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E-News - 24 May 2022

 

 



 
   

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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 [at]alarassociation.org.

 

In this e-News:



 
ALARA Events
  • Publish Your Research Webinar Held

     


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Professional Development

 
  • GCWAL-ALARA Certification Programmes

     

     


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ALARA Publications
  • Action Research Practitioner Paper No. 1

     


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ALARA News

 
  • ICQI Conference AR / AL Session

  • ALARA Website Development and Email Error


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ALARA Events

 


 
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Publish Your Research Webinar Held

 

The Publish Your Research webinars were held as planned on 12 May 2022 (12 / 13 May for Asia / Australasia). Numbers were down on the webinars conducted last September, but the participants expressed their appreciation for the webinars. We look forward to submissions for publication.

 


 
 

 

 

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Climate Action Movement Meetings

 

Mary Brydon-Miller has now arrived in Australia and she will create an opportunity to support AR climate action projects in many states (and possibly countries). We are planning to support her work, and the students beyond Mary's visit. If you would like to become involved, please email admin [at] alarassociation.org.

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ALARA Publications

 


 
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Action Research Practitioner Papers No. 1

 

We have the first Action Research Practitioner Paper almost ready for release later this month, but we are searching for a good version of an image for inclusion.

 

As a series, the Action Research Practitioner Papers describes details of activity across any aspect of an initiative which otherwise may not be open to analysis or learning. These practices may include project management, facilitation, documentation, networking, collaboration, critical thinking and inquiry, systemic transformation, action research and action learning practice education and training, and/or self-reflection, for example. If you would like to prepare a submission for a Practitioner Papers publication, or know someone who has done the type of work that would be interesting reading in a Practitioner Papers publication, please email admin [at] alarassociation.org.

 


 
 

 

 

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Call for Papers for ALAR Journal

 

Dr Yedida Bessemer, Managing Editor, is seeking papers for consideration for the second issue for 2022. Papers can be submitted on the ALARj site - https://alarj.alarassociation.org.

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Thesis Research Notes Video

 

The Publications team have prepared a video about the ALAR Journal, including a section on the new Thesis Research Notes. You can see the video here. The Editorial team is seeking submissions of Thesis Research Notes written by Action Research (or Action Learning) master or doctoral students. The content would mostly focus on the journey they experienced during their studies. The students' supervisors will be invited to provide a response about the paper. Details of this initiative can be found on the ALARA site. If you are interested to know more, or know of students who would benefit from submitting a Thesis Research Notes paper, please email admin [at] alarassociation.org.

 


 
 

 

 

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Call for Monograph Submissions

 

ALARA has published seven monographs over the last several years. Monographs are usually 12-16,000 word papers, similar to journal articles, but which, due to their length, are published in a stand-alone booklet. You can view the published monographs here.

 

Our Monograph Editor, Eileen Piggot-Irvine, would welcome any new submissions. Please email them to admin [at] alarassociation.org. Submission guidelines are available here.

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Professional Development

 


 
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GCWAL-ALARA Certification Programmes

 

The alliance between ALARA and the Global Centre for Work-Applied Learning (GCWAL) includes professional certifications as Action Learning Facilitators, Action Learning Practitioners and Work-Applied Learning (WAL) Change Practitioners, co-badged by ALARA and GCWAL.

 

Discussions with several organisations in three countries continue, and ALARA can expect to see more skilled practitioners joining over coming months and years.

 

Information about the programmes are available on the GCWAL website and the linked brochures.

 

The alliance also provides support to ALARA to develop research in action learning and action research. More news will come on research initiatives under the alliance.

 

If you would like to know more, please see the GCWAL website or the ALARA website.

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ALARA News

 


 
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ICQI Conference AR / AL Session

 

Mary Brydon-Miller arrived in Australia last week and one of her first activities was the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), which was conducted in conjunction with the ARAL Conference from the Philippines. About 150 people joined the session, which was also supported by ALARA, ARAL, ARNet (the Malaysian AR Network), UTS and the Action Research SIG of the Systems Society.

 

Mary's facilitation of this joint event has opened up a great potential for further collaborations and communications between these networks. A question offered by ALARA member Ross Colliver in the last moments of the event highlighted the variety of ways in which communication between lands and peoples is now possible.

 


 
 

 

 

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ALARA Website Development and Email Error

 

ALARA's web developer is currently preparing the upgraded website. After adding the members' details to the new site, the website automatically sent an email to all members. Please ignore the email. We will send a further email when the site is ready for use.

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Assistance Request

 

ALARA is a membership organisation, and volunteers perform almost all of the work required to make the organisation useful to members. ALARA's Board has identified a range of activities that could be done for members, if people are willing to assist in delivering these activities. Examples of these activities include:

 
  • One of the Board and several Committees Group (Co-ordinator) positions remain vacant after the AGM, so members are urged to consider expressing their interest for these positions by emailing as indicated below.

  • Proposals and assistance are sought to help plan, prepare and conduct webinars to fill the gap created by social distancing and lack of conferences.

  • A small committee is being formed to conduct a conference in Australasia in 2023, and the members of that committee are seeking additional volunteers.

  • Several members are involved in research, with at least two other projects on the horizon. The alliance with GCWAL (see above) also supports further research.

  • The recognition of Indigenous People and supporting their work in action learning and action research is another exciting opportunity.


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If you would like to know more, or want to assist, please contact ALARA.

 



 
   

Other Events and Information

 

The full list of these activities

is available here.

 

 


 
   

Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)

 

ARNA has called for proposals for their 2022 conference in Cedar City, Utah, USA on 28 - 30 June.

 


 
AR Podcast   

AR Podcast

 

The AR Podcast has many podcasts about Action Research. See here for more information.

 


 
   

AR+ AMICABLE coLAB

 

AR+ has commenced, or is commencing, several coLABs over the coming month, with more sessions throughout the year. See here for more information.

 


 
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CARN Conference 2022

 

CARN has announced its 2022 conference in Maynooth, Ireland on 9th - 11th September, 2022. See here for more information.

 

CARN Praxis

CARN has launched a new publishing opportunity - a rich and collaborative space for voices to be heard more publicly.

 


 
   

CEEMAN

 

The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies has announced their IMTA 2022 event, to be held on 14 - 23 June. In addition, the 30th CEEMAN annual conference will be on 21-23 September 2022.

 


 
   

Cornell University - Action Research Collaborative

 

The leaders of the institutional home at Cornell for Action Researchers - the Action Research Collaborative - Dr Neil Lewis (CALS) and Dr Tashara M. Leak (CHE), have also released a video.

 


 
   

EURAM 2022 Conference

 

The EURAM 2022 Conference - Leading Digital Transformation will be held on 15-17 June 2022.

 


 
IFAL   

International Foundation for Action Learning

 

The next IFAL event is on 25 May 2022. The topic is Codevelopment Action-Learning and Its Impact in and Beyond the Francophone World.

 


 
Lowitja Institute   

Lowitja Institute

 

The Lowitja Institute has announced the 2021-2024 Lowitja Institute Research Projects. The Institute has also announced the 3rd International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2023, which will be on 14-16 June 2023.

 


 
Martha Farrell Awards   

Martha Farrell Foundation

 

The Martha Farrell Foundation has called for nominations for this year's Martha Farrell Awards.

 


 
PRIA   

PRIA

 

PRIA has released a coffee table book about its 40 year history.

 


 
WERA   

World Education Research Association

 

WERA has announced their 2023 Focal Meeting on 22-25 April 2023.

 


 
   

Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy

 

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education hosted the launch of Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy, co-edited by the UNESCO Co-Chairs Dr. Budd Hall and Dr. Rajesh Tandon. See here for more details about this open access book.

 

Transformative Research and Higher Education

 

Dr Azril Bacal, a member of the ALARA Global Strategic Publications Editorial Board, edited a new book, and will be co-participating in an in-person and virtual round table to be held on 19 May.

 

Democratising Participatory Research

 

Open Book Publishers is sharing their latest Open Access title: Democratising Participatory Research: Pathways to Social Justice from the South by Carmen Martinez-Vargas. More information is available here.

 

A Common Good Approach to Development: Collective Dynamics of Development Processes

 

Open Book Publishers are also sharing their Open Access title: A Common Good Approach to Development: Collective Dynamics of Development Processes by Mathias Nebel, Oscar Garza-Vázquez and Clemens Sedmak (eds). More information is available here.

 

Mapping Global Inequality

 

Mapping Global Inequality is a Series of tertiary research that pulls together the best international reflective and innovative scholarship focusing on different aspects of inequality at both local and global contexts across different societies. If you are interested in collaborating, please see here for information.