 Cobb is the co @-@ founder and current co @-@ director of the Center for Process Studies in Claremont , California . The Center for Process Studies remains the leading Whitehead @-@ related institute , and has witnessed the launch of more than thirty related centers at academic institutions throughout the world , including twenty @-@ three centers in China . Cobb is also founder and president of the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China , which uses Whiteheadian ideas in order to move toward a sustainable economy and address practical problems associated with social change and globalization . 
