Celebrating Bill Torbert’s life
I’m just back from a memorial for Bill Torbert in Boston. It was soul-nourishing to be among developmental friends. It was a friendship themed ceremony at the garden campus of the Boston College Law School. Revs. Cara Miller and David Mc Callum led us ‘Quaker style.’ Each of the 100+ gathered were asked to listen into […]
Read More...A Game-Based Method in the Re-Design of Migration Infrastructure
Lorenzo Olivieri and Annalisa Pelizza introduce their paper just published in Action Research. “Imagine landing in a foreign country. Everything feels unfamiliar and, before you can even think about settling, you are told that, if you wish to stay, you need to obtain a document by filling out a form. The forms asks information about yourself, your family and […]
Read More...Reimagining the PhD in the Thick of It by Raymond Hyma & Javier García-Martínez
Raymond Hyma & Javier García-Martínez write: “We’re delighted to share that our paper, “Still in the Thick of it: A Duoethnographic Account Navigating and Challenging the Institutional PhD through Participatory and Action‑Oriented Research,” has been published in Action Research. You can read the full paper and link to the Podcast below. “What happens when participatory, relational, […]
Read More...Action Researchers’ Perceptions of Barriers. Take a short survey please!
Dr. Miriana Ferrara of the Department of Business Management & Innovation Systems at University of Salerno is interested in action researchers’ perceptions of barriers. This study investigates the barriers that hinder the adoption of Action Research. Despite growing calls for impactful, practice-oriented research, Action Research remains a marginal methodology in academia. The study aims to examine […]
Read More...Psilocybin Assisted Journeying Into Right Relations by Wrathall et al. 2026
This is an unconventional action research project! And yet. These times urge us to shed our conventions and act with some courage! Read David’s blog below, access the full paper and/or listen into the podcast interview here. Dr. David Wrenthall writes: “We imagined the headlines: “Global Environmental Change scientists take magic mushrooms to learn how […]
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