Matthias Trénel

investigates how (and if) process facilitation affects the quality of online discussions. He analyzes the "Listening to the City" online dialogue from New York since it provides a unique opportunity to compare facilitated and unfacilitated discussion groups directly to each other. He is also a consultant and facilitator (as well as a trainer for facilitators) in the field of electronic participation.

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Professional life in short: Study of psychology at the Free University Berlin and at the University of Melbourne (Diploma 1999), Training in facilitation (Arbeit, Bildung, Forschung e.V., 1999) as well as in mediation (International Conflict Resolution Centre Melbourne, 1998), Researcher at the Social Science Research Center Berlin and at the Technical University of Dresden, Chair for Social Psychology, in parallel (2000-2001), dissertation at the Humboldt University Berlin (since 2002) funded by the Hans-Böckler-Foundation.

Research projects

Fields of interest: facilitation, moderation and mediation, social processes in conflicts, evaluation and field research, new media, deliberative democracy, participatory policy making, e-democracy and e-participation

02/-	The effect of process facilitation on online deliberation Humboldt University Berlin, Hans-Böckler-Foundation (Dissertation)
04	Potentials of online communication for parliaments: The British experience Deutscher Bundestag (Federal German Parliament)
01-02	Citizen participation over the internet : A pilot study in the City of Esslingen Social Science Research Center Berlin
00-02	Online-Mediation: Potentials, barriers and design (site in German) Social Science Research Center Berlin
00	Interaction patterns in discourses Social Science Research Center Berlin
99	Entrapment in intergroup conflicts Social Science Research Center Berlin
98	Determinants of sun protection and tanning behaviour. (Diplomarbeit) University of Melbourne, School of Behavioural Science

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Business projects

05	Online dialogue on the Budget of Lichtenberg (Borough of Berlin) (training of facilitators) City of Lichtenberg
04	Online dialogue on genetical engineering (consultation) German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
04	Online dialogue on the design of Berlin Kulturforum (training of facilitators) Town planning office of the State Government of Berlin
03	Online dialogue on budget planning (training of facilitators) City of Esslingen
02	Online dialogue on the design of Berlin Alexanderplatz (facilitation, evaluation) Town planning office of the State Government of Berlin
02	Online dialogue "Growing city of Hamburg" (Moderation) Finanzbehörde der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg
01	Online dialogue on a zoning dispute (facilitation, evaluation) City of Esslingen

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Publications (find more in German)

Trénel, M. (2006). Facilitation and Inclusive Deliberation. In T. Davies, & B.S. Noveck (Eds), Online Deliberation: Design, Research, and Practice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [pdf]
Trénel, M. (2006). Conditions for online deliberation: Can facilitators enhance inclusiveness? Presentation on the conference "General Online Research 2006", Bielefeld, Germany, 21.-22.3.2006. [pdf]
Trénel, M. (2005). Facilitating online deliberation: What difference does it make? Presentation on the conference "Online Deliberation 2005", Stanford, USA, 20.-22.5.2005. [pdf] [ppt]
Trénel, M. (2004). Facilitating deliberation online. Presentation on the Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme, University of Oxford. Oxford, 14.-31.7.2004. [ppt]
Trénel, M (2004). Discussant at the conference "Empirical Approaches to Deliberative Politics", European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Swiss Chair, Florence, 21.-22.5.2004. [info]
Trénel, M. (2004). Measuring the quality of online deliberation. Coding scheme 2.4. Unpublished paper, 18.10.2004, Humboldt University Berlin. [pdf]
Trénel, M. (2004). Measuring the quality of online discussions. Presentation on the conference "German Online Research 04". Duisburg, Germany, 30.-31.3.2004. [pdf]
Trénel, M. (2003). Calculating the Equality of Participation in Conversations with multiple Participants using Lorenz-Curve and Gini-Coefficient. SPSS Syntax. [link]
Trénel, M. (2003). Online-Consultations as a possible model for user-studies. Guest-talk presented on the 69th World library and Information Congress, Berlin, 06.08.2003. [ppt]
Trénel, M (2003). Online Public Participation in Germany. Chat-Interview am 17.04.2003 im Seminar "eDemocracy and Conflict Resolution", University of Massachussetts, Amherst (Legal Studies 391E).
Trénel, M., Hagedorn, H. & Märker, O. (2001). Internet-based public consultation. The case of the city of Esslingen. Particpation in a workshop by the Hansard Society (UK) "Bowling Together - Online public engagement in policy deliberation". Bologna, 7.12.2001. [info]
Hagedorn, H., Trénel, M. & Märker, O. (2002). Internet-based public consultation. The case of the city of Esslingen. Presentation on the conference "E-governance at local and regional level: New forms of citizen participation and democratic decision-making", Council of European Municipalities and Regions. Antwerp, 28.11.2001.
Märker, O., Poppenborg, A., Trénel, M. & Voss, A. (2001). Online mediation as a tool of public knowledge management for shaping a sustainable information society. In Lorenz M. Hilty & Paul W. Gilgen (Eds.), Sustainability in the Information Society. 15th International Symposium Informatics for Environmental Protection, Zurich 2001. Vol. 1, S. 167-172. Marburg: Metropolis.
Trénel, M. (1998). Testing a Conceptual Model of Body Exposure to the Sun. Investigating Sun Protection Behaviour and Tanning in Australia. Unpublished diploma thesis, Free University Berlin, Psychology Department. [pdf]

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Courses

Computer mediated communication (summer term 2001). Social psychology seminar on the undergraduate level. Institute for Work-, Organizational- and Social Psychology, Technical University Dresden.
The Social Psychology of Conflict (winter term 2000/2001). Social psychology seminar on the undergraduate level. Institute for Work-, Organizational- and Social Psychology, Technical University Dresden.
Psychology for Environmental Protection. (winter term 1995/1996). Psychology Seminar at the Free University Berlin.

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