The School of Abnormal
Research & Projects
Different subjects. Connected questions.
A wooden cube, a dendritic spine, a question a child is afraid to ask, a musician performing in flow, a person experiencing burnout, a hormone changing a feedback loop, or an expert defending a familiar theory may appear to belong to separate conversations. They can also bring us back to questions about experience, action, meaning, biology, authority and the boundaries between what we know and what we assume.
The projects below are connected through The School of Abnormal. They have different aims and standards of evidence. An artistic comparison is not a laboratory result. A personal account is not a diagnosis. A research hypothesis is not a finding. We want to keep those distinctions visible while allowing the questions to travel.
Projects
Developing research framework
Permission Architecture
Why an action can feel available in one situation and impossible in another.
Integrative educational and research framework
Whole System Neuro-Endocrinology (WSNE)
Biological systems operate together; variation is part of the picture.
Science education
Nature of Neurons
Understand the parts, then investigate how they work together.
Critical history and educational research
The Theory That Never Asked
What happens when a theory explains people it rarely invites to question the explanation?
Open research thesis
Understanding Burnout
Many experiences are described as burnout. How much do they share?
Behaviour, relationships and institutions
Coercion: Outward, Inward and Institutional
The pressure we place on others, the pressure we learn to place on ourselves, and the rules that give pressure authority.
Developing book and research thesis
How Far Are You Willing to Place Someone or Yourself Under a Bus?
What are people willing to sacrifice to protect an image, belonging or a sense of safety?
Interviews and publishing
The Sessions
Your stories become education.
Art, visual research and education
Portrait of a Dendritic Spine
Close looking at the astonishing diversity of the structures through which neurons receive inputs.
Historical research in development
The Original School of Abnormal
Who was called abnormal, who could decide, and how were children educated?
Research Library
Coercive Behaviour
Coercion: Outward, Inward and Institutional
The pressure we place on others, the pressure we learn to place on ourselves, and the rules that give pressure authority.
Coercive Behaviour
How Far Are You Willing to Place Someone or Yourself Under a Bus?
What are people willing to sacrifice to protect an image, belonging or a sense of safety?
Science
The Sessions
Your stories become education.
Portrait of a Dendritic Spine
Portrait of a Dendritic Spine
Close looking at the astonishing diversity of the structures through which neurons receive inputs.
Permission Architecture
Permission Architecture
Why an action can feel available in one situation and impossible in another.
Whole System Neuro-Endocrinology
Whole System Neuro-Endocrinology (WSNE)
Biological systems operate together; variation is part of the picture.
Nature of Neurons
Nature of Neurons
Understand the parts, then investigate how they work together.
The Theory That Never Asked
The Theory That Never Asked
What happens when a theory explains people without adequately asking them?
Understanding Burnout
Understanding Burnout
Many experiences are described as burnout. How much do they share?
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