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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
We hope that you and those close to you are safe and well.
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic looks like continuing for several more months. Several events will no longer proceed, while others have converted to online. 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
- Reminder about Strategic Plan Input
- Changes to ALARA Publications Printing
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ALARA-BALT 2020 Australasian Conference
The ALARA-BALT Conference preparations continue. As this conference is not for seven months (early November), ALARA is confident the current crisis over the COVID-19 pandemic will have ended. Although there may be some restrictions on travel, possibly from other countries, travel within Australia should have returned to normal. 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 negotiating with sites for a Doctoral Workshop, which will include a virtual link-up for action research doctoral and master students to share learnings. The model for this workshop may help in future virtual sessions, so we encourage involvement of those able to assist in setting up this workshop.
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 postponed
As stated in the last e-News, members of the ESAR research team cannot attend the event on the original planned date. The team will determine a suitable date to hold the event later in the year. Further information will be provided as soon as travel movements can be confirmed.
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Reminder about Strategic Plan Input
The ALARA Board have been developing a draft Strategic Plan for 2020 - 2023. This Strategic Plan includes the areas in which the Board believes it needs to concentrate, summarised in a one page (shown on the left) as improving ALARA's financial position and increasing its profile through a variety of activities. Clarifying its Vision Statement and Object are early steps in this work.
ALARA members are reminded that the Board is seeking their input to the Strategic Plan Overview and Operationalisation Plan - feedback, suggestions and other input - by Thursday 16 April 2020. Please see the web page for the draft Strategic Plan for these documents (this is a members only page, so you will need to log into the ALARA site before clicking on this link). Please email suggestions to admin [at] alarassociation.org.
If you wish to provide feedback, but cannot do so by Thursday, please contact admin [at] alarassociation.org as soon as possible.
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Changes to ALARA Publications Printing
After more than a year of searching for a new printing service, ALARA has arranged print-on-demand services with IngramSpark, a worldwide printing service (with printing facilities in Victoria in Australia, United Kingdom and the USA). This arrangement also means that the ALARA publications lodged with IngramSpark will be offered to online book distributors / sellers, such as Amazon, Book Depository and Booktopia. Obviously, those online book sellers may not list the ALARA publications, but if they do, it will greatly increase the availability of those publications.
ALARA is now able to offer its publications in a variety of forms, and via several methods
- Previously printed copies of some journals, monographs and other publications for $40.00 for a Journal, $20.00 for a Monograph and $60.00 for a book, with no additional fee for 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.
- Print-on-demand copies of all Monographs and all issues of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal from Volume 20 (2014) ordered via IngramSpark. If you would like to order a copy, please contact admin [at] alarassociation.org.
- In due course, ALARA publications may become available via a large online distributor. If you see these publications, please contact admin [at] alarassociation.org to send the web address of the publication.
- Electronic copies of the Journal and Monographs via the ALARA website. Members can access these copies soon after they are published, while non-members can access them about twelve months later. See here for Monographs, and here for Journals.
- Abstracts of the articles in each volume of the Journal since Volume 17 No 2 (2011) are available to the general public, while members have access to the full content of all articles on the Journal website - https://journal.alara.net.au (we are planning to upgrade this site during this year - more information to come).
- 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.
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Submissions for Publications
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 been published on the Journal website and is 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.
The deadline for submissions is 1 May 2020. See here for more information.
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Program Management Seminar - postponed from April to 26-28 August 2020
The CEEMAN Program Management Seminar, will take place in August 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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PRIA Online Courses
PRIA International Academy is offering four online courses commencing in April and May. See their online courses here.
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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.
AR+ has also announced a Relational Action Inquiry Co-lab, commencing on 8 May 2020. See here for more information.
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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 but has been rescheduled to 4-6 December 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 have postponed this event to 6-9 July 2021. See the conference website for more information.
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