Our materials
- “The Mindful Researchers – A multi-layered co-creation process for the cultivation of contemplative practices in science, academia and beyond” – poster presented at ISCR 2024 and ESRI 2024
- “Reconvening the Mindful Researchers” – poster presented at ESRI 2023
- “Mindful Researchers: transforming academia from within by co-creating a supportive community” – poster presented at ESRI 2021
Recommended (re)sources
A selection of literature, media, practices, tools, and initiatives related to our work – participatory processes, community building, scientific collaboration, contemplative practice, embodiment & enaction, open / contemplative science & research, scholarship, and more:
Literature and media
Handbooks, playbooks, manuals
Preprints, journals, magazines
Publications
Academic culture / Shared values in scholarship:
- Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike (Schumann, F., Smolka, M., Dienes, Z., Lübbert, A., Lukas, W., Rees, M.G., Fucci, E., van Vugt, M.). Royal Society Open Science 10(11):230728 (2023).
- What are harmful systems in scholarship? (Lancaster, A., Mietchen, D., Taylor, G., Virapongse, A.). Medium article (2021).
- Our shared values as scholars (Lancaster, A., Mietchen, D., Taylor, G., Virapongse, A.). Medium article (2022).
- Making change happen (Lancaster, A., Mietchen, D., Taylor, G., Virapongse, A.). Medium article (2022).
Open Innovation in Science:
- The Open Innovation in Science research field: a collaborative conceptualisation approach (Beck, S. et al.). Industry and Innovation (2020).
- Experimenting with Open Innovation in Science (OIS) practices: A novel approach to co-developing research proposals (Beck, S. et al.). CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation 5(2), 28–49 (2021).
Enaction:
- Enactive Ethics: Difference Becoming Participation (Di Paolo, E.A., De Jaegher, H.). Topoi 41, 241–256 (2022).
Podcasts
Practices and tools
Contemplative practices
Facilitation and co-creation
Participatory decision-making
- Systemic Konsensing
- Sociocracy
- VREDE – A Visual Tool for Responsible Decisions
- Facilitation guide – English version
- Facilitation guide – German version
Organisation and leadership
Dialogue and storytelling
Embodiment & enaction
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Community platforms & tools
Initiatives and organisations
Contemplative research
- Mind & Life Europe (MLE)
- Mind & Life Institute
- International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR)
- Center for Contemplative Research (CCR)
Contemplative Pedagogy / Contemplative Education
- Community of Contemplative Education (CCE)
- Contemplative Pedagogy Network
- Contemplative Higher Education Alliance for Research, Teaching & Service (C-HEARTS)
- Achtsame Hochschulen
- Netzwerk Achtsamkeit in der Bildung
Independent research
- Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE)
- On Science & Academia – discussion forum
- Ronin Institute
Academic culture change
- Humane Metrics Initiative (HuMetricsHSS)
- Humane Humanities
- Reimagine Science
Open research / science / innovation
- Open Innovation in Science (OIS)
- Center for Open Science (COS)
- Incentivizing Collaborative and Open Research (ICOR)
- International Network of Open Science & Scholarship Communities (INOSC)
- R.I.O.T. Science Club UK
- R.I.O.T. Science Club NL
- UNESCO Open Science
Other
- Center for Contemplative Mind in Society (CMind)
- The Mindfulness Initiative
- Inner Development Goals
- Prosocial World
- ServiceSpace
- Greaterthan
- Life Itself
- Plum Village
- Upaya Zen Center
- Monastic Academy / MAPLE
This resource page is a living document. If you’d like to propose resources to evolve this collection, please contact us!