People

The people section provides information about people and organisations in the field of group relations.

People
Biographies of people who currently work in group relations, and people who are no longer alive but who made a lasting contribution. Please email r.kelly@tavinstitute.org to contribute a biography to these pages.

Eliat Aram
(Arthur) Wesley Carr
Gouranga P Chattopadhyay
Olya Khaleelee
James Krantz
Gordon Lawrence
Ross A. Lazar
Kurt Lewin
Susan Long
Eric Miller
A. K. Rice (Ken Rice)
Allan Trevor Shafer
Edward Robert Shapiro
Mannie Sher
Eric Trist

Coming soon:
Wilfred Bion
Bob Gosling
Rev. Bruce Reed
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Organisations
Brief details about group relations organisations worldwide.

Great Britain
The Tavistock Institute
Tavistock House
30 Tabernacle Street
London EC2A 4UE
Website www.tavinstitute.org
Contact: Rachel Kelly, Group Relations Programme Administrator
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7457 3927
Fax: +44 (0)20 7417 0568
email r.kelly@tavinstitute.org
Group relations events include the annual Leicester Conference. The 63rd Leicester conference: Authority, Role and Organisation runs from 18 April -1 May 2009. For more details, see Training & Events.

The Bayswater Institute
9 Orme Court
London W2 4RL
Website www.bayswaterinst.org
Promotes organisational and institutional well-being through the integration of human considerations with technical and economic ones in the design and development of work organisations and other institutions. Group relations events include Managing Complexity in Organisations.

GReNWE: Group Relations Network West of England
Website: www.grouprelations.co.uk
Email: julian.manley@grouprelations.co.uk

The Grubb Institute,
Cloudesley Street,
London N1 0HU
Website www.grubb.org.uk
The Grubb Institute was set up in 1969 to contribute to the well being and wholeness of society by enabling persons, communities and institutions to transform to meet real human need. Group relations events include Being, Meaning, Engaging.

OPUS (An Organisation for Promoting Understanding of Society)
26 Fernhurst Road
London SW6 7JW
Website www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Eopusuk/
Group relations events include Organizational and Social Dynamics.

SIHR: Scottish Institute of Human Relations
172 Leith Walk
Edinburgh EH6 5EA
Website: http://www.sihr.org.uk/

Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust
120 Belsize Lane, London NW3 5BA
Website www.tavi-port.org
Includes the Tavistock Clinic.

Australia
GRA: Group Relations Australia
Website: www.grouprelations.org.au
Email: brigid@innovativepractice.com

Belgium
Foundation Internationale de l'Innovation Sociale
No website

Brazil
Mural Interspic
Website www.interpsic.com.br/index.html

Denmark
Process Aps
No website

Finland
Metanoia Instituutti
Website: http://metanoia.fi/
Email: harri.hyyppa@metanoia.inet.fi

France
IFSI (International Forum for Social Innovation)
Website http://www.ifsi-fiis-conferences.com/
Email: ifsi.fiis@wanadoo.fr

Germany
MundO
No website

Ireland
IGRO: Irish Group Relations Organisation
Website: www.irishgrouprelations.org/

Israel
OFEK: The Israel Association for The Study of Group and Organizational Processes
Website http://www.ofek-groups.org/en/
Email: ofek-opg@actcom.co.il

Italy
CESMA: Centro Esperienze e Studi di Management
Website www.cesma.org
Email: info@cesma.org

IL NODO group
Website www.psychomedia.it/ilnodogroup

Mexico
Mexican Institute of Group and Organizational Relations
Website http://www.continents.com/articlesindex.html

Netherlands
Group Relations Nederland
Website www.grouprelations.nl
Email: board@grouprelations.nl

Norway
Norstig
No website

Peru
T-Consult
Website: www.t-consult.biz
email: info@tconsult.biz

InnovAccion
Website: www.innovaccion-grupo.com/nosotros.htm
email: informes@innovaccion-grupo.com

South Africa
ISLA (The Institute for the Study of Leadership and Authority in South Africa)
PO BOX 7735, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.
No website
Contact: Willem de Jager, National Chairperson
email: wdejager@resolve.co.za

Spain
Innova: Associacio per a la Innovacio Organitzativa i Social
No website
Email: innova@innovaccio.net

Sweden
AGSLO: Arbetsgruppen för Studium av Ledarskap och Organisation
Website: www.agslo.se
Email: kontakt@agslo.se
Tel: +46 8 18 91 19

United States
A K Rice Institute
Website: www.akriceinstitute.org/
Email: akriceinst@aol.com

Washington-Baltimore Centre for the Study of Group Relations
Website: www.wbcgrouprelations.org
Email: wbcakri@yahoo.com

NTL (National Training Laboratories)
Website www.ntl.org/


General organizations:

ISPSO: International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations
Website: www.ispso.org
Email: efruge@bcm.tmc.edu
Provides a forum for academics, clinicians, consultants and others interested in working in and with organizations utilizing psychoanalytic concepts and insights.

Kurt Lewin Institute (KLI)
Website: www.kurtlewininstitute.nl
Email: a.k.evers@uva.nl
A centre for graduate training and research focusing on the analysis of the psychological factors contributing to the shaping of social behaviour.


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