Tavistock Institute

Tavistock Institute of Human Relations
AbbreviationTIHR
Formation20 September 1947; 77 years ago (1947-09-20)
FoundersElliott Jaques, Henry Dicks, Leonard Browne, Ronald Hargreaves, John Rawlings Rees, Mary Luff, Wilfred Bion, and Tommy Wilson
Legal statusCharity
PurposeTo improve working life and conditions for people within organisations, communities and broader societies
HeadquartersGee Street, London
Location
  • Gee Street, London
Region
United Kingdom
Servicesaction research, organisational development and change consultancy, evaluation, executive coaching and professional development
FieldsSocial Science: trans-disciplinary
CEO
Dr Eliat Aram
Parent organization
The Tavistock Association[1][2]
Websitewww.tavinstitute.org

The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations is a British research and consulting organisation, specialising in how people behave in groups and organisations. Staff use social science methods to address research questions and creative, psychoanalytic and systems approaches to work with organisations and individuals. The Institute is a non-profit (UK charity No.209706) that aims to enable learning and change that will benefit people and the planet. There are sister organisations in China and Germany.

It was formally established in September 1947. It publishes a peer-reviewed journal Human Relations with Sage Publications[3] and it hosts the journal Evaluation. The Institute is located in Gee Street in Clerkenwell, London.[4]

  1. ^ "Governance - The Tavistock Institute". 15 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology". 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Human Relations". www.tavinstitute.org. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Contact Us". The Tavistock Institute. Retrieved 22 November 2016.