SIG: Action Research

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The Action Research Special Integration Group was launched...

Focus of the Action Research SIG

The focus of the Action Research SIG at the ISSS was defined to be the application of action research approaches to Systems Sciences where Action Research is defined as a participatory, democratic process concerned with developing practical knowing in the pursuit of worthwhile human purposes, grounded in a participatory worldview which we believe is emerging at this historical moment. It seeks to bring together action and reflection, theory and practice, in participation with others, in the pursuit of practical solutions of pressing concern to people and more generally the flourishing of individual persons and their communities. (Reason and Bradbury 2008, p. 4).

The SIG also focuses on the coherence of AR and other SIGs in the ISSS. The last focus was on the Critical Social Theory perspective that some action researchers share with Critical Systems Thinking.

Chairs, Members and Reading Materials

The founder of the

Reading Materials

Below are reading lists of seminal papers in AR as well as the latest publications in the field of AR from a systems thinking perspective:

Links to videos

Below are links to videos from discussion sessions attended by ISSS members discussing their use of AR.