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His latest book is A Dimensão Política do Pesquisar o Cotidiano [The Political Dimension in Researching Everyday Life] (with Laura Vilela e Souza and Emerson F. Rasera, 2020).Tanya Mudryis a PhD, Psychologist and Assistant Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary. She practises from a postmodern, collaborative, family therapy perspective, with a research focus on discursive, practice-oriented and systemic approaches to research. Her research has focused on therapy practices, excessive behaviours, addiction and recovery from addiction, and other health concerns. Among Tanya's articles and chapters, are ‘The Psychological Underpinnings of Addictive Behaviours’, in N. el-Guebaly and H. Tavares (Eds.), Textbook of Addiction Treatment: International Perspectives, and ‘A Life History of a PIP: Snapshots in Time’, in K. Tomm, S. St. George, D. Wulff and T. Strong (Eds.), Patterns in Interpersonal Interactions: Inviting Relational Understandings for Therapeutic Change.Pavel Nepustillives and works in Brno, Czech Republic. He is a therapist, supervisor and trainer with a special focus on substance use and addiction from a relational perspective. He co-founded the Recovery Brno group, an association of people with their own or family experience with addiction and the Narativ group that promotes the development of collaborative and dialogical practices in the Czech Republic. He co-established several innovative projects in Brno aimed at social integration, housing and recovery support. His book Recovered without Treatment: The Process of Abandoning Crystal Meth Use without Professional Help is available in Czech and English.Janet Newburyteaches and conducts research in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria, where she is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. She has worked in group homes, schools, camps, an after-school programme, an orphanage, and a family resource centre, and as a family initiatives worker and family enhancement worker. She currently sits on a number of boards, conducts community-engaged research related to children and families, and is actively involved in a range of intergenerational initiatives. The focus of her research and practice is primarily on fostering the structural conditions that contribute to wellness for children, young people and families. Organizing economic, social and political realities such that barriers can be removed and opportunities created for children and families to thrive has been a key focus of most of her involvements – with a particular interest in contributing to decolonization efforts.Ottar Nessis Professor of Counselling at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Professor of Mental Healthcare at the University of South-Eastern Norway. He is also a senior advisor at the Norwegian Competence Centre for Mental Healthcare. He has been working with collaborative action research projects within the fields of family therapy, mental health and substance abuse recovery and community work. Among his latest books are the co-edited books Action Research in a Relational Perspective together with Lone Hersted and Søren Frimann (Routledge), and Beyond the Therapeutic State together with Del Loewenthal and Billy Hardy (Routledge).Margaret Plews-Oganis Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia. As a wisdom researcher, she has developed and implemented innovative curricula and programmes to foster wisdom in medical students and throughout the health system. She has authored several books and chapters on wisdom in healthcare, including Choosing Wisdom: Strategies and Inspiration for Growing Through Life-Changing Difficulties. With Gene Beyt, she edited Wisdom Leadership in Academic Health Science Centers: Leading Positive Change.W. Ellen Raboinis a Senior Organization Development Specialist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford Children's Health, in Palo Alto, California. Her focus is building contextual resources to support the transformation of local and systemic patterns. Her curiosities include relational action networks in care ecosystems constituted by care organizations, family systems, communities, the workplace and government. Ellen draws on theory and practice from organization development, relational social constructionism, therapy and systemic constellation work. She is a Taos Institute Associate, a Co-Founder of the Collaborative Care Learning Network, past Chair of the Board for Ronald McDonald House, San Francisco, and past President of the Bay Area Organization Network.William (Bill) Randallis Professor of Gerontology at St Thomas University, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. A former Protestant minister, he has been principal co-organizer of three international conferences called Narrative Matters (in 2002, 2004 and 2010), founding director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative (CIRN), and co-editor of the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Narrative Works: Issues, Investigations, and Interventions. With Gary Kenyon and other scholars worldwide, he has helped to pioneer a unique approach to aging known as ‘narrative gerontology’. He is the author or co-author of over 60 publications on this and related topics, including the book Reading Our Lives: The Poetics of Growing Old (Oxford University Press, 2008). His ongoing areas of interest include: wisdom and aging, the links between reminiscence and resilience in later life, the practice of narrative care with older adults, and the role of lifestory work in late life spiritual development.Leah Salteris a systemic psychotherapist and supervisor working in NHS Wales. Leah is a doctoral supervisor and visiting lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire on the Professional Doctorate in Systemic Practice programme, a Director for The Centre for Systemic Studies in Wales, UK, and also teaches with The Family Institute Wales. Leah also works with Friends of the Earth.Dora Fried Schnitmanis a PhD and is the founder and director of Fundación Interfas, a think tank on innovation and a postgraduate educational center based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an associate of the Taos Institute. She is the founder and director of the international postgraduate program in Generative Perspective and Professional Practice at Fundación Interfas in collaboration with the Taos Institute and CINDE-Universidad de Manizales, Colombia. For the last twenty-five years, she has developed and taught the generative perspective as applied to an array of disciplines and practices (therapy, conflict, crisis, war and peace work, community organizing, and others) in different countries. Dora has taught at many postgraduate programs housed at universities and institutes in Latin America, USA, and Europe. She has published nine books, including Nuevos paradigmas, cultura y subjetividad [New paradigms, culture and subjectivity] (Paidós, 1994; in Portuguese Artes Médicas, 1996, WorlShare Books, 2014), Nuevos paradigmas en la resolución de conflictos. Perspectivas y Prácticas [New paradigms in conflict resolution: Perspectives and practices] (Granica, 2000), New Paradigms, Culture and Subjectivity (Hampton Press, 2002; WorldShare Books, 2014), Diálogos para la transformación, Vols. 1, 2 and 3 [Dialogues for transformation, Vols. 1, 2 and 3] (WorldShare Books, 2015-2017), and over one hundred and thirty articles and book chapters in five languages.Jasmina Sermijnis a clinical psychologist, systemic therapist, supervisor and trainer. Her interest areas focus on the practice of narrative and collaborative systemic therapy, postmodern philosophy, including especially the way identity is narratively co-constructed in and through interaction and dialogue. In her PhD dissertation she researched the interaction between psychiatric diagnoses and the co-construction of the self. She has published several books and articles on that topic.Gail Simonis Programme Director for the Professional Doctorate in Systemic Practice at the University of Bedfordshire and runs writing groups for reflexive practitioners. Gail co-founded The Pink Practice in London, UK, which pioneered systemic social constructionist therapy for the lesbian, gay, trans and queer communities. She has edited books on systemic practice and research and is editor of Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice.Koen Sipsstudied Organizational Psychology and worked as a research assistant at the KU Leuven (Belgium). He carried out research and consulted on the dynamics of organization development and management, with a special interest in teamwork, self-management and new organizational forms. Koen worked in various national and international projects on multi-actor collaboration and complex socio-technical problems, with a focus on sustainable natural resources. He currently works as an independent consultant and action researcher at Point Consulting Group and Cycloop. He is a regular guest lecturer at KU Leuven, University of Antwerp and Nijenrode Business University.Sally St. Georgeis Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary and a Family Therapist and Clinical Supervisor at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre. She conducts workshops on family therapy and qualitative inquiry. Sally serves on the Boards of Directors for the Taos Institute, an organization dedicated to developing social constructionist practices worldwide, and the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work, which involves co-developing transformative practices in social work education. For the last 20 years, Sally has worked on The Qualitative Report and is currently Senior Editor for this online journal.Jacob Storchhas more than 20 years of consulting experience and is an experienced scholar. Today he works as a practice researcher combining his experiences in consulting and research in addressing
