Practice of Systemic Action Research

Danny Burns is Professor at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, and Director of the CLARISSA Action Research Programme. Marina Apgar is Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, and Deputy Director of the CLARISSA Action Research Programme.

• Part 1: Systemic Action Research: Review and Evolution of the Methodology1. What is Systemic Action Research?2. Systems Thinking and Complexity Theory and Their Implications for ‘Intervention’ Design3. Designing Systemic Action Research ProgrammesPart 2: Detailed Cases of Systemic Action Research4. The CLARISSA SAR Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh and Nepal5. The ‘Vestibue de la Plaix’ SAR Peace Building Programme in MaliPart 3: Learning from the Implementation of Systemic Action Research Processes6. Power and Ethics in Action Research 7. Documentation and Evaluation of SAR Processes8. Conditions Necessary for SAR