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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 admin@alarassociation.org
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is growing, with several organisers or events reviewing whether their events will proceed. Information that is available at the time of production of this e-News has been included, but you may wish to keep checking relevant links, as the situation for each event could change at any time.
In this e-News:
- ALARA-BALT 2020 Australasian Conference to continue
- Global Evaluative Study of Action Research Presentation under review
- Brisbane ALARA Conversations suspended for now
- Additional name for ALARA
- Update on Strategic Plan
- ALARA publications for purchase
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ALARA-BALT 2020 Australasian Conference
The ALAR_BALT Conference preparations continue as before. As this conference is not for eight months (early November), ALARA is confident the current crisis over the COVID-19 pandemic will have ended. The call for submission of proposals for the conference continues. The conference theme is Discovering the Future Together: Action Learning and Action Research at Work. Details about the streams are available here. Registrations will now open in April.
The Organising Committee is finalising site visits on Wednesday 11 November, so the conference dates are likely to be extended: 8th to 11th November 2020. The Committee is also negotiating with sites for a Doctoral Workshop, which will include a virtual link-up for action research doctoral students to share learnings. More information in coming weeks.
If you would like to help review submissions for the conference, please contact Chivonne Algeo, ALARA's Vice-President Australasia.
For more information, please see the conference web page.
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Global Evaluative Study of Action Research Presentation - 6 May 2020
Several of the members of the ESAR research team live in countries other than Australia. With the recently imposed self-isolation rules in Australia and other countries, these presenters may not be able to attend the event on 6 May. The team are holding a video-conference meeting later this week to determine how best to conduct the event - possibly a video conference from several locations or deferring the event to later in the year. Further information will be provided in next e-News.
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Brisbane ALARA Conversation - Radical Placemaking
The Brisbane Conversations events have been suspended for the time being. This decision is in keeping with several health authorities' recommendations to not have large gatherings, or to risk infection amongst the elderly. Once the emergency stabilises, the Brisbane Group will announce the next Conversation.
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Additional Name for ALARA
Many members may be aware that the acronym that Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd uses - ALARA - is very well known, but is also the same word that has been used (currently or previously) in 70 organisations and business names in Australia (Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) website). Names closest to the ALARA acronym are ALARA Pty Ltd, ALARA US Pty Ltd, ALARA & Co Pty Ltd and ALARA QLD Ltd.
To avoid confusion, the Board has registered the business name ALAR Association, which is the same as our web site address. While ALARA will still be widely used, you will progressively see the introduction of "ALAR Association" in more formal communications.
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Update on Strategic Plan
The Board has held several meetings over the last 6-8 months developing a draft strategic plan for ALARA. Members will receive an email in the next fortnight inviting them to review the draft plan and provide input and suggestions.
The draft plan aims to continue and grow current activities, as well as commence some new activities. Naturally, the Board welcome any ideas and assistance in developing both the current and future activities of ALARA.
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ALARA Publications for Purchase
As part of its search for a new print-on-demand service (see below), ALARA undertook a stocktake of publications, which revealed a small number of journals, monographs and other publications that are now available for sale.
These publications are available for purchase at $40.00 for a Journal, $20.00 for a Monograph and $60.00 for a book, such as the World Congress Proceedings (Australian dollars in all cases). These rates include standard postage, which is a saving over purchasing directly from a print-on-demand service. Faster postage is available at an additional cost.
The list of publications and the process for purchasing them can be found on the ALARA website.
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Printing of ALARA publications
Early in 2019, Sydney University Press (SUP), who had been printing ALARA publications for several years, advised that they had to stop that service. The University had directed SUP to concentrate on University-generated publications. In about June 2019, ALARA's publications were removed from SUP's site.
For most of 2019, ALARA has been seeking a replacement printing service. The Board has agreed on the following arrangements.
- For newly printed copies of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal and ALARA Monograph series, ALARA has arranged for Ingram Spark to produce and post copies on a print-on-demand basis. Ingram Spark is a worldwide distributor for publications. It can arrange for ALARA's publications to be available through online book distributors, including Amazon (these distributors have to decide to take on the publications, so we will have to wait to see if any decide to provide ALARA publications).
These printed versions will become available during the next month or so, and we will provide more details as they become available.
- Previously printed copies of some of the issues of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal are available now. Please see the item above.
- Electronic copies of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal are available through several methods.
- Individual articles of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal are available to members via the Journal website.
- ALARA supplies copies of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal to Informit and EBSCO for loading in their search sites, where the public can access individual articles. Members can access the Informit site free of charge after logging into the ALARA site - more details here.
- ALARA loads the entire issue of each Action Learning and Action Research Journal on its website, and members can access all issues, while the public can access all but the last twelve months of publications.
- ALARA also loads the Monographs on its website, again with a restriction for the last twelve months.
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Publications
Members can access the Action Learning and Action Research Journal via the Journal website. Both the Journal and Monographs are available on the ALARA website.
The latest 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. The latest issue of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal has recently been published on the Journal website and will be soon available on the ALARA website for members.
Eileen Piggot-Irvine, our Monographs Editor, welcomes submission of Monographs by emailing the editor. For further information please see the Monograph submission guidelines.
ALARA has published the Action Learning and Action Research Journal for 24 years, and you are invited to submit papers for the 2020 issues. Please visit the ALARj on the Journal website or see the submission guidelines on ALARA's website for more information.
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Administation Assistance Requested
Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd is seeking assistance in three roles, which could be performed by one, two or three people. These roles are Minute Secretary, Membership Administrator and Administration Support.
- 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.
- Membership Administrator: The Membership Administrator supports the Membership Co-ordinator, Publications Co-ordinator and Committees Group on all matters related to the management of the ALARA membership.
- Administration Support: The Administration Support supports the Board on all matters related to the general administration of ALARA.
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. These initiatives include 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 (admin@alarassociation.org or president@alarassociation.org).
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Other Events and Information
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World Education Research Association (WERA) Visiting Researcher Awards 2020
As part of WERA’s efforts to contribute to the advancement of education research, it is offering academics the “WERA Visiting Researcher Awards.” Awardees are provided an opportunity to visit highly regarded research labs or professional or education research institutions in order to build their capacity and enhance their qualifications for an international academic career in education science.
See here for more information.
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Shuffle4Parkinsons
Former ALARA Member, Stephen Duffield - A Person with Parkinson’s (PwP) - and his daughter are embarking on a ‘Shuffle4Parkinsons’ challenge on the 5th April 2020 to raise much-needed funds for Shake It Up Foundation Australia. The Foundation is a non-profit organisation in partnership with the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) that promotes and funds Parkinson’s disease research in Australia aimed at better treatments and ultimately a cure.
You can support Stephen and his daughter in their pre-shuffle activities or the shuffle on 5 April.
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PRIA Courses and Workshops
PRIA has announced two online courses (40 days) and two workshops (3 days), to commence in March 2020. They are:
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Program Management Seminar - Moved to July 2020 - dates to be confirmed
The CEEMAN Program Management Seminar, will take place in July 2020 in Bled, Slovenia. See here for more information.
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Canadian Journal of Action Research Special Issue
The CJAR has announced a call for submissions for a special theme issue: Action Research and Indigenous Ways of Knowing. Submissions close on 1 October 2020. A flyer about the call is available here.
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28th CEEMAN Annual Conference - 23-25 September 2020
The title for the conference is Science and Management: An Alliance to Solve Global Challenges. The conference will be held in Trieste, Italy. To find out more about the conference click here.
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The Transformative Potential of Action Learning in Community-based Research for Social Action
A new article published by Action Learning: Research and Practice and written by Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, Lesley Wood and Judith Kearney is available here. A free download is available to the first fifty people accessing the article.
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International Management Teachers Academy
The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies is conducting the International Management Teachers Academy from 14-25 June 2020 in beautiful Bled, Slovenia. Early bird registration ends on 15 February. Please see here for more information.
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AR+ Co-Labs
AR+ Foundation are commencing a Co-Lab in soon.
Design and Writing. This Co-lab starts in April. See here for more details.
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EURAM 2020 Conference - The Business of Now
The 2020 conference of EURAM (European Academy of Management) will be held in Dublin Ireland on 10-12 June 2020. The theme is The Business of Now: the future starts here. More information is available here.
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WERA Focal Meeting 1 - 3 July 2020
The Organising Committee anticipate making a decision about this event by the end of March.
The World Education Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting 2020 Networking Education: Diverse Realities, Common Horizons, together with the 17th Spanish & 9th Ibero-American Education Conference will be held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain from 1 to 3 July 2020. WERA is an association of major national, regional, and specialty education research associations dedicated to sharing scholarship, developing networks, and mutually supporting capacity building.See the conference website for more information.
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International Action Learning Conference 2020 - Action Learning and Social Action
The International Action Learning Conference 2020 will be held in Plymouth UK on 6-8 April 2020. Click here to download a brochure, or for more information visit here.
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Call for the Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC) 2020 Conference
This conference has been cancelled. More information is available here.
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