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
Ajeet N. Mathur
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 of Human Relations
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 next Leicester conference: Authority Role Organisation will begin in August 2014 for 2 weeks. 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 Guild
49-51 East Road
London N1 6AH
Website: www.grubb.org.uk
The Guild is a global network of consultants and like-minded organisations that are committed to making an active and sustainable difference to individuals, organisations, and societies in the World which we have all co-created. Group relations events include Passion, Purpose, Potency.

OPUS (An Organisation for Promoting Understanding of Society)
26 Fernhurst Road
London SW6 7JW
Website www.opus.org.uk
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.

Argentina
B&K Change
Website: www.bkchange.com
Email: gbarrial@bkchange.com

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

NIODA: National Institute for Organisational Dynamics
Website: http://www.nioda.org.au/


Belgium
Foundation Internationale de l'Innovation Sociale
No website

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

Denmark
Napso: Network for Applied Psychodynamic Systems, Theory, Organizational Psychology
Website www.napso.dk
Email: thomas@birkholms.dk

Faroe Islands
NOV
Website: www.nov.fo
Email: ncn@elektron.fo

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
oezpa GmbH
Website: www.oezpa.de
Email: info@oezpa.de

India
Group Relations India
Group Relations India is set up to promote the field of experiential learning of group and organizational processes. It uses group relations and socio-analysis approaches which pay particular attention to unconscious processes and dynamics. Group Relations India offers a variety of educational programs and workshops for the enhancement of skills and competencies in this area. It also networks with like-minded professional bodies and organisations to further this aim.
Email: grouprelationsindia@gmail.com

HID Forum, Bangalore
Website: www.hidforum.org
Email: rosemary.viswanath@gmail.com

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Website: www.iimahd.ernet.in
Email: anmathur@iimahd.ernet.in

Ireland
IGRO: Irish Group Relations Organisation
Website: www.igro.ie
Email: info@igro.ie

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

Peru
T-Consult Socioanalytic Practice
Website: www.t-consult.biz
facebook: www.facebook.com/TConsultPeru
email: monicavelarde@t-consult.biz

Hope of the Amazon Civil Association
Website: www.hopeoftheamazon.org
Vimeo English: http://vimeopro.com/tconsult/downsouthbytheriver
Vimeo Spanish: http://vimeopro.com/tconsult/abajohaciaelsurdelrio
facebook: www.facebook.com/hopeamazonia
email: beatrizrodriguez@hopeoftheamazon.org

Singapore
GLIA Leadership
Website: www.GliaLeadership.com
Contact: Ayin Jambulingam
Email: ayin@glialeadership.com
Tel: +60 19 659 2668

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
Website http://innovaccio.net/ca/
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:

Group Relations International
Website: www.grouprelations.org
GRI Netherlands
Anjet van Linge: anjet@grouprelations.org
GRI United Kingdom
Christine Davies: christine@grouprelations.org
GRI United States:
René Molenkamp: rene@grouprelations.org

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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