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$5000 International Integral Research Grant

The Integral Research Center is proud to announce that beginning this fall it will award an annual Integral Research Grant in the amount of up to $5000 USD to a graduate student conducting integral research. Applications will be available soon and will be due on September 1st 2009. The winner will be announced October 1st 2009. The money will be available by mid-October.

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Fall 2009 Integral Field Course in Peru

Gail Hochachka and Vernice Solimar are leading this year's JFKU Integral Field Course to Peru (Cusco, Amazon basin, cloud forest, and Machu Picchu). This is a wonderful opportunity to practice using informal and formal research methods to engage in community development. For more details contact Gail at ghochachka@integralinstitute.org

Special JITP Issue of Integral Research

This year the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice will publish a special supplemental issue on Integral Research. Nick Hedlund, a recent MA graduate from JFK University is serving as the Guest Editor. This volume will contain a number of graduate student projects and serve to highlight the many ways integral research can be conducted within a university setting.

iTeach Project to Commence Fall 2009

The Integral Research Center is in the process of designing and launching an ambitious longitudinal study using methods from all eight zones of Integral Methodological Pluralism to assess the transformative effects of integral education. We are working with Theo Dawson of Developmental Testing Service and Susanne Cook-Greuter of Cook-Greuter and Associates to help us with this exciting project. We will begin using both the Sentence Completion Test (SCT) and the Lectical Assessment System (LAS) this fall with faculty and students. 

2009 Integral Research Grant Winner

Recently Lauren Tenney won the $5000 JFKU Integral Research Grant for her proposal on Interiority and Sustainable Systems. This research study explores the relationship between an individual’s worldview and beliefs (i.e., interiors) and their actions as a participant in a sustainability initiative. The study uses an integral, mixed methods design to explore this relationship. More specifically, five zones of Integral Methodological Pluralism are employed to disclose the perspective of the researcher, and to collect and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data.