Description:
Brief summary of each of the Core Design Principles (CDPs) with examples.
Tip: Great to hand out after having gone through a group process as a reference they can keep on returning to.
More Processes:
ProSocial Core Processes
A suite of multi-cropping practices of personal growth, skills building, dialogue, and participatory action learning that is simultaneously theory and practice.
More Projects and Evidence:
San Antonio Case Study
Case study that analyzes the efforts made within San Antonio to become a Compassionate City.
Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups
Seminal article co-authored by David Sloan Wilson, Elinor Ostrom, and Michael E. Cox, published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, that provides background on the origins of the Core Design Principles (CDPs), beginning with how they were derived for assessing collaboration for communities that manage common-pool resources to how they can be generalized for any collective group.
ProSocial World Latin America: Journey of the Heart
The study implemented a culturally adapted ProSocial Process aimed at connecting educational, environmental conservation, and social service efforts across Latin America to create a sustainable network of change makers and reweave the cultural fabric.
Testing Hypotheses about Meaning Systems in Real-World Settings
The aim of this proposal was to integrate science and spirituality in real-world settings, based on the conceptual foundation of modern evolutionary science and a practical framework for working with groups pioneered by the nonprofit organization ProSocial World. Full report and video available to view. Project supported in part by the Templeton Religion Trust (TRT).
ProSocial World’s Spiritual Communities Initiative Preliminary Research Report
A ProSocial World research initiative funded by the John Templeton Foundation, the ProSocial Spiritual Communities Initiative, aims to integrate contemplative practices and interspiritual elements into ProSocial World’s scientifically-based framework.
