The following organizations
and groups are actively
conducting research in the
area of Positive
Organizational Scholarship.
If you know of other
research organizations
related to Positive
Organizational Scholarship,
please contact us at
positiveorg@umich.edu.
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The Appreciative
Inquiry Commons Web
site
The Appreciative
Inquiry Commons Web
site (hosted by Case
Western Reserve
University's
Weatherhead School
of Management) is
devoted to the
fullest sharing of
academic resources
and practical tools
on Appreciative
Inquiry (AI) and the
rapidly growing
discipline of
positive change. AI
assumes that every
living system has
many untapped, rich
and inspiring
accounts of the
positive. In AI, the
arduous task of
intervention gives
way to the speed of
imagination and
innovation; instead
of negation,
criticism and
spiraling diagnosis,
there is discovery,
dream and design.
Link the energy of
this core directly
to any change agenda
and changes never
thought possible are
suddenly and
democratically
mobilized.
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Center for Compassion & Altruism Research & Education
Project Compassion (The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education) is striving to create a community of scholars and researchers, including neuroscientists, psychologists, neuroeconomists and contemplative scholars. Drawing from such varied disciplines - from etiological approaches that look at evolutionary roots to the neuroscientific study of the brain mechanisms, and from philosophical and contemplative perspectives to cognitive and social psychology as well as neuroeconomics - Project Compassion is working to gain a deep understanding of compassion and its associated human behaviors in all its richness.
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The Centre for
Confidence and
Well-Being
The Centre for
Confidence and
Well-Being’s mission
is to help bring
about a
transformation in
Scottish culture so
that it supports
more positive
attitudes,
confidence,
individuality,
creativity and
innovation,
recognition of
success, and
well-being. The
Centre’s work
focuses on research
and interventions on
confidence and
well-being and
related attitudes
such as optimism,
resilience and
emotional
intelligence.
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CRITEOS
CRITEOS is a
research center for
the study of work,
health, and
organizational
effectiveness. Its
primary goal is to
promote work as an
essential activity
in the development
of people,
organizations and
society through the
advancement of
organizational
effectiveness and
people's health.
CRITEOS, like POS,
is interested in
multi-level linkages
between individuals
and organizations
toward the goal of
increased human and
system-level
thriving.
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The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT
The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT is dedicated to inquiry, to dialogue, and to the creation of programs that affect the ethical and humane dimensions of life. This nonpartisan center is a collaborative think tank focused on the development of interdisciplinary research and programs in various fields of knowledge from science and technology, to education and international relations.
The Center is founded to honor the vision of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and his call for a holistic education that includes the development of human and global ethics. It will emphasize responsibility as well as examine meaningfulness and moral purpose between individuals, organizations, and societies.
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Defining Wisdom
The Arete Initiative at The University of Chicago has launched a $2 million research program on the nature and benefits of wisdom. The Wisdom Research Network website is an international networking utility that enables scholars and scientists from all academic disciplines to exchange ideas and engage in richer conversations through online discussion forums. Such interactions aim to initiate the level of interdisciplinary collaboration required of rigorous, scientific investigations on the subject of wisdom. Wisdom-related news and recent publications are posted regularly to the site, along with updates on the progress of the current Defining Wisdom grant competition.
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The Greater Good Science Center
The Greater Good Science Center is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to
the scientific understanding of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social
bonds, and altruistic behavior. By studying individuals and their relationships, we
aim to promote well-being in society as a whole.
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HeartMath LLC
HeartMath LLC aims
to improve people's
performance and
well-being at work
through the
development of
programs that help
people cope with the
chaos of modern
life. Its work is
focused on
understanding
connections between
emotions, rhythms of
the heart and brain
function. HeartMath
is offering free
public services to
help America in this
time of crisis. The
free services are
listed on their
homepage. In
addition, they also
are offering a
special program for
organizations called
"Easing the Pain."
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HuMaNet
Humanet is a research based and implementation oriented network of humanistically oriented researchers and practitioners. We focus on creating a “life-serving” economy that centers around human needs and not “system needs”. In the spirit of POS, we promote research and implementation frameworks that enable humans to thrive in organizations and society.
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The Institute for
Research on
Unlimited Love
The Institute for
Research on
Unlimited Love is an
independent
nonprofit entity
currently located at
the School of
Medicine of Case
Western Reserve
University. It seeks
to encourage,
support and
disseminate the
highest level of
scientific research
on unlimited love in
all of its
expressions to
enhance
understanding of
human altruistic
capacities. The
Institute also seeks
to provide a forum
that both enhances
scientific progress
and increases
dialogue across
disciplines (i.e.,
between science, the
humanities and
religious thought),
and provide a public
forum for the
consideration of
alternatives to
images of human
nature that
highlight unloving
tendencies such as
selfishness, hatred
and violence.
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The National Peace Academy
The National Peace Academy will be an educational institution that in its design, policies, and structure “draws forth” principles and policies of peace. The National Peace Academy will embody the best of what is and, at the same time, provide a structure and program that encourages innovation and creativity in theory, processes, and practice for peace and conflict resolution.
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Positive
Psychology Center
Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The Positive Psychology Center promotes research, training, education, and the dissemination of Positive Psychology. A variety of resources from the Center are also available at www.authentichappiness.org .
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The Well-being Institute
Based at the University of Cambridge, this inter-disciplinary institute is dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of well-being and applying this new knowledge to helping people and institutions develop their full potential.
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