Reflective Consensus Building on Wicked Problems

Faculty: 
Michael Hoffmann
Students: 
DeAnna Brown

The Reflect! platform is designed to organize Reflective Consensus Building on Wicked Problems in small teams.

Examples of wicked problems are

  • complex policy issues such as health care reform, poverty, global trade, or climate change;
  • the regulation of new and emerging technologies;
  • the design of products and technologies; and
  • planning processes that involve different stakeholders.

The complexity of wicked problems results from the fact that they can be framed in a number of different ways, depending on varying interests, world-views, values, or differences regarding the scale on which people think the problem should be addressed.

Lab: 
Director: 
Michael Hoffmann

The Reflect! Lab develops technologies that support self-correcting reasoning and reflective deliberation in teams.