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Nora Bateson (born April 13, 1968) is an American born research designer, independent film-maker, writer, and lecturer. She is the daughter of Gregory Bateson, paternal half-sibling of Mary Catherine Bateson. She is president of the International Bateson Institute (IBI) a research group specialising in the development of a methodology for trans-contextual research of living systems.

Bateson is best known for her film An Ecology of Mind a daughters portrayal of her father's work and her relationship with him. It combines her personal story with her explanation of her father's theoretical publications. The film was premiered at the Vancouver international Film Festival in 2010 and has won numerous awards including those for best documentary at the Spokane International Film Festival  and the Santa Cruz Film Festival  both in 2011. Her book Small Arcs of Larger Circles combines complex systems theo ry with an awareness of the aesthetic

She created the neologism symmathesy defined as the process of interaction and mutual learning which takes place in living entities at larger or smaller scale. She also created a process Warm Data Labs aimed in initiating and managing change through an understanding of the interrelationships and interactions within a complex system and the name was chosen to contrast with quantitative, or cold data. The approach has been adopted in a variety of situations including an understanding of therapeutic communities and new social movements. It has been described as having "as its basis, humility for the unknowability and ambiguity". In a 2019 working paper the UNRISD identified Warm Data as a possible source of indicators for what the author terms Tier Three Transformation in ecological awareness