Titel: Participatory Research, Standards and Ethics

Termin: 21.8.2006, 9:00 Uhr, bis 24.8.2006, 19:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
Groningen , Niederlande

Referenten: Key Notes: Prof. Dr. Peter Reason (Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice, School of Management, University of Bath, UK) *** Yoland Wadsworth, Adj. Prof. Convenor (Swinburne University of Technology, Action Research Program (ARP) / Institute for Social Research (P11), Faculty of Life & Social Sciences / Prahran Campus, Victoria, Australia) *** Prof. Dr. Michiel J.R. Schoemaker (Radbout Universiteit Nijmegen, Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen, Sectie Arbeid, Personeel en Organisatie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) *** Prof. Dr. Øyvind Pålshaugen (Work Research Institute, Oslo, Norway) *** Ben Valkenburg (Utrecht University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Policy, Organisation and Management, Utrecht, The Netherlands) *** Prof. Dr. Sandra Schruijer (Tilburg University, TIAS Business School, Le Tilburg, The Netherlands) *** Professor Naomi Scheman, (Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies, University of Minnesota, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis, USA) *** Prof. Julia Preece (Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CRADALL), University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK)

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Kurzbeschreibung: The central theme of this World Congress will be Standards and Ethics in participatory research. The primary focus will be on approaches to research that incorporate (self) reflection and a system of (professional) ethics as central components of action research and action learning practices.

A principal intent of participatory research practices is to provide the means to improve people’s self determination—to empower them in their roles as professional practitioners or citizens in the diverse social domains in which they live and work. Participatory action research and learning processes enable participants to improve the impact of services and programs in education, health care, urban and regional development, business, agriculture, arts, aged care, leisure and many other spheres of social life. Inherently, however, collaborative inquiry practices seek to improve the well-being of the people by enacting democracy and social justice on the personal, local and global levels.

Participatory research practices therefore have “ethics first” as their motto. Research practices and relationships not only have pragmatic purposes, but also serve to enhance democratic participation and critical reflection for all participants. Standards of ethical practice in action research and action learning therefore provide the means to orient our work and community life so that we contribute to the attainment of participatory democracy, empowerment and social justice.

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