Spiral dynamics research

[Identity]

I've just finished watching Leo's new episode on spiral dynamics, really one of the most inspirational ones in my opinion.

By watching the series on spiral dynamics, reading the book by Cowan and Beck and contemplating it, I have gained a decent understanding of the model and am excited to start applying it more practically. Next year I am starting a master Work and Organisational Psychology and am thinking ahead about possibly using spiral dynamics to write my master thesis. Although the model is supposedly built on extensive research,  I can't seem to find more than a few articles written on the topic. Am I missing something here? Is the research not published? Am I looking in the wrong place?

[EternalForest]

He talks about some names to research at the beginning of this video:

 

[Leo Gura]

The research is not called "spiral dynamics" per se. What we're talking about here is the entire field of Development Psychology which includes hundreds of researchers.

Ken Wilber does a good job of integrating and mentioning many of the researchers.

Here are but a few names:

• Jane Lovinger
• Piaget
• Kurt Fischer
• Robert Kegan
• Susanne Cook-Greuter
• Kohlberg
• Gilligan
• Jean Gebser
• Maslow
• Clare Graves, Don Beck

It takes work on your part to integrate all this stuff and see the bigger picture. Do not expect the current state of science or academia to give you the big picture. It gives you tiny fragments which you must piece together.

[Identity]

@EternalForest Thank you, I will re-watch the first part of the video!

@Leo Gura Thank you, that makes sense. I will look into it and try to make something out of it.