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.
Bridging Science and Spirit: Lessons and Research from the ProSocial Spirituality Initiative
This report shares the findings of a pilot study testing an eight-week program that integrates scientific and spiritual principles to strengthen cooperation, purpose, and real-world impact in diverse groups.
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.
