Practice of Systemic Action Research

Danny Burns was until 2024 Professor at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. He is now an activist, writer, and facilitator focusing on progressive social change. Marina Apgar is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex.

• IntroductionPart I: The Evolution of Systemic Action ResearchChapter 1: Participatory Action ResearchChapter 2: Systemic and Complexity-Based ChangeChapter 3: Systemic Action ResearchPart II: Designing Systemic Action ResearchChapter 4: The Ground-Level Systemic Action Research DesignChapter 5. The Meta-Level Systemic Action Research DesignPart III: Detailed Cases of Systemic Action ResearchChapter 6: The CLARISSA Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh and Nepal (2018-24)Chapter 7: The 'Vestibule de la Paix' Peace Building Programme in Mali (2019-24)Chapter 8: Alternative Approaches to Systemic Action ResearchPart IV: Practical Considerations for Quality Systemic Action ResearchChapter 9: Facilitation of Systemic Action ResearchChapter 10: Documentation and Evaluation of Systemic Action ResearchChapter 11: Ethics, Power and Risk in Systemic Action Research

'In a world dominated by grand challenges and economic and social inequality, the framework and tools in this book to build communities to address them is not only welcome but essential.' David Coghlan, University of Dublin, Trinity College.