RESEARCH OVERVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n LIST YOUR RESEARCH<\/a><\/p>\n ONGOING RESEARCH<\/a><\/p>\n THESES & DISSERTATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n PUBLISHED RESEARCH<\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _dynamic_attributes=”content” _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#00A6E0″ custom_padding=”3vh|3vw||3vw|false|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IjxoMT4iLCJhZnRlciI6IjwvaDE+In19@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_text_color=”#00A6E0″ custom_padding=”3vh|3vw|3vh|3vw|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]The World Caf\u00e9 was born out of local conversations held with diverse groups from around the world; the ideas behind it tested and adapted until Juanita Brown collated the work during her doctoral studies at Fielding Graduate University<\/a>, which culminated in her seminal dissertation published in 2001, The World Caf\u00e9: Living Knowledge through Conversations that Matter<\/em> (available through the World Caf\u00e9 Store<\/a>).<\/p>\n The long-standing collaborative relationship between The World Caf\u00e9 and the Institute for Social Innovation<\/a> at Fielding<\/strong> continues to provide a focus for World Cafe research – on both the World Caf\u00e9 as a practice to be researched, and a useful format to research other subjects – and the vigorous spread of\u00a0 World Caf\u00e9 practice and scholarship through Certificate courses through ISI and classes within Fielding’s OD Masters program.<\/p>\n Royal Roads University<\/strong> in Canada is another strong research partner with over 45 published theses using World Caf\u00e9 as a research method.<\/p>\n We are partnering with Royal Roads and Fielding Graduate University on a book project with the working title World Caf\u00e9 as Research<\/em>. In addition to Niels Agger-Gupta at Royal Roads (see more on Niels’ work below), this collaboration will be co-authored by Fielding faculty members Dr. Fred Steier and Amy Lenzo, and Fielding doctoral student Rosa Zubizarreta.<\/p>\n Today there is a growing and thriving World Caf\u00e9 research community around the world<\/strong> and we are encouraged to see new researchers emerging to build on the outstanding foundation created by these relationships.<\/p>\n If you know of any published information on the World Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>, including professional or academic journal articles, white papers, grey papers, etc., please send us details<\/a> (author, title, and where we can find it) so we can include it in our database to support other researchers.<\/p>\n If you are conducting research yourself<\/strong><\/em>, please use this form<\/a> to tell us about it<\/p>\n Would you like to be part of a research community at the World Caf\u00e9?<\/em> <\/strong>Let us know<\/a>. <\/p>\n *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n Here are some short notes on current and past research efforts that explore World Caf\u00e9 as part of their focus in some way:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Niels Agger-Gupta<\/em>, a faculty member at Royal Roads supports world caf\u00e9 as an inquiry method for students engaged in action research. His interest and enthusiasm in both supervising students and facilitating world caf\u00e9s has led him to an appreciative approach to solidifying world caf\u00e9 as a legitimate inquiry approach in an action research context. Such inquiry both includes, and in some areas, goes beyond traditional qualitative research constraints. His work is ongoing.<\/p>\n Martin Boerjan<\/em>, a researcher from the Netherlands has written his masters thesis on whether both the length and frequency (sequential World Caf\u00e9’s) have an effect upon the effectiveness of the intervention.<\/p>\n Molly Barr Cooney and Beth Swedeen<\/em>, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center are working on research about the efficacy of using the World Caf\u00e9 model as a community organizing strategy around inclusion issues.<\/p>\n Maro Camargo<\/em>, a new researcher in Brazil is just starting her doctorate and will be focusing his research on The World Caf\u00e9 as a tool to help communities involved in metropolitan conflicts to learn how to move forward together.<\/p>\n Bo Gyllenpalm and Amy Lenzo<\/em>, Adjunct Faculty members at Fielding Graduate University have been hosting World Caf\u00e9 and Appreciative Inquiry courses at the\u00a0Certificate and Masters levels online at Fielding. This work is ongoing.<\/p>\n John Inman<\/em>. For many years, John Inman was the point person for inquiries about World Cafe and research. He has made many contributions in this area, including writing a number of articles listed in the Published Research<\/a> page.<\/p>\n Fred Steier<\/em>, Faculty at Fielding Graduate University and Lecturer at the University of Florida is using The World Caf\u00e9 to deliver educational interventions for Science Museums in the United States. This work is ongoing.<\/p>\n Flavio Mesquita De Silva<\/em>, a new researcher from Brazil began his doctorate at Fielding Graduate University in 2011 and will be researching the results of using the World Caf\u00e9 to bring together 3 concepts: culture of dialogue, culture of design, and culture of peace in a multi-generational context.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cBecause questions are intrinsically related to action, they spark and direct attention, perception, energy and effort, and so are at the heart of the evolving forms that our lives assume […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"The World Caf\u00e9 was born out of local conversations held with diverse groups from around the world; the ideas behind it tested and adapted until Juanita Brown collated the work during her doctoral studies at Fielding Graduate University<\/a>, which culminated in her seminal dissertation published in 2001, The World Caf\u00e9: Living Knowledge through Conversations that Matter<\/em> (available through the World Caf\u00e9 Store<\/a>).\r\n\r\n *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\r\n![\"Web\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Fielding-ISI-Logo.jpg?resize=268%2C108&ssl=1\"){kind=logo}
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<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe long-standing collaborative relationship between The World Caf\u00e9 and the Institute for Social Innovation<\/a> at Fielding<\/strong> continues to provide a focus for World Cafe research - on both the World Caf\u00e9 as a practice to be researched, and a useful format to research other subjects - and the vigorous spread of\u00a0 World Caf\u00e9 practice and scholarship through Certificate courses through ISI and classes within Fielding's OD Masters program.\r\n\r\n![\"2012rru_logo-transparent\"](\"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2012RRU_logo-transparent.png\"){kind=logo}
<\/a>\r\n\r\nRoyal Roads University<\/strong> in Canada is another strong research partner with over 45 published theses using World Caf\u00e9 as a research method.\r\n\r\nWe are partnering with Royal Roads and Fielding Graduate University on a book project with the working title World Caf\u00e9 as Research<\/em>. In addition to Niels Agger-Gupta at Royal Roads (see more on Niels' work below), this collaboration will be co-authored by Fielding faculty members Dr. Fred Steier and Amy Lenzo, and Fielding doctoral student Rosa Zubizarreta.\r\n\r\nToday there is a growing and thriving World Caf\u00e9 research community around the world<\/strong> and we are encouraged to see new researchers emerging to build on the outstanding foundation created by these relationships.\r\n\r\nIf you know of any published information on the World Caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>, including professional or academic journal articles, white papers, grey papers, etc., please send us details<\/a> (author, title, and where we can find it) so we can include it in our database to support other researchers.\r\n\r\nIf you are conducting research yourself<\/strong><\/em>, please use this form<\/a> to tell us about it\r\n\r\nWould you like to be part of a research community at the World Caf\u00e9?<\/em> <\/strong>Let us know<\/a>.\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\n![\"research\"](\"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/research.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\r\nHere are some short notes on current and past research efforts that explore World Caf\u00e9 as part of their focus in some way:<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nNiels Agger-Gupta<\/em>, a faculty member at Royal Roads supports world caf\u00e9 as an inquiry method for students engaged in action research. His interest and enthusiasm in both supervising students and facilitating world caf\u00e9s has led him to an appreciative approach to solidifying world caf\u00e9 as a legitimate inquiry approach in an action research context. Such inquiry both includes, and in some areas, goes beyond traditional qualitative research constraints. His work is ongoing.\r\n\r\nMartin Boerjan<\/em>, a researcher from the Netherlands has written his masters thesis on whether both the length and frequency (sequential World Caf\u00e9's) have an effect upon the effectiveness of the intervention.\r\n\r\nMolly Barr Cooney and Beth Swedeen<\/em>, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center are working on research about the efficacy of using the World Caf\u00e9 model as a community organizing strategy around inclusion issues.\r\n\r\nMaro Camargo<\/em>, a new researcher in Brazil is just starting her doctorate and will be focusing his research on The World Caf\u00e9 as a tool to help communities involved in metropolitan conflicts to learn how to move forward together.\r\n\r\nBo Gyllenpalm and Amy Lenzo<\/em>, Adjunct Faculty members at Fielding Graduate University have been hosting World Caf\u00e9 and Appreciative Inquiry courses at the\u00a0Certificate and Masters levels online at Fielding. This work is ongoing.\r\n\r\nJohn Inman<\/em>. For many years, John Inman was the point person for inquiries about World Cafe and research. He has made many contributions in this area, including writing a number of articles listed in the Published Research<\/a> page.\r\n\r\nFred Steier<\/em>, Faculty at Fielding Graduate University and Lecturer at the University of Florida is using The World Caf\u00e9 to deliver educational interventions for Science Museums in the United States. This work is ongoing.\r\n\r\nFlavio Mesquita De Silva<\/em>, a new researcher from Brazil began his doctorate at Fielding Graduate University in 2011 and will be researching the results of using the World Caf\u00e9 to bring together 3 concepts: culture of dialogue, culture of design, and culture of peace in a multi-generational context.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6sDis-z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4879,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/4879"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}