AUTHOR

NEWEST RESEARCH

Klisanin, D. (2023). Existential Risk: From Resilience to Antifragility, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative, Center for International Security and Cooperation, p.50 - 59. Stanford University.

This paper finds that cascading global crises may impact the mental health of one-third of the world's population. It offers the 'antifragile mindset' as a potential solution, emphasizing the importance of understanding diverse cultural perspectives.

THEORIST

Dana Klisanin is a transdisciplinary research theorist. At the core of her work is a dedication to human flourishing, emphasizing the importance of creativity, free will, and positive human potential. Dana’s research is published in peer reviewed journals and edited books. Her work has been translated into numerous languages.

Currently, Dr. Klisanin is researching the psychology of rewilding and the antifragile mindset. In previous research, Dana explored the potential of media and digital technologies to promote human wellbeing, social justice, and environmental protection, an area now referred to as social impact media. Through her studies on the digital realm's emerging archetypes and the phenomena of online altruism, kindness, and heroism, Dana’s research contributes to our understanding of human behavior in the digital age.

Dana's new middle grade novel, Future Hack, is a dive into speculative fiction. It not only mirrors her academic passions but also empowers young readers concerned about the climate crisis.

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

Klisanin, D. (in-press, 2024). Re-membering Our Souls, “Clima Utopyas” One Day in 2050.

Klisanin, D. (2024, in press). E-heroism. The Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. New York: Routledge.

Klisanin, D.(2024, in press). Collaborative Heroism. The Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies. New York: Routledge.

Klisanin. D. (2023). Psychological Futures: The Antifragile Mindset and the Imperative of Interdependence. In Montuori. A., and Donnelly, G. The Handbook for Creative Futures. New York: Routledge.

Klisanin, D. (2016). Heroism in the Networked Society. In Allison, S. T., Goethals, G. R., & Kramer, R. M. (Eds.) Handbook of heroism and heroic leadership. New York: Routledge.

Klisanin, D. (2016). Pure as Snow: The character strengths and virtues of a hero. In Langley, T. (Ed.) Game of Thrones Psychology: The Mind is Dark and Full of Terrors. New York: Sterling.

Klisanin, D. (2015). What would you do? Finding meaning in tragic circumstances: A bite-sized intro to existential psychology. In Langley, T. (Ed.) The Walking Dead Psychology. New York: Sterling.

Klisanin, D. (2015). Acceleration of the slow movement. In Talwar, R. (Ed.) FutureScapes: The Future of Business - Critical insights into a rapidly changing world. London: Fast Future Publishing, LTD.

Klisanin, D. (2015). Integral journeys. In T. Langley (Ed.), Star Wars psychology: The dark side of the mind. New York, NY: Sterling.

Journal Articles

Klisanin, D. (2023). Existential Risk: From Resilience to Antifragility, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University.

Ferguson, C. J., Kaye, L., Branley-Bell, D., Markey, P., Ivory, J., Klisanin, D., Elson, M., Smyth, M., Hogg, J.L., McDonnell, D., Nichols, D., Siddiqui, S., Gregerson, M., Wilson, J. (2021). Like This Meta-analysis: Screen Media and Mental Health. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice.

Elson, M., Ferguson, C. J., Gregerson, M., Hogg, J. L., Ivory, J., Klisanin, D., Markey, P. M., Nichols, D., Siddiqui, S., & Wilson, J. (2019). Do policy statements on media effects faithfully represent the science? Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.

Rowland, L. & Klisanin, D. (2018). Cyber-kindness: Spreading kindness in cyberspace. Media Psychology Review. [Online] Vol 12(1).

Klisanin, D. (2016). Collaborative heroism: An empirical investigation. Heroism Science, 1(1), 1-14.

Klisanin, D. (2016). Rethinking Media Design: The Dimensions of Social Impact Media, Transformation: Exploring the Changing Nature of Design Education in the 21st Century: Proceedings from the 2015 Design Educators Conference, RGD and George Brown College, School of Design: Toronto

Klisanin, D. (2015). Collaborative heroism in social media initiatives. Media Psychology Review. [Online] Vol 9(2).

Klisanin, D. (2012). Evolutionary Guidance Media: An Integral Framework for Foresight Communication. Journal of Futures Studies, 17 (1). 99-106.

Klisanin, D. (2012). The Hero and the Internet: Exploring the Emergence of the Cyberhero Archetype. Media Psychology Review.

Klisanin, D. (2011). Is the Internet giving rise to new forms of Altruism? Media Psychology Review.

Klisanin, D. (2011). Postformal-Integral-Planetary Scholarship: Insights from the Integral Futures Controversy. 6(2). 149-156.

Klisanin, D. (2010). A grand synergy: Applying the integral operating system to evolutionary guidance media. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice. 5(4).

Klisanin, D. (2010). Exploring the design of conscious media. Futures. 42(10), 1119-1125. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2010.08.012

Klisanin, D. (2009). The systems’ story: Fusing media technology with the spiritual dimension of human culture. Systemist. 31(3), 121-130.

Klisanin, D. (2008). Being Values and Beneficent Obsessions: Applying theories from Maslow and Assagioli to Evolutionary Guidance Media. In J. Wilby (ed.) “Systems That Make A Difference” Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Madison, WI.

Klisanin, D. (2007). Applying Banathy’s Design of Evolutionary Guidance Systems to Media: A protégée experience. United Kingdom: Systemist. 29(3), 83-90.

Klisanin, D. (2007). Transception: The Dharma of Evolutionary Guidance Media. In J. Wilby (ed), “Integrated Systems Sciences: Systems Thinking, Modeling and Practice” Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.

Klisanin, D. (2006). Evolutionary guidance media: An overview. In J. Allen, C. Loureiro-Koechlin and J. Wilby (eds), “Complexity, Democracy and Sustainability”, Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Sonoma, CA. USA.

Klisanin, D. (2005). Transpersonal artistry: Designing evolutionary guidance media. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 37(1). 52-77.