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E-News - 17 March 2019

 

 

 

   

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Welcome to ALARA's regular e-News of activities, events and information

for the Action Learning / Action Research Community.

 

Your contributions to this fortnightly bulletin are welcome.  Please send any items to secretary@alarassociation.org

 

In this e-News: 

 
  • Special Issue of EARJ

  • Martha Farrell Award Ceremony

  • Call of submissions for CARN-ALARA Conference 17-19 October 2019

  • Brisbane Event - 21 March 2019

  • Secretary assistance required


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Split Croatia

 
 


 
 

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CARN-ALARA Conference, Split, Croatia, 17-19 October, 2019

ALARA Ltd is pleased to be working with the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) to present the CARN-ALARA 2019 Conference in Split Croatia from 17-19 October 2019.

 

The Call for submissions has now opened. More information is available on the Conference website or see ALARA's website.

 

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Brisbane ALARA Conversations

You are invited to ALARA’s next conversation with Ron Passfield, titled "Leadership in Organisations in the Digital World of Work” on Thursday 21 March from 5.30pm to 8pm at Yeronga Village. See here for more information.

 



 
   

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New Publications

ALARA has published a new Monograph and ALARj. Members can access the Journal via the OJS website. Both the Journal and the Monograph will be available on the ALARA website by the end of January.

 

The Monograph is by Eileen Piggot-Irvine, Wendy Rowe and Lesley Ferkins,entitled Thumbs Up for Action Research in Case Studies from the Evaluation Study of Action Research. It is available for ALARA Members on the Monographs page.

 

ALARA is seeking a print-on-demand service provider to replace Sydney University Press. Any suggestions or assistance in this pursuit would be welcomed - please contact Colin Bradley. Once ALARA has signed with a new provider, these publications will be available in hard copy.

 



 
 

 

 

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Secretary Assistance Requested

Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd is seeking assistance in two roles, which could be performed by one or two people. These roles are Minute Secretary and Administration Support Secretary.

 
  • Minute Secretary: The Minute Secretary may attend meetings of the Board (usually 11 per year), and does attend meetings of the Committees Group (between 6 and 10 per year) and the Annual General Meeting.

  • Administration Support Secretary: The Administration Support Secretary supports the Board on all matters related to the general administration of ALARA.


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Each role requires between about 2 and 10 hours per month. A full description of the work is available here. ALARA will consider applicants in a volunteer or paid capacity.

 

ALARA also have a number of important initiatives for which we are seeking assistance, such as developing a marketing plan, helping to create local networks or conversation events in any location where members wish to meet, approaching organisations that utilise Action Learning / Action Research that may wish to support ALARA and its activities, and developing relationships with organisations that will provide benefits to members and the wider Action Learning / Action Research community.

 

A description of the initiatives is available here. If you would like to discuss these roles or initiatives, or would like to undertake one or more of them, please contact ALARA (secretary@alarassociation.org or president@alarassociation.org).

 

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Call for papers for Action Learning and Action Research Journal

ALARA has published the Action Learning and Action Research Journal for 23 years, and you are invited to submit papers for the 2019 issues. Please visit the ALARj on the OJS site or see the submission guidelines on ALARA's website for more information.

 


 
 

 

 

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2015 World Congress Proceedings

 

2015 World Congress Proceedings Published

ALARA has published the 9th Action Learning, Action Research and 13th Participatory Action Research 2015 World Congress Proceedings. It is available via Sydney University Press, or ALARA's website for more information.

 


 
 

 

 

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ALARA Monograph available

As well as the ALARA 7th Monograph, mentioned above, ALARA has published the 6th Monograph in its series: Beyond the boundary: Is there Something Called 'Real Knowledge'? by Davies, Shamshoum, Nyland and Clarke. The full Monograph is available via the Monograph's page.

 

 


 
 

 

 

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Join ALARA social media platforms and contribute your action learning/action research news

ALARA is active on social media. You can read about ALARA activities and learn about new resources and innovations via Twitter @alaraevents or the Facebook group, ‘Action Learning Action Research Association Inc (ALARA)’. There is also a LinkedIn group for students (and their supervisors) using action learning or action research, see: ALARA Inc. Tertiary Education Community Private Group. We invite you to ask questions, make comments or share your work with us all. See you there!

 


 
 

 

 

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Submission of Monographs

Our Monographs Editor welcomes submission of Monographs at editor@alarassociation.org. For further information please see the Monograph submission guidelines.

   

 



 
 

 

 

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Other Events and Information

 


 
 

 

 

Leaders as facilitators: workshop and free ebook - 28-29 March

Bob Dick is conducting a two-day workshop where he will also offer a free ebook. Both are about some far-reaching shifts happening now in organisational structures and in the associated leadership styles. You can view the workshop and ebook as an application of action research and action learning to some current organisational and leadership issues.

 

The workshop , "Facilitative leadership", will be held at Walkabout Creek, in Brisbane's western suburbs, on 28-29 March. Fee for the workshop is $770, or $660 up until the early bird date of 4 March.

 

Workshop details: http://www.aral.com.au/wshops/wsfl.html

 


 
 

 

 

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Special Issue of EARJ, entitled “Critical issues in socially just action research and practice”

Find out more about this special issue here.

 

The editors would be very grateful if authors could let them know as early as possible if they will be submitting an abstract, as this will help the editors' planning.

 

 



 
 

 

 

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Martha Farrell Award Ceremony

Participative Research in Asia(PRIA) and the Rizwan Adatia Foundation in partnership with Martha Farrell Foundation invite you to the 3rd Annual Martha Farrell Award Ceremony on Wednesday 27 March 2019 at Auditorium, UNESCO Cluster Office, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

 

The Award recognises individuals and organizations who have made valuable contributions to the field of women's empowerment and gender equality.

 

For more information, please go to marthafarrellfoundation.org.



 
 

 

 

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Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference

Early bird registration for the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference in Darwin on 18-20 June 2019 is open until until 29 March 2019. Register now. There are a number of major events happening in Darwin around June, so be sure to book your travel and accommodation early!

 


 
 

 

 

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Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice: Action Learning & Social Action

Submissions are invited for a Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice to be published in Spring 2020. See here for more information.



 
 

 

 

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EJOLTS 10th Anniversary.

The December issue of EJOLTS is now available, concluding the year of celebration of EJOLTS 10th anniversary. Also available is Jack Whitehead's book - Whitehead, J. (2018). Living Theory research as a way of life. Bath UK: Brown Dog Books - is now available in hard copy and e-copy from Amazon and other online bookshopsinformation.

 


 
 

 

 

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Call for WERA-IRN Proposals.

The World Education Research Association (WERA) invites proposals to establish International Research Networks (IRNs). IRNs are collaborative groups of scholars working on a specific research topic primarily through virtual communication or other channels. For more information.