Unity from Diversity

Ray is Emeritus Professor of Management at the University of New England (UNE). He obtained his Ph.D. in environmental/social psychology from Colorado State University. After a year working in ergonomics with the Bendix Corporation in the USA, he taught and researched in education, psychology, and business departments at UNE over the course of his 32-year academic career. He has trained/supervised many postgraduate students in a wide variety of areas/disciplines and is well-known for his expertise in research methods as well as decision making and organisational behaviour. He helped develop the PhD.Innovation (PhD.I) professional doctorate programme at UNE. His interests in systems thinking, complexity theory, and methodological diversity played strong roles in helping to shape his pluralist systemic thinking perspective for social and behavioural researchers. He has produced numerous book chapters, refereed journal articles, refereed conference papers, and technical and government reports.

• Pluralist Systemic Thinking for Researchers.- The Evolving Landscape of Choices for Navigating the ‘Data Triangle’.- Systemic Contextualisation: Situating & Positioning.- Systemic Contextualisation: Guiding Assumptions & Framing.- Making Convincing Choices: Scoping, Configuring & Implementing.- Making Convincing Choices: Sharing/Communicating Research Outcomes.