About the International Bateson Institute
Inspired by Batesonian concepts, the IBI furthers the research on transcontextuatlity and how interactions in complex, living systems can be understood and positively influenced.
The International Bateson Institute, registered in Sweden and the United States, is a non-profit foundation for transcontextual research in ecology, economy, social change, health, education, and art. The International Bateson Institute supports a new kind of research that encourages and incubates projects, which examine the interactions within complex systems.
The aim of this research is to increase our ability to take into account the many relationships that coexist in any context of living things. In addition to providing much-needed perspective to existing research institutions, the findings of the International Bateson Institute projects are presented as seminars, media, and artistic exhibitions, which engage culture and education simultaneously in public spaces, for all ages.
The International Bateson Institute generates and gives access to information that offers a wider vision. The focus of IBI inquiry is on the interrelational dynamics between and interdepencies among systems.
The IBI research involves recognizing how patterns repeat and reflect each other across multiple contexts and across multiple systems – understanding these systems’ maintenance and renewal will be critical in the coming decades.
The underlying premise of the IBI is to address and experiment with how we perceive. Our mandate is to look in other ways so that we might find other species of information and new patterns of connection not visible through current methodologies. We call this information “Warm Data.”
OUR PROJECTS
Transcontexual Research
We support experimental research modes whereby scholars and other professionals are brought together in order to combine and contrast understandings of complex phenomena.
Education
We provide seminars, workshops and curricula for specific contexts and for the general public.
Cultural Engagement
We support experimental research modes whereby students, scholars and others are brought together in order to combine and contrast understandings of complex phenomena.
“Interesting phenomena occur when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, and these phenomena illustrate very aptly the enrichment of information that occurs when one description is combined with another.”
Support the Bateson Institute
If you are interested in participating in this important research, we will be grateful for your contribution. IBI exists outside the academic realm; consequently, many grants are not assigned to, or available to, groups like ours.
We strongly believe the project of the Institute is an appropriate way to study the whole system, but without support, this work is not possible.
The Institute’s focus is cast in multiple directions, meaning we are outside the direct funding stream that typically supports specific areas of research.