Within the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) we have set up a research working group. In this context I have worked out a research guide how to approach ecovillages, a research protocol and information on the state of the art. It is available on the website of the GEN research working group.
Links to websites on research about communities and ecovillages:
- ICSA (International Communal Studies Association) ic.org/icsa
- RIC (research in community): literature data base: http://www.researchincommunity.net/index.php?id=41&L=1%2C
- Transition Research Network http://www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/
- Permaculture Research Network https://www.permaculture.org.uk/research
- ECOLISE: a coalition of organisations engaged in promoting and supporting local communities across Europe: http://www.ecolise.eu/ and http://wiki.ecolise.eu/index.php/Ecovillages
- Research on communities and ecovillages at the ecovillage Sieben Linden: https://siebenlinden.org/de/vernetzung/forschung/
Empirische Zugänge zu Intentionalen Gemeinschaften
Die folgenden Dokumente unterstützen eine eigene (qualitative) Forschungsstudie und Interviews in intentionalen Gemeinschaften zu entwickeln. Über die Jahre habe ich in Forschung und Lehre spezielle Zugänge zu intentionalen Gemeinschaften entwickelt, teilweise in Zusammenarbeit mit Kollegen.