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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 secretary@alarassociation.org
In this e-News:
- ALARA Strategic Planning
- Early bird registrations for CARN-ALARA Conference (17-19 October 2019) close 30 June
- Secretary assistance required
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ALARA Strategic Planning
ALARA's Board met in Melbourne on Saturday 15 June (with connection to our International Vice-President, Emmanuel Tetteh in New York) to begin preparing a new Strategic Plan. Several ideas were raised, although the one that embraced many areas was the need to make ALARA better known. The Board will look at all of the matters raised, as well as develop a plan for this promotion of ALARA and its work.
If you have any questions about the strategic plan, please contact the Secretary on secretary[at]alarassociation.org.
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Brisbane ALARA Conversations - University community development programs in partnership with GULL (Global University for Lifelong Learning)
A Conversation with Prof Richard Teare on 19 September 2019.
More details to come.
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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.
With over 80 submissions for the conference, you are sure to have a stimulating time in Split. Early-bird registrations close on 30 June 2019, so please hurry. More information is available on the Conference website or see ALARA's website.
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AREOL Program Commencing in July
Twice a year ALARA offers a free 15-week online course on action research and evaluation. The next program begins in mid-July, with orientation material sent out in early July. The course is run by email.
For more information, please click here.
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Publications
ALARA has recently published a 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. It is available for ALARA Members on the Monographs page.
ALARA is seeking a print-on-demand service provider to replace Sydney University Press. 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 hard copy.
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Secretary Assistance Requested
Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd is seeking assistance in two roles, which could be performed by one or two people. These roles are Minute 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.
- 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, such as developing a marketing plan, helping to create local networks or conversation events in any location where members wish to meet, approaching organisations that utilise Action Learning / Action Research that may wish to support ALARA and its activities, and developing relationships with organisations that will provide benefits to members and the wider Action Learning / Action Research community.
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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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. The full Monograph is available via the Monograph's page.
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Other Events and Information
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ALARA Member Seeking Assignment
Bryan Carpenter, MA, CFIPD (UK), is an Associate Fellow of ALARA. As a previous action research university head of faculty, he has extensive international experience of teaching action research and facilitating action learning sets. He is based in Thailand and is actively looking for short term assignments in Australia (or remote). If interested please email direct to bryan.carpenter7[at]gmail.com for detailed information
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Using Theory of Change for Greater Impact
PRIA International Academy (PIA), the educational wing of PRIA, has launched a New Workshop on Using Theory of Change for Greater Impact. This three-day workshop will be held on 17-19 July 2019 at PRIA, New Delhi (India). The course will equip the students, researchers, development practitioners from CSOs, CSR programmes, and donors with strong perspectives on social and human development and rigorous analytical skills to develop programme and projects that can surely make a difference. For more information, please go to https://www.pria.org/courses-details.php?cid=14.
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Sofja Kovalevskaja Award for young research talents
The award provides valuable seed capital and the best conditions for junior researchers from abroad: with the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation promotes outstanding talent and creative approaches to research. Award winners receive up to €1.65 million each, enabling them to spend five years establishing and heading their own research groups at a research institution in Germany. Junior academics of all disciplines from abroad with outstanding qualifications, who completed their doctorates within the last six years, are eligible to apply for the Award. Applications may also be submitted on completion of doctoral studies. Six awards are scheduled to be granted. Visit the Humboldt Foundation for further information and a link to the online application package. Application deadline is 31 July 2019.
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Special Issue of EARJ, entitled “Critical issues in socially just action research and practice”
Find out more about this special issue here.
The editors would be very grateful if authors could let them know as early as possible if they will be submitting an abstract, as this will help the editors' planning.
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Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice: Action Learning & Social Action
Submissions are invited for a Special Issue of Action Learning: Research & Practice to be published in Spring 2020. See here for more information.
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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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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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Open Access Government April 2019
Open Access Government April 2019 showcases a wide array of insightful opinion articles on government policy issues across the globe, including health and social care, research and innovation, environment, agriculture, energy, transport, industry, ICT, blockchain innovation, government, legal affairs and HR & training. Out now and free to view.
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