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Michael Bopp, Ph.D.
mbopp@fourworlds.ca
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Michael
Bopp, Ph.D.
Michael is a co-founder of Four Worlds International and
is currently a director of the Four Worlds Centre for Development
Learning which is dedicated to building the capacity of
communities and professional organizations for sustainable
participatory development.
Michael is a specialist in participatory change and development
processes and is well known for his writing, innovative
training, consulting and mentoring related to helping professionals
to learn how to work effectively with communities. He has
twenty years experience working with Indigenous communities
and development organizations, and has worked in Southeast
Asia, the South Pacific, Africa, the former Soviet Union,
Latin America, the Caribbean and Indigenous North America.
Michael has also designed and developed a fully accredeted
masters degree program in applied human and community development
through a joint venture between Four Worlds and the Alliant
International University, based in California, as well as
many other accredited and non-formal learning programs.
Michael
has also served as principal or co-researcher on many national
and international research studies, has served as Professional
Head of a research department at a national research institute
and has acted as a methodological coach and evaluator to
many international development related research projects.
Michael has led many program, planning and design, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation projects. He has also published
extensively and led thousands of hours of training on topics
related to human systems transformation, community health,
research methodology and learning for social change.
Michael has a Ph.D. in development education and a masters
degree is in community development.
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