Ib Ravn

Almost thirty years ago I wrote a note to myself: ”Meaning is the experiential correlate of resonant waveforms”. By this I meant that the ex...

What's the meaning of existence? Well, that's a huge question, and not one that lends itself easily to reflection. But let me try he...

Hvori består en livsmening? Hvad skal en livsmening handle om eller indeholde, hvis den skal være i orden? Lad mig foreslå disse tre ting: t...

It's a challenge for most people to find deep purpose and meaning in today's secular, superficial consumer society. Some people turn...

A few weeks ago, I was asked to speak to a group of Danish consultants who teach project management. They wanted input on principles and cri...

Facilitation is a way of helping a group of people make decisions. But isn’t this what government is all about: Making decisions that apply ...

Hypotese : Vi lærer bedst på det emneområde, hvor vores livsmening ligger. Understøttende påstande: Alt, hvad der har med vores livsmeni...

Kommentar trykt i Information 4.5.06 I sidste uge forsvarede to kommentatorer samfundsforskningen mod min anklage (18.4) om, at den primær...

Autopoiesis means self-creation, but why is that concept so interesting? It was coined by the Chilean biologist Humberto Maturana around 1...

Many social and organizational researchers want to improve organizational life or transform some such corner of the world. That seems like a...

You’re a teacher, a lecturer, a professor. You have an hour’s worth of lecturing to do. How do you help your students get more out of your s...

1. Det er ikke primært flere forskningsmidler, vi har brug for Alle forskere ønsker flere penge til forskningen. Men det er ikke mængden a...

I read an interesting factoid in the Wikipedia the other day: that ”Maturana has explicitly refused to be cited by Luhmann as a supporting t...

[Trykt i Weekendavisen, Ideer s. 8, d. 9. juni 2006] Er samfundsvidenskaberne indrettet på at hjælpe samfundet udvikle sig? Nej, det var ...

Trykt i Information, 18. april 2006 Information har i en serie artikler med temaet ”Ud af kosteskabet” belyst det spørgsmål, jeg rejser i ...

I have a new book out, in Danish: "Forskning i sammenhænge", or "Research that Connects". I argue that the natural and...

Here's a conceptual challenge for students of facilitation. You can't tell people, "Make sure to have fun at the party and laug...

There is much talk of the knowledge society. But for that, we need a new understanding of what knowledge is: Action knowledge. For a start, ...