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Dec 18 2025

Seven Years Later: What Research Says About Community and Organization

Back in 2016 and 2018, I mused about how community and organization intertwine—two different “regimes” of social participation that can support or hobble each other. I’ve been curious: does that framework still hold up? A dive into some current research suggests the answer is mostly yes, with some important refinements. The core framework has held […]

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Oct 16 2013

Some ideas about a tool for community reflection

One initiative I took on as part of the IFAD synthesis project got going due to a conversation with Philipp Grunewald where we were wondering how a community like KM4Dev could guide a researcher’s activities.  Philipp was willing to give 2 hours a week to the community in some kind of research effort, but wanted to find […]

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