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are on psychosocial identity, intergroup relations, social inclusion, intercultural education, ethnocentrism in the educational system, prevention and promotion of early psychosocial health, transition to parenthood, fatherhood and masculinity. She co-directed a 22-year-long intervention for the education of the historical Muslim minority in Greece. She served as an MP with the Socialist Party (PASOK) (2007–09) and was Secretary at the Greek Ministry of Education (2009–10) responsible for populations at risk such as migrants, the Roma and the Muslim minority in Thrace. She co-edited, together with K. Gergen, S. McNamee and E. Tseliou, the volume Education as Social Construction (TAOS Institute Publications/WorldShare Books, 2015).Cesar A. Ferragiis Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil. He has an MA and a PhD in Public Administration (with a focus on Institutional Theory and Organizational Change) from the International Christian University (ICU), located in Tokyo, Japan, and a BA in Public Administration from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil. Cesar is interested in the learning capabilities of individuals, understanding education as an organic process, composed of multiple experiences. Having lived in six different countries – and travelled to more than 60 – he tries to ‘connect the dots’ under an NVC™ (Non-violent Communication) approach. He currently teaches Management and Entrepreneurship at UFSCar, and coordinates an MBI (Master in Business Innovation) – an educational journey through the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship and digital transformation.Jill Freedmanis a MSW and is co-director of Evanston Family Therapy Center, a centre dedicated to teaching narrative therapy. She is on the faculty of the Chicago Center for Family Health, is an international faculty member of the Dulwich Center in Adelaide, Australia, an Honorary Clinical Fellow of the University of Melbourne where she is faculty for the low-residency narrative therapy and community work Masters programme, and is an Honorary Associate of the Taos Institute. She has a small therapy and consultation practice in the Chicago area and teaches internationally. She has co-authored many papers and three books with Gene Combs: Symbol, Story, and Ceremony: Using Metaphor in Individual and Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities, and Narrative Therapy with Couples … And a Whole Lot More.Kenneth J. Gergenis a Senior Research Professor at Swarthmore College, and the President of the Taos Institute. He is internationally known for his development of social constructionist theory and practices, and for his relational perspective on human well-being. Among his major works are Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction, The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life, An Invitation to Social Construction (3rd edn), and Relational Being, Beyond Self and Community. Gergen has received numerous awards and has been the recipient of honorary degrees in both the United States and Europe.Scherto Gillis Senior Fellow at the GHFP Research Institute, Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Through research, international project development, and writing, she actively explores ways to foster practices of transformative dialogue, the ethics of caring, whole-person development, and global peace. Her most recent books include, Ethical Education: Towards an Ecology of Human Development (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Human-Centered Education (Routledge, 2017) and Education as Humanisation (Routledge, 2016).Karen Goldis a clinical social worker, educator, and Affiliated Education Scientist at Women's College Hospital in Toronto, Canada. She is a graduate of the Taos PhD program. Her dissertation explored clinician writing as relational practice. She has completed narrative medicine training at Columbia University and is a Certified AWA creative writing facilitator. She has taught at the Faculty of Social Work and the Health, Arts & Humanities Program at the University of Toronto and has facilitated a wide range of writing workshops in hospital and community settings. She has published on arts-based pedagogy, poetic inquiry, collaborative practice, and personal narrative in professional practice.Dan Goodleyis co-director of iHuman – an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Sheffield. He is a recovering psychologist and disability studies researcher who has written widely around the area. Recent publications include Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction (Sage, 2016) and Dis/ability Studies (Routledge, 2014). He is currently working on a text for Emerald due out in 2020 entitled Disability and Other Human Questions.Carla Guanaes-Lorenziis a psychologist and family therapist. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto (University of Sâo Paulo – Ribeirão Preto – Brazil), where she coordinates the activities of the Laboratory of Study and Research in Group Practices (LAPEPG-USP). Her activity at the Department of Psychology includes training, supervision and research on group work, family therapy and social constructionism. She is also a professor in the Graduate Program of Psychology (USP/Ribeirão Preto) where she mentors Masters and doctorate students on their research projects. She is author of the book, A construção da mudança em terapia de grupo: um enfoque construcionista social [The construction of change in group therapy: a social constructionist approach] (2006) and of many articles and book chapters. She is the mother of two little girls (Ana Cecília and Beatriz). Email: [email protected] CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5305070621567074Marilene A. Grandessois a Brazilian Psychologist; Family, Couple and Community Therapist; Faculty and Supervisor of Family and Couple Therapy at Catholic University, São Paulo; Founder and Chair of the INTERFACI Institute; Coordinator of the ICCP – International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogical Practices – Houston Galveston Institute/Taos Institute and INTERFACI (since 2011); Coordinator of the Community Therapy training course at INTERFACI – Sao Paulo (since 2003); President of the Family Therapy Association of São Paulo (APTF – 2000–2001); and first President of the Brazilian Community Therapy Association (ABRATECOM – 2004–2005). She is the author of the book, About the Reconstruction of Meaning: An Epistemological and Hermeneutical Analysis of Clinical Practice (2000, in Portuguese). Marilene is also the organizer of the book, Community Therapy: Weaving Nets to Social Transformation: Health, Education and Public Politics (2007, in Portuguese) and three others about Collaborative-Dialogical Practices. She is a member of the Taos Institute and an editorial board member of World Share Books (Taos Institute).Julie Haizlipis Clinical Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing and Faculty in the University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics. Dr Haizlip conducts research on mattering in healthcare. She is currently the Director of the UVA Center for Appreciative Practice and co-Director of the UVA Center for Interprofessional Collaborations.Christopher Hallis Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he teaches graduate social work practice, field and postmodern electives. In addition to his teaching, Chris practises in the community assisting individuals, couples, families and groups from a postmodern perspective (www.DrChristopherHall.com). He is a board member of the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work (www.gptsw.net) and a Taos Institute Associate (www.TaosInstitute.net). His publications are primarily practice- and postmodern-focused, and he is currently co-editing the 4th edition of Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice. Past publications include chapters for the Encyclopaedia of Social Work, ‘A History of Cybernetics and Social Work Practice’ (2017) and ‘Narrative Therapy’ (2016), as well as journal articles, ‘A Narrative Case Study of Hamlet and the Cultural Construction of Western Individualism, Diagnosis, and Madness’ (2016) and ‘How Social Constructionism Could Inform the Education of Social Work Practitioners’ (2015).Gitte Haslebohas a Master of Science in Psychology from the University of Copenhagen and before that a Masters Degree in Social Psychology from the University of Kansas. Gitte is a certified specialist and supervisor in organizational psychology. In 1991 she founded the consultancy firm known as Haslebo & Partnere, which carries out consultancy assignments in Denmark and Norway based on social constructionism and inspired by systemic, appreciative and narrative approaches to consultation, leadership and organizational development. She has also developed and carried through a social constructionist training programme for more than 36 groups of managers and consultants. She is the author, co-author and co-editor of numerous books and articles on leadership and organizational development. Two books have been translated into English: G. Haslebo and K. S. Nielsen, Systems and Meaning: Consulting in Organizations (Karnac Books, 2000) and G. Haslebo and M. L. Haslebo, Practicing Relational Ethics in Organizations (Taos Institute Publications, 2012). For years she has worked as a board member
