This is the “front page” of a substantial action research site.  The links below will take you to some of the other parts of the site, and some of its associated resources (What is action research?  Click here) (For a site map, click here)
	Action research international An on-line international refereed journal with an open and non-adversarial refereeing system (currently in recess while its future is decided)
	Areol Areol is “action research and evaluation on line”, a 14-week introductory course offered by email each semester as public service by the graduate college of management at Southern Cross University
	Resource papers A collection of papers which support the on line course (the item above).  Most of them are self-contained, useful also in their own right
	"Why action research?" Some well known action researchers speak about why they choose to do action research
	External resources Links to other relevant web sites
	"Occasional pieces" Opiarm (occasional pieces in action research) is an occasional series of brief comments on this research methodology posted from time to time on the armnet-l mailing list
	Arlist-l A mailing list which provides a forum for discussion of the theory and practice of this research approach
	Armnet-l A mailing list for discussion of issues related to this approach specifically as a research methodology
	Actlist-l A mailing list for discussion of the "action technologies", including also action learning and action science, with some emphasis on management applications
	Qual-l A low-volume mailing list which provides a forum for discussing general issues in any variety of qualitative research
	Tacit-l A low-volume mailing list to discuss tacit forms of learning and knowledge, how the tacit can be made explicit, and how the explicit can be made tacit
	Ian Hughes' ARoW reader Contributed papers by a variety of people; this is a mirror site of the papers at Ian's ARoW site at the University of Sydney
	SCIAR The Southern Cross Institute of Action Research, SCIAR, is a research and consultancy institute located within Southern Cross University and specialising in applications of these research methodologies, including action learning
	Recent books Relevant books which have been published since 1994.  (For a bibliography of relevant books prior to 1994 click here )
	Theses and dissertations Abstracts and in some instances complete copies of relevant theses and dissertations in many different disciplines To have your action research thesis included here contact Bob Dick
	Work in progress Contact details for people currently working on theses and dissertations, and other relevant work in progress To have your entry included here contact Bob Dick
	ALARPM conference abstracts ALARPM is the Action Learning, Action Research and Process Management Assn. Inc.  It sponsors a national conference in Australia annually, and an international conference about every two years.   Preliminary details of the Australian National ALARPM 2004 conference Link to details of the ALARPM World Congress 6 and 10 Abstracts from the1999 ALARPM Conference Abstracts from the1998 ALARPM Conference Abstracts from the1997 ALARPM Conference

 

 

The assistance and support of International Management Centres (IMC) in the development of an earlier version of this site is gratefully acknowledged This site is maintained by Bob Dick  [visit his home page?]; this version 2.14w last revised 20090119 The URL of this document is http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html