Abstract
In the processes of policy-making and planning, parties with different values and interests are expected to interact and resolve the differences. Facilitators and similar coordinators' contributions have been discussed in the research and practice of urban and environmental policy-making in recent years. This article reviews Profiles of Practitioners as a research method for exploring such practice of planning and policy- making. The method attempts to capture the practice, which often neglected in the normative discussion about consensus building techniques, by interviewing and transcribing a practitioner's story of experience in the field. The goal of our research is to outline the characteristics and its relative strengths as a critical method for conducting research about the practice of consensus building.
