Action Learning Action Research Association Conference 2026
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Action Learning Action Research Association (ALAR Association, also known as ALARA) is pleased to present
Action Learning Action Research Conference 2026
Action Learning and Action Research for Sustainable and Inclusive Futures
29 - 30 September 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Join Action Learning and Action Research practitioners and researchers to explore what is being done, and what needs to be done, to create a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable future.
This conference offers face-to-face and virtual attendance and presentations.
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Submissions - closed |
Programme - list of sessions now available |
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Submissions
ALAR Association has a long history of highly-participative conferences, and it invites the submission of presentation proposals. These proposals should reflect the transdisciplinary / multidisciplinary nature of Action Learning and Action Research, and encourage high levels of participation by the audience of the presentations.
Submissions are invited until 15 July 2026. Responses on submissions are expected within three weeks of submission. See here for more information about submissions.
Details of the programme for the conference will be available in early August 2026.
Location
The Conference will be held in the Woodward Centre, Melbourne Law School of the University of Melbourne (Pelham St Carlton). The venue is located about 1.5 km (1 mile) north of Melbourne's GPO.
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See Google Maps interactive map here.
Programme
Here is a list of some of the presentations in a packed two-days. See below for the draft programme, and select the slide presentations to open pdf copies.
- The Impact of Microteaching on Confidence and Pedagogical Strength in Beginning Teachers - Sim & Kaur
- Guiding Novice Python Programmers to Navigate Learning to Code in an Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence - Smit - slides from presentation (1.22 Mb)
- Designing Mahi Tahi Action Learning with Tertiary Students with Hidden Disabilities in Aotearoa, New Zealand - Veldsman - slides from presentation (2.9 Mb)
- Co-generating Sustainable and Inclusive Futures: Emerging Action Research from a Doctoral Seminar Community - a Panel with presentations from six current or now-successful doctoral students
- Public service evaluators as Action Researchers - a reflection - Mikami - slides from presentation (910 Kb)
- Literacy and Voice: Understanding Political Participation in a First Nations Community-led Adult Literacy Campaign - Laguna Alberdi - slides from presentation (2.46 Mb)
- Understanding what Yoland Wadsworth’s transdisciplinary theory of action research as ‘living systems inquiry’ might offer – a Q&A small group roundtable - Wadsworth (workshop)
- Learning Through Difficult Encounters: Actor-Based Simulation as Action Learning - Fenakel Fiedelman & Caplin (workshop) - slides from presentation (1.95 Mb)
- Design of the Flourish Movement mixed methods action learning intervention - Molineux
- Te Arawhiti – Bridging Two Worlds: Advancing Te Tiriti-based Futures in Sport Governance – Exploring A ‘Braided’ Methodology - Molloy, Heke, Bruffy & Ferkins - slides from presentation (2.07 Mb)
- Logos Dynamics: When the Problem is the Problem - Santos (workshop) - slides from presentation (1.16 Mb) and worksheet from presentation (75 Kb)
- Community Gardening as a Sustainable Intervention to Improve the Nutritional Status of Underweight Indigenous Children - Orejudos, Ganz & Santos
- Conquering knowledge: How rationality buily the present - and how we can loosen it - Flores Duran & Miller - slides from presentation (419 Kb)
- The Research Circle - Hogan - slides from presentation (567 Kb)
- Through Diverse Lenses -Practice-based reflections on using photography to foster dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion - Meneguello - slides from presentation (470 Kb)
- Hear Our Voice: Women Field School of The Nature-Based Solutions for Climate-Smart Livelihoods in Mangrove Landscapes (NASCLIM) in Indonesia - Siscawati - slides from presentation (1.21 Mb)
- Action Mediation: Unpacking Methods for Working from Scratch with Island Women on Renewable Energy - Mulyasari - slides from presentation (2.62 Mb)
See a copy of the programme here and the full set of abstracts here.
Registration
Registrations have now closed.
If you are a current member of ALARA, please make sure you are logged in (top right of this page: if you are logged in you will see "My account"; if you are not logged in, you will see "Log in"), and then select this link to begin your registration. If you attempt to register without logging in, you will get an Access Denied message.
If you are not a current member of ALARA, please consider joining to save on your registration. Or you can register as a non-member, by selecting this link.
| Early Bird (extended to 10 August) | From 11 August 2026 | |
| Full On-site Attendance - ALAR Association members | $425 | $475 |
| Full On-site Attendance - Non-members | $475 | $525 |
| Concessional On-site Attendance - ALAR Association members | $325 | $375 |
| Concessional On-site Attendance - Non-members | $375 | $425 |
| One-Day Attendance | $255 | $295 |
| Full Virtual Attendance - ALAR Association member | $195 | $225 |
| Concessional Virtual Attendance - ALAR Association member | $135 | $165 |
| Virtual Attendance - Non-member | $225 | $255 |
| One-Day Virtual Attendance | $125 | $155 |
| Half-Day Virtual Attendance | $70 | $90 |
| Conference Dinner | $65 per person | $65 per person |
All amounts are in Australian Dollars and include GST. Please see a currency converter for other currencies (for example, xe.com).