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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:
- CARN-ALARA Conference (17-19 October 2019) Keynote speakers
- Secretary assistance required
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CARN-ALARA Conference, Split, Croatia, 17-19 October, 2019
Keynote Speakers Announced
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 CARN-ALARA 2019 Conference will include three important Keynote Speakers:
- Dr Susan Goff will discuss Ecosystem Services Valuation and action research's relevance to this maturing inter-disciplinary field
- Professor Karen McArdle will discuss Lather’s definition of praxis and think about our own contribution to the concept of praxis
- Dr Lonnie Rowell will address the role of action research in the current global crisis
Over 100 people have registered for the conference, so a great opportunity to mix with practitioners from around the globe awaits. Registrations close on 1 October 2019, so please hurry. More information is available on the Conference website or see ALARA's website.
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Brisbane ALARA Conversations
The next Conversation is with Prof. Richard Teare from the UK in September 2019 - more news to come.
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Publications
ALARA has published a Monograph and ALARj. Members can access the Journal via the OJS website. Both the Journal and the Monograph are available on the ALARA website.
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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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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Martha Farrell Foundation - NAPSWI Scholarships
The Martha Farrell Foundation and National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI) offer annual scholarships to support field research on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace. For more information, please see here.
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WERA Introduces IRNs.
The World Education Research Association (WERA) has now established ten International Research Networks (IRNs). IRNs are collaborative groups of scholars working on a specific research topic primarily through virtual communication or other channels. They include Human Rights Education, Building Communities of Care and Orgainzational Education. Please see here for more information.
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WERA 2019 Pre-Conference Workshops 5-8 August 2019
The World Education Research Association (WERA) conference willbe held in August in Tokyo. Pre-conference workshops can now be booked in topics such as Successful Academic Publishing: A Global Perspective. Please see here for more information.
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Open Access Government July 2019
Open Access Government July 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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