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2021 Taiwan International Group Relations Conference
We live in the midst of a global pandemic which has put severe restrictions on international travel. As a result, the second Taiwanese Group Relations Conference, the first international one, will be conducted online via Zoom. Title: 'Authority and Leadership in Times...
AKRI Dialogues – Lifting the Veil: Legacy and Transformation in Group Relations
Every two years, the AK Rice Institute hosts a four-day event known as the “AKRI Dialogues”. The event is for people who have attended at least one Group Relations Conference and who want to contribute, explore and influence the discourse of group relations...
AAGP: Bridging social distance is the dilemma of our time
AAGP Sydney Large Group presents: Bridging social distance is the dilemma of our time. Can dialogue influence the social atmosphere? To continue the pattern established in 2020, we invite both local and international colleagues to join us in developing thoughtful and...
CSGSS: Call for Applications – Residential Conference Director Role
The Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems, the Boston Affiliate of the A. K. Rice Institute, is pleased to announce an invitation to all Group Relations community members for applications for the role of the next Residential Conference Director for three...
PCCA Conference: Walls – Open, Closed, Sliding? The Virus, Europe and Our World Today
Europe, like the rest of the world, is struggling to cope with the traumatic impact of the Corona virus pandemic and its aftermath.Dark clouds were already gathering across the continent, threatening the union conceived in the shadow of the Holocaust and World War II...
Dynamics of Racism: GRA blog
This new GRA sub-project The Dynamics of Racism and COVID19 - aims to explore racism in ourselves and society, continuing an existing GRA project, with particular reference to COVID19. The blog will be updated regularly and make reference to basic assumption...
Call for Applications: GRA Conference Technology and Administration Director
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY & ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR: Disembodied Relations At Work online conference. Disembodied Relations at Work is a group relations style conference for exploring the dynamics of working online during a pandemic. This new role will be a...
Covid-19 Listening Posts – Report
In conclusion to the 2020 Listening Post events, you are welcome to read the summary report. This report is being launched by Jenny Smith, Nuala Dent and Jinette de Gooijer via Zoom on September 30th, 2020 at 7pm. To RSVP to attend the session, please email...
Tripod Patchwork – A Group Relations Reflection on COVID-19
GRA and the international group relations community are responding to and finding ways of reflecting on the impact of COVID19 – on communities, institutional leadership and our sense of shared trust and dependency. A third summary of these responses internationally is...
Working Mothers
7/9/20 Covid-19 and the Foggy Mind Liz Brnjak I am a working mother to a two-year old active boy. I have been struggling with a pervasive sense of fatigue and exhaustion during the current COVID lockdown. A recent conversation with one of my neighbours, who is a...
