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Confronting espoused theories with theories-in-use: Challenges of participatory action research with marginalized communities in contributing to social change and theory building

How to counteract hundreds of years of ethnic stigmatization and exclusion that lead to marginalization and segregation for many? How can participatory action research (PAR) contribute to working against social exclusion? In this paper, we reflect on a PAR process conducted in partnership with segregated Roma communities in Hungary where local middle-class researcher-activists and stigmatized, […]

Analysis and action: The political will and public will approach

Our article, “Analysis and action: The political will and public will approach”, serves as a guide for facilitators supporting initiatives aiming to generate social policy. Without political will and public will for change, initiatives are unlikely to have the desired impact. The PPW approach integrates thinking about political will and public will in a way […]

Action research with street-based sex workers

By Marta Graça Some years ago, during my trainee as a social worker, I worked in harm reduction with sex workers and people who inject drugs. I became sensitive to the lack of participation of sex workers in the design, implementation and evaluation of social and health services, in the academic research, and/or in the sociopolitical debate […]

Slaying my own ghosts: My process into action research

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In the article “Slaying my own ghost“ I focus on how I as a PhD student with an economics background, grounded in positivist science, adopted an action research approach in my PhD research and came to better understand the merits of action-oriented constructivist research, and the limitations of positivist research. I draw on my thesis journal […]

Knowledge, Confidence, Trust: Dialogue with Million Belay

Million Belay, founder of the MELCA-Ethiopia NGO and the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), is an expert and advocate for forestry conservation, resilience, indigenous livelihoods and food and seed sovereignty. He’s also an action researcher. We caught up when he was visiting at the Swedish Resiliency Center. Hilary: Is academia and its potential […]

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