Tavistock Institute

Tavistock Institute of Human Relations
AbbreviationTIHR
Formation20 September 1947 (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
Websitewww.tavinstitute.org

The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations is a British non-profit research and consulting organisation, specialising in the study of group behavior. 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 and it hosts the journal Evaluation. The Institute is located in Gee Street in Clerkenwell, London.

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