The BMBF project “Urban Agriculture as integrative element of a climate-optimized urban development” was designed as a inter- transdisciplinary research project, generating target and transformation knowledge in the field of multifunctional open space systems in the context of emerging...

Das Innovationsnetzwerk Klimaanpassung Brandenburg Berlin (INKA BB) hat das Ziel, die Nachhaltigkeit der Land- und Wassernutzung in der Region auch unter veränderten Klimabedingungen zu sichern. Um die transdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit systematisch umzusetzen und auszuwerten, verfolgt das...

This paper reports on the collaborative action research process used to evaluate the patron experience and venue readiness at a sports, entertainment, convention and business meeting facilities setting in the United States. Research involved collaboration with facility management administration,...

This paper aims to present the empirical findings and lessons learnt from an action research on the evolution of the performance measurement system (PMS) for the Logistics Department of a broadcasting company. The development covers the procedure rather than the structure of PMS offering a...

Innovation processes in organisations are subject to profound changes: For example economisation, standardisation, and intensification of labour. It is a key challenge to conduct participatory research in this organisational set-ting, especially when increasing workloads of interview partners...

There is little or no tradition of action research outputs reaching the mainstream industrial relations and work sociology literatures. The aim of this research note is to address why this is so and argue for an action research agenda for work with unions that entails the researcher assuming the...

This paper uses the experience of a recent programme of action research in Eastern India to reflect on the use of participatory ideals within governance reform. In a situation where there are profound difficulties in local governance, it assesses the potential for participatory forms of...

Placement in kinship family has existed informally throughout time. There are many countries in which kinship family care is the most common measure used for child protection. However, it is a subject of continuous debate. One of the major issues is that kinship foster care is relied upon...

Large class sizes in Ghanaians schools with its attendants problems are major factors for the dwindling academic performance of students in Ghana. To solve this, means reducing the number of students which implies depriving some children from their right to education or building more schools and...

Research facilitating farmer–researcher collaboration and experiential learning may provide the missing element to tailor crop management recommendations to meet farmers’ needs. We tested different crop management systems for irrigated rice in three seasons of adaptive research trials in...