E-News - 20 January 2019

CARN-ALARA Conference, Split, Croatia, 17-19 October, 2019

ALARA Ltd is pleased to be working with the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) to present the CARN-ALARA 2019 Conference in Split Croatia from 17-19 October 2019.

The Call for submissions has now opened. More information is available on the Conference website or see ALARA's website.

ALARA News

New Publications

ALARA has published a new Monograph and ALARj. Members can access the Journal via the OJS website. Both the Journal and the Monograph will be available on the ALARA website by the end of January.

The 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.

Sydney University Press has decided to end its print-on-demand service to external organisations, which means ALARA must seek a new print-on-demand provider. Any suggestions or assistance in this pursuit would be welcomed - please contact Colin Bradley. Once ALARA has signed with a new provider, these publications will be available in hardcopy.

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Call for Secretary assistance and assistance with important ALARA initiatives

Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd is seeking administration support. We have defined the work as three roles, which could be performed by one, two or three people. These roles are Minute Secretary, Membership Secretary and Administration Support Secretary.

• 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 Secretary: The Membership Secretary supports the Membership Co-ordinator, Publications Co-ordinator and Committees Group on all matters related to the management of the ALARA membership.


• Administration Support Secretary: The Administration Support Secretary 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.  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 (secretary@alarassociation.org or president@alarassociation.org).

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Call for papers for Action Learning and Action Research Journal

ALARA has published the Action Learning and Action Research Journal for 23 years, and you are invited to submit papers for the 2019 issues. Please visit the ALARj on the OJS site or see the submission guidelines on ALARA's website for more information.

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2015 World Congress Proceedings Published

ALARA has published the 9th Action Learning, Action Research and 13th Participatory Action Research 2015 World Congress Proceedings. It is available via Sydney University Press, or ALARA's website for more information.

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ALARA Monograph available

As well as the ALARA 7th Monograph, mentioned above, ALARA has published the 6th Monograph in its series: Beyond the boundary: Is there Something Called 'Real Knowledge'? by Davies, Shamshoum, Nyland and Clarke. Members can access the full Monograph via the Monograph's page, or via Sydney University Press.

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Join ALARA social media platforms and contribute your action learning/action research news

ALARA is active on social media. You can read about ALARA activities and learn about new resources and innovations via Twitter @alaraevents or the Facebook group, ‘Action Learning Action Research Association Inc (ALARA)’. There is also a LinkedIn group for students (and their supervisors) using action learning or action research, see: ALARA Inc. Tertiary Education Community Private Group. We invite you to ask questions, make comments or share your work with us all. See you there!

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Submission of Monographs

Our Monographs Editor welcomes submission of Monographs at editor@alarassociation.org. For further information please see the Monograph submission guidelines.

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Purchase a copy of Action Learning, Action Research Journal, Vol 22, No. 2, Vol 22, No. 1, Vol 21, No. 1, Vol. 20 No. 2 2014, Vol. 20 No. 1 2014, Vol.19 No.1 and 2 2013 and Vol.18 No.2. 2012 

Now available for purchase from Sydney University Press plus postage (before they close the site!).

Other Events and Information

EJOLTS 10th Anniversary.

The December issue of EJOLTS is now available, concluding the year of celebration of EJOLTS 10th anniversary. Also available is Jack Whitehead's book - Whitehead, J. (2018). Living Theory research as a way of life. Bath UK: Brown Dog Books - is now available in hard copy and e-copy from Amazon and other online bookshopsinformation.

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AR+ Transformations Gathering March 7-10 2019 in Gothenburg Sweden

Hilary Bradbury has been organising AR+ Transformations gathering at Chalmers University event. Expect to enjoy yourself (yoga every day if that's your thing!) and tons of sharing of mutually transformative action-oriented learning. They are already putting a structure in place to support collective follow up. If you're feeling called to this unfolding tribe of action-oriented transformations researchers, it's time to register.

The pre-Gathering (free) webinars are now underway, so go to the website for more information.

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Call for WERA-IRN Proposals.

The World Education Research Association (WERA) invites proposals to establish International Research Networks (IRNs). IRNs are collaborative groups of scholars working on a specific research topic primarily through virtual communication or other channels. For more information.

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