Projects + Organizations
Research + Storytelling + Narrative + Communication Strategy + Messaging
Academic Projects + Organizations
Studying + Researching Narrative
Narrare Centre for Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies at Tampere University
Narrare brings together researchers in literary studies, social sciences, game studies, media and journalism, history, philosophy, education, psychology, health sciences, political science and administrative studies. The centre’s essential aim is to develop consistent narrative-theoretical methodology for all disciplines working with narrative. Learn more on Narrare’s website.
Project Narrative at The Ohio State University
Project Narrative is a cluster of faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students who work on narrative and narrative theory.
The Narrative Group at The University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies
“The Narrative Group at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies pursues basic and applied research to advance technologies for automated storytelling and narrative understanding.” Learn more.
The European Narratology Network
“The European Narratology Network (ENN) is an association of individual narratologists and narratological institutions.” Learn more.
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative
Founded in 2008, CIRN’s mission is to serve those working with narrative ideas and approaches in various disciplines by facilitating research on the role of narrative in human experience, assisting the development of theory on the narrative complexity of human life and encouraging the use of narrative approaches to practice in a variety of fields.
CIRN published Narrative Works from 2011-2020.
Public Narrative Collaborative at The Ohio State University
Storytelling Projects
“Exploring story craft and practices to create personal and social change." Learn more.
“StoryCorps is committed to the idea that everyone has an important story to tell and that everyone’s story matters. Our mission: to help us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — one story at a time." Learn more.
Communications Projects + Services
Story + Narrative as Communicatons Strategy
“Narrative Initiative is a strategy hub. We collaborate with social movements to transform deeply held beliefs and values to make equity and justice the foundations of multiracial democracy.” Learn more.
Center for Story-based Strategy
“Center for Story-based Strategy cultivates imagination spaces where story, grassroots leadership, organizing, and democracy are interwoven strategies to build power.” Learn more.
“ReFrame Builds Narrative Power to Win. We invest in people — strategists, creatives, leaders, and dreamers — developing the skills, acumen, and networks we need to advance just narratives at scale. We use powerful technology to understand narratives across society in real time, gain strategic insight, and forecast arising opportunities to advance just narratives. We develop strategies, curate stories and mobilize networks to advance narratives that light the way to justice, liberation, healing and freedom for all people and the Earth.” Learn more.
Training for Communicators
Center for Social Impact Communication
Effective social impact stories create emotion and drive action. Our in-depth research on the topic transforms how practitioners and their organizations approach storytelling now and into the future.