: Nicholas Mang

Nicholas Mang is a community planner and organizer focused in urban regeneration work. Central to his work is the question, “How do we enable our cities to become regenerators of cultural and ecological place?” Work includes developing leveraged intervention processes for reigniting community involvement and stakehold in the stewardship of place.

Overall, he has had diverse work experience in the fields of education, community organization, and business development. Work experience includes facilitating holistic thinking processes for urban planners, developers, and community members; organizing the development of a community expressive arts center; developing and managing small businesses in the United States and Argentina; developing educational curricula, and designing and teaching learning programs for teen and pre-teen youth; and organizing a cross-cultural community health program.

Current work focus is on urban regeneration projects in cities across the country, including projects in California, New Mexico, Texas, and Connecticut.

Educational experience includes masters and doctoral level work in cross-cultural studies, living systems thinking, social transformation theory, ecopsychology (the bridge between psyche and ecological place), and spiritual psychology. He has a BA in cross-cultural studies from Stanford University and a Masters in psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and a doctorate from Saybrook University. His doctoral dissertation was on the topic Toward a Regenerative Psychology of Urban Planning

In addition to these formal degree programs, Nicholas has had extensive organizational systems training and work experience through the Institute for Developmental Processes. Training experience includes the design of leadership development processes, the facilitation of place-based visioning processes, the coalescing and evolving of group critical thinking processes, and the development and use of systemic frameworks.





	: Nicholas Mang Nicholas Mang is a community planner and organizer focused in urban regeneration work. Central to his work is the question, “How do we enable our cities to become regenerators of cultural and ecological place?” Work includes developing leveraged intervention processes for reigniting community involvement and stakehold in the stewardship of place. Overall, he has had diverse work experience in the fields of education, community organization, and business development. Work experience includes facilitating holistic thinking processes for urban planners, developers, and community members; organizing the development of a community expressive arts center; developing and managing small businesses in the United States and Argentina; developing educational curricula, and designing and teaching learning programs for teen and pre-teen youth; and organizing a cross-cultural community health program. Current work focus is on urban regeneration projects in cities across the country, including projects in California, New Mexico, Texas, and Connecticut. Educational experience includes masters and doctoral level work in cross-cultural studies, living systems thinking, social transformation theory, ecopsychology (the bridge between psyche and ecological place), and spiritual psychology. He has a BA in cross-cultural studies from Stanford University and a Masters in psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and a doctorate from Saybrook University. His doctoral dissertation was on the topic Toward a Regenerative Psychology of Urban Planning In addition to these formal degree programs, Nicholas has had extensive organizational systems training and work experience through the Institute for Developmental Processes. Training experience includes the design of leadership development processes, the facilitation of place-based visioning processes, the coalescing and evolving of group critical thinking processes, and the development and use of systemic frameworks.