eye on society
Applying the Concepts and Methods of Organisational Psychology to Society
John Raven offers seminars relating to various aspects of his work. These typically comprise one or more of the topics outlined in the Standard Four Part Seminar below. These seminars can run from 3 hours to 3 days. Parts 1, 2, and 3 can be offered independently, but Part 4 cannot be presented without Part 3. An outline of this seminar and supporting material will be found under Resources.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
9-10 November 2011: Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science, Vienna. On the 110th anniversary of Bertalanffy's birthday
18-20 November 2011: AGM of the British Psychological Society's Psychology in Education Section. Preston, Lancs,
It is planned to hold a discussion of how to take forward what has been described as the "call to arms" discussed in Toward Professionalism in Psychology and Education. Further information is available from Debbie Pope
21 November 2011: Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh EH99 1SP. By 2025 Scotland will be a world-leading learning nation: Learning in context of the systems that characterise our society A full day invitational seminar on "systems thinking and public policy" Those interested should contact Gordon Hall at <g.hall@dln.org.uk>. The seminar is intended to initiate a series of discussions with MSPs which will be supported by participants, stalls, and handouts.
24 - 25 of November: The Katholik University of Lublin, Poland, is organising a festschrift in honour of Prof. Adam Biela who has spent much of his life seeking to progress developments which would lead to the emergence of "A Third Way". Further information can be obtained from Jacek Sobek .
24 - 26 November: "Necessary paradigm shifts in work and organisational psychology", Dept. Psychology, Katholik University of Lublin, Poland. For further information contact Bohdan Rożnowski .