Using symbolic interaction as an interpretive framework, our participatory action research (PAR) project challenged …

for action research aimed at action researchers’ and practitioners’ co-creation of knowledge. The article is motivated by … the observation that action research literature tends to either unwittingly subsume all forms of knowledge under … researcher ‘knowledge in practice’ is necessary to allow adequate development and evaluation of action research projects. Three …

. The research methodology is based on participatory principles and procedures. In this sense, the study can be also seen as …

different types of knowledge reciprocate with policy learning at different scales. Research, practice and policy represent …

institutional actors. Against this backdrop, this article develops the argument that interactive research will provide new knowledge … the innovation potential of regions. Such interactive research may take on many forms, but one common methodological …

This article discusses action research strategies in regional development. It argues that regional settings are complex … research is based on. The article discusses two action research approaches: the socio-technical approach and the democratic …

the article we reflect on how action research contributed to policy learning. The process consists of three stages: 2009 … main goal of the research project, the participants in policy learning, the work method and agenda, the status and roles of …

The article sets out an experience-based account of “Learning from Differences”, underpinning engaged research as an … alternative to conventional detached social science. There is a central focus on Action, and Action Research, with particular … so doing, we can mainstream Action Research as integral to management. …

By asking: Can action research help transmit ordinary, conventional, descriptive-analytic knowledge?, we set out to …. Only the embodiment of research knowledge into specific social constructions will demonstrate the potential gains of action. …

Action research and collaborative management research emerge from different traditions and each begins from a different … foundational position in regard to action and to collaboration. Both are different from the traditional research, evaluative … research or practitioner research orientations. From a grounding in a philosophy of practical knowing as social science, this …