Dr Dian Marie Hosking, Professor of Relational Process at Utrecht School of Governance & long time Taos Institute Associate was awarded a D.Sc. (Econ) by Turku School of Economics.  When extending their offer of this honor they stated it was "in recognition of your foresight in leadership and organization theory as well as of your outstanding contribution in introducing social constructionist research methodology in leadership research". The ceremonies take place between the 13th and 15th of May and include conferral of Doctoral hat and sword. see: http://www.tse.fi/EN/units/otherunits/degree_ceremonies/Pages/default.aspx

Dian Marie Hosking, Ph.D. is devoted to social constructionism and related methodologies of inquiry and transformation. She is Professor of Organisational Psychology - with special reference to organisational development and change - in the Organisation Studies Department at the University of Tilburg in The Netherlands. Dian Marie is on the advisory board of the Taos Institute, a member of Cintress (Center for Research in Organisational Intervention and Change), and a member of the Odyssey Group. With the Taos Institute, and her Tilburg University colleague Prof. John Rijsman, she supervises practitioners who wish to make a Ph.D. out of their reflections on their practice. Through Cintress (with Prof. Dr. Arie de Ruiter, Prof. Dr. Jac Guerts, and members of Research Based Consulting) she also provides possibilities for practitioners to do a Ph.D. on their work. The Odyssey group is a nomadic network that helps to amplify voices through the construction of websites, along with exploring and publishing work on new information and communication technologies.

She is especially interested in critical relational constructionisms and in related approaches to inquiry, development, and changework. Visit her website at relational-constructionism.org to go through a doorway to take a "Relational tour" which introduces you to relational constructionism and to some other relevant websites which you might like to wander around. Another route will take you to places where you can read all about discursive, narrative, and postmodern approaches to e.g. (community) development, change and therapies. Finally she provides some pages about subjects such as: Appreciative Inquiry, Large Group Interventions, and Etnhography.

Address: Tilburg University
Warandelaan 2
PO Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
Email: D.M.Hosking@kub.nl
Telephone: (013) 466 3326
relational-constructionism.org

Additional E-mail: d.m.hosking@uvt.nl Tilburg University
site: www.tilburguniversity.nl

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