Conferences
CARN 2012 Annual Conference
23 – 25 November 2012 at the Ashford International Hotel, Kent, UK
This international conference is being run collaboratively
by CARN and the IPDC, and hosted by the England Centre
for Practice Development at Canterbury Christ Church University
Towards Creative Action: Transformations and Collaborations in Practice
Conference Flyer
Conference Website
Previous Conferences:
CARN 2011 Annual Conference
4th November - 6th November 2011 at the NH Danube Hotel, Vienna, Austria
Hosted by the University of Klagenfurt, Institute for Instructional and School Development
Bringing a different World into Existence - Action Research as a Trigger for Innovations
Conference Flyer
Conference Website
CARN 2010 Annual Conference
5th November - 7th November 2010 at the University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, England
Hosted by the Anglia Ruskin University, Faculty of health and Social Care
Action Research in Diverse Contexts: contemporary challenges
Conference Flyer
Conference Website
8th World Congress of Action Learning and Action Research
6th - 9th September 2010 in Melbourne, Australia
The major themes that guided the congress were:
- Philosophical foundations of action-based and participatory approaches to learning and research.
- Our stories of integrating action-learning / action-research practice with theory and/or our theoretical learning and insights with practice.
- Power and its presence in learning and research relationships.
- Perennial issues of methodology, methods, epistemology and ontology in action learning, action research and participatory action research.
Keynote speakers included:
- Budd Hall, a global elder of participatory research and adult learning. He is currently Director of the Office of Community-based Research at the University of Victoria, Canada.
- Linda Tuhiwai Smith, an internationally renowned researcher in indigenous education and decolonizing our research methodologies. She is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Maori) at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
- Alan Rayner, a biological scientist, ecological philosopher, artist, writer and key proponent of living theory and inclusionality. He is a Reader in Biology at the University of Bath, England.
- Yoland Wadsworth, an Australian pioneer in the use of integral and transformative social research methodologies. She is Associate Professor, Population Health at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
CARN 2009 Annual Conference
30th October - 1st November 2009 at Campus of Athens and Psychico College, Athens, Greece
Action Research for Improvement in Schools, Communities and Oganizational Spaces. What is to be done?
Conference Flyer
Conference Poster
Conference Website
Minutes from the Steering Group meeting
CARN 2008 Annual Conference
7th - 9th November 2008 at Liverpool Marriott City Centre Hotel, Liverpool, UK
Cultural Kaleidoscopes: Exploring Ethics, Contexts and Conceptions
Conference Flyer
CARN 2007 Annual Conference
9th - 11th November 2007 at Umeå University, Sweden
Action Research Beyond Borders and Divides
Conference Website
CARN 2006 Annual Conference
10th-12th November 2006 at the University of Nottingham, UK
Extending Professionalism, Improving Practice: Exploring the Impact of Action Research
Conference Flyer
Dr Ruth Balogh - Key Note Speech (word document)
Alison Peacock - Key Note Presentation (pdf document)
Andrew Gitlin, University of Georgia - Key Note Speech (powerpoint presentation)
CARN 2005 Annual Conference
4th - 6th November 2005 at Utrecht, The Netherlands
Quality of Practitioner Research/Action Research: what’s it about,
what’s it for and what next?
Conference Flyer
CARN 2003 Annual Conference
7th-9th November 2003 at the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University and St. Martin’s College, Lancaster, UK
Conference Flyer
CARN 2002 Annual Conference
8th-10th November 2002 at School of Education, University of Ulster, UK
Conference Flyer
CARN 2001 Annual Conference
2nd-4th November 2001 at St Martin's College, Lancaster & Carlisle, UK
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