London: Gower.

The Tavistock Group

Abraham, F. (2013). 'The Tavistock Group'. In The Oxford Handbook of Management Theorists, eds. Morgen Witzel and Malcolm Warner, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hidden Complexity

Brissett, L. & Sher, M. (2013). ‘Hidden Complexity’, International Corporate Governance Year Book 2013, International Corporate Governance Network. pp. 70-71.

Comparing Methods for Mapping Organisational Cognition

Organisational Analysis as Deconstructive Practice

Workplace Learning, Culture and Performance

Working with Small Business Managers in Conditions of Ambiguity and Uncertainty

The Needle and the Damage Done: Research, Action Research, and the Organisational and Social Construction of Health in the Information Society

The Levers of Organisational Change: Facilitators and Inhibitors

Privatisation and Transformation in Central Europe: Lessons from Six Cases in Hungary

Organisational Participation: Myth and Reality

Engaging New Social Movements

Complementary Therapy in General Practice: An Evaluation of the Glastonbury Health Centre Complementary Medicine Service

A Note on the Proto-Mental System and Groupishness’: Bion's Basic Assumptions Revisited

Are Basic Assumptions Instinctive?

Distributed Learning Networks for Trainers: A Prototypical Experience within a Trade Union Environment

How People Learn in Organisations

What do You Mean by Safety? Conflicting Perspectives on Accident Causation and Safety Management Inside a Construction Firm

A Psychoanalytic Perspective of Leadership and Followership in Jewish Institutional Life

Counselling and Psychotherapy in Primary Health Care: A Psychodynamic Approach

Eavesdropping on Debates in Language Education and Learning in Managing Evaluation and Innovation

The Thematic Evaluation of the Partnership Principle in European Structural Fund Programmes 1994-1999.

Sociotechnology and the Environment: The Tavistocks Contribution to Job and Organisational Design

Consulting to Organisational Implications of Technical Change

Effecting Organisational Change in Large Complex Systems: A Collaborative Consultancy Approach

Editorial: On Reaching the Age of Fifty

Negotiating Entry and Contracting

Developing Organisational Consultancy

Hopes, Fears and Reality in a Merger of Two Charities

Redundancy: What it Does to People

The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, Volume 3: The Socio-Ecological Perspective

Inauthentic Innovation: Word Engineering

A Psycho-Social Exploration of the Jewish Community's Sensitivity to Criticism

Empowerment in Perspective

Evaluation for Economic Development: Current Demands, Responses and Trends

Change Everything at Once! The Tavistock Institute's Guide to Developing Teamwork in Manufacturing

The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology. Volume 2: The Socio-Technical Perspective

Towards Equality in Health: Equal Shares in Caring

The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology. Volume 1: The Socio-Psychological Perspective

Collaborative Knowledge Systems - Supporting Health for All?

Towards a Future Integrated Social Science

Evaluating Practice in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Fit for Change

Kurt Lewin at the Tavistock Institute

Sex, Pregnancy and Parenthood for Young People who are Looked After

The Dangers of Resource Myopia in World and Organisational Psychology: A Plea for Broadening and Integration

Flying the Friendly Skies: Why US Commercial Airline Pilots want to Carry Guns

A History of Group Study and Psychodynamic Organisations

Planning Under Pressure: The Strategic Choice Approach

Modernism and Postmodernism in Group Relations Theory and Practice: a Confusion of Tongues

Action Research and Research Action: A Family of Methods

Report: Evaluation strategies for community-level health projects: a review of best practice

This report provides an overview of the best evaluation strategies for community-level health interventions. It was the key output from a review commissioned by the Health Development Agency (HDA) which sought to..

Evaluation of an Executive Coaching Service to Stimulate Learning Amongst Chief Executives and Executive Directors in NHS Wales

The Evaluation of the Work-life Balance Challenge Fund

In Search of the ‘Structure that Reflects’

A Systems Approach to Under-Utilisation of Human Skills in Organisations

Research Action as a Consultancy Method

Research Action as a Multi Method

Group Feedback Analysis as a Bridging Methodology

Philosophies and Types of Evaluation Research

Evaluating Partnerships

Leadership

Health, Collaborative Learning and the Collapse of Professionalism: The Information Brothel

Research Action as a Bridge to Macro Changes

Knowledge Regions as Complex Organisational Systems

Participation and Power - A Critical Assessment

Book Review: ‘Enactment, Toward a New Approach to the Therapeutic Relationship

From Groups to Group Relations: Bion's Contribution to the Tavistock - 'Leicester' Conference

Ethical Issues for Psychotherapists Working in Organisations

Can Organisations Learn From Experience? Intervening to Improve Cross-boundary Management in Health and Social Care

In Search of the ‘Structure that Reflects’: Promoting Organisational Reflection Practices in a UK Health Authority

Looking After Children in China

Health and Educational Support for the Rehabilitation of Offenders

The Role of Social Science in the Study of Economic and Cultural Transformation

Leadership

The Use of Cases Studies in the Development and Delivery of Evidence-Based Policy

POLE: Observing European Policy and Practice in Lifelong Learning

Field Studies and Case Studies

User Perspectives

Improving Children's Health (2): An Analysis of Health Improvement Programmes 2000-2003

Towards a Socio-Oecotechnology

Virtual Dynamics and Socio-Technical Systems

The Parenting State

Clusters and Co-Laboratories - The Myth and Reality of Institutional Learning

She Got Involved in Prostitution to Pay for her Drug Habit

Managing Democratic Organisations (Volumes 1 & 2)

Decision Making and Human Factors in the Context of Privatisation and Transformation

The Handbook of Supply Chain Management

The Organisational Learning of Safety in Community of Practices

To Transfer is to Transform - The Circulation of Safety Knowledge

Cognitivism in Organisation Studies

Dependency to Autonomy: Studies in Organisation and Change

Educating Prospective Managers in the Complexity of Organisational Life: Teaching and Learning from a Complexity Perspective

Evaluation of the New Deal for Disabled People: Innovative Schemes Pilot

Leadership in Residential Child Care: Evaluating Qualification Training

Organisationsentwicklung: Stand der entwicklung und perspektiven

When Technological Innovation is Not Enough. Understanding the take up of Energy Technology

Models of Organisation: An Introduction for Social Care Professionals

The Tavistock Institute Contribution to Job and Organisational Design (Volumes 1 & 2)

Dependency, Alienation or Partnership? The Changing Relationship of the Individual to the Enterprise

Personality and Work Performance: Some Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Three Contemporary Challenges for OD Practitioners

Inside the Minds of the Money Minders: Deciphering Reflections on Money, Behaviour and Leadership in the Financial Crisis of 2008

Earning Not Learning? An Assessment of Young People in the Jobs Without Training (JWT) Group

The Dynamics of Change: Tavistock Approaches to Improving Social Systems

Guide to Teenage Parents

Reducing Violence and Aggression in A+E through a Better Experience

The Leicester Conference Experience

Archer, C. & Sher, M. (2012). 'The Leicester Conference Experience', Therapy Today.

Belgirate III: Tradition, Creativity and Succession in the Global Group Relations Network

Violence in the Emergency Department

Light In My Life

New Inter-Organisational Forms for UK Partnership Delivery’

Light In My Life

Managing Vulnerability: The Underlying Dynamics of Systems of Care

Learning to Host a Social Dreaming Matrix

Isabel Menzies Lyth: Traditions and Innovations

Developing Leadership in a Social Care Enterprise: Managing Organisational and Individual Boundaries and Anxiety: An Action Learning Approach to Leadership Development

Corruption: Aberration or an Inevitable Part of the Human Condition?

Belgirate II: Adaptation and Innovation Theory, Design and Role-Taking in Group Relations Conferences and their Applications

Mind-ful Consulting

Whittle, S. & Izod, K., (eds.) (2009). Mind-ful Consulting, London: Karnac Books.

Splits, Extrusion and Integration: The Impact of ‘Potential Space’ for Group Relations and Sponsoring Institutions

Moving Psychotherapy into Community Settings: Alexis Brook's Life's Work

The Relational Turn, Implications for Organisations and Groups

Current Research and Consultancy Methods in the UK

Becoming Better Consultants Through Varieties of Experiential Learning

Birth of an Institution: Early Correspondence Leading to the Establishment of OFEK and Tavistock Group Relations in Israel

What is the Scope for Organisational Change in the Public Sector in Europe?

Epistemology and Validity of Action Research European Group for Organisational Studies

Healthy Living Centres

Book Review: ‘Taking Positions in the Organisation

Mutuality and Interdependence: An Application to Issues of Career Ownership and Development

Evaluation of Post-MI Patient Diaries Show Concerns

Have you Heard? BHF Progress Record for Cardiac Patients

Belgirate I: Group Relations Conferences: Reviewing and Exploring Theory, Design, Role-Taking and Application

Belgirate I: Group Relations Conferences: Reviewing and Exploring Theory, Design, Role-Taking and Application, Volume I

Is there any Future for Local Government?

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