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Role transformations in collaborative R&D-projects as reciprocation between research, practice and policy

Vasstrøm, Mikaela; Normann, Roger - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 2, pp. 184-212

This paper discusses how roles in R&D-projects can transform and develop through the duration of a project and how different types of knowledge reciprocate with policy learning at different scales. Research, practice and policy represent different but interconnected social spheres, each with...

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Mobilising and Nurturing Collaboration in Research – the Value of a Focused Imagination

Ahlstroem, Petter; Nilsson, Fredrik; Olve, Nils-Goeran - In: International Journal of Action Research 3 (2007) 3, pp. 297-297

the researcher who has to establish and nurture collaboration with practitioners – a task that is not normally part of … traditional research. A mutual interest in the subject of the research is a prerequisite for collaboration, but there are quite … often other factors that explain why collaboration begins and endures. On the basis of the experience gained in a number of …

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Participation as Enactment of Power in Dialogic Organisational Action Research. Reflections on Conflicting Interests and Actionability

Kristiansen, Marianne; Bloch-Poulsen, Jorgen - In: International Journal of Action Research 7 (2011) 3, pp. 319-346

The article focuses on participation as enactment of power in dialogic, organisational action research. The article has a dual purpose: It shows how participation is enacted as power in processes between participating managers, employees and action researchers with different or conflicting...

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Learning from Workplace Development Initiatives: External Evaluations versus Internal Understandings

Gustavsen, Bjørn - In: International Journal of Action Research 4 (2008) 1+2, pp. 15-15

In efforts to promote new forms of work organization, the use of exemplary cases and the notion of best practices have played a key role. There are, however, major problems associated with diffusing experience from such sources to new workplaces. To reach out in working life and attain scope in...

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On the necessity of intertwining ‘knowledge in practice’ in action research

Dohn, Nina Bonderup - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 1, pp. 54-97

paradigmatic forms of collaboration are considered: ‘division of labour’, ‘mutual apprenticeship’, and ‘co-operative inquiry …

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When local participatory budgeting turns into a participatory system. Challenges of expanding a local democratic experience

Sobottka, Emil A.; Streck, Danilo R. - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 2, pp. 156-183

The experience of participatory budgeting that began in Porto Alegre in 1989 was carried over to the state level in Rio Grande do Sul in 1999. Since then, governments have tried out different modes of popular participation and consultation, culminating with the creation of a system of popular...

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Dialogues in innovation: Interactive learning and interactive research as means for a context sensitive regional innovation policy

Pålshaugen, Øyvind - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 2, pp. 213-234

Theoretical and empirical studies that demonstrate and discuss the importance of interactive learning for releasing the innovation potential within national as well as regional innovation systems have been steadily increasing since Lundvall’s first publications on this topic in the late...

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Action Research strategies at the 'third place'

Johnsen, Hans Chr. Garmann; Knudsen, Jon P.; Normann, Roger - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 2, pp. 235-257

This article discusses action research strategies in regional development. It argues that regional settings are complex, and conceptualises this as the “third place”. This complexity implies a democratic challenge. Furthermore, using regional leadership as a case, it argues that in order to...

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The contribution of Action Research to policy learning: The case of Gipuzkoa Sarean

Karlsen, James; Larrea, Miren - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 2, pp. 129-155

This article is about a six year policy learning process named Gipuzkoa Sarean in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. In the article we reflect on how action research contributed to policy learning. The process consists of three stages: 2009-2011: Initiation of the project and development of a work...

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Learning from differences

Ennals, Richard - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 2, pp. 257-275

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 reference to policy development at regional...

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