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'''Tom Flanagan''' is president of the [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]], the umbrella institution responsible for the development of the [[Science of Dialogic Design]] and the monitoring of world-wide [[Structured Dialogic Design Process|SDDP]] application. The [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras|Agoras]] we re founded by [[Aleco Christakis]] and have in the Board also [[Yiannis Laouris]], President of [[Future Worlds Center]]. From his position as President, Tom supports and collaborates intensively with [[Future Worlds Center]].. | '''Tom Flanagan''' is president of the [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]], the umbrella institution responsible for the development of the [[Science of Dialogic Design]] and the monitoring of world-wide [[Structured Dialogic Design Process|SDDP]] application. The [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras|Agoras]] we re founded by [[Aleco Christakis]] and have in the Board also [[Yiannis Laouris]], President of [[Future Worlds Center]]. From his position as President, Tom supports and collaborates intensively with [[Future Worlds Center]]. | ||
From his position as President, Tom supports and collaborates intensively with Future Worlds Center. For example, he has been Faculty member and instructor during the [[2nd International SDDP Facilitators Training School|2nd]] and the [[3rd International SDDP Facilitators Training School|3nd]] SDDP Summer schools. | |||
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Tom Flanagan is president of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, the umbrella institution responsible for the development of the Science of Dialogic Design and the monitoring of world-wide SDDP application. The Agoras we re founded by Aleco Christakis and have in the Board also Yiannis Laouris, President of Future Worlds Center. From his position as President, Tom supports and collaborates intensively with Future Worlds Center.
From his position as President, Tom supports and collaborates intensively with Future Worlds Center. For example, he has been Faculty member and instructor during the 2nd and the 3nd SDDP Summer schools.
Short Bio
Tom Flanagan is president of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras. He is also founder and director of the SouthCoast Community Collaborative Design Studio in Southeastern Massachusetts. He is a board member and officer of the corporation of the Barrington Public Library, and has serveed on the Barrington School Board, the New Bedford Economic Development Council, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Alumni Council, and the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution and Public Collaboration,
Tom’s background includes a doctorate in neurobiology with research, publications and patents from work he has led within academic and corporate R&D groups. His management training from MIT’s Sloan School focused on partnership development. He has worked in many highly innovative technical teams, and has founded and led non-profit and for profit ventures. He has taught university students in business management, engineering, chemistry and biology, and he has pioneered an international online course in Democracy and Sustainability.
Tom’s recent management work has focused on university-industry-government linkages related to sustainable, technology-based regional economic development. His current design mission is tobring democratic design practices that have been validated in many organizations into broad civic use throughout the greater New Bedford area.
