Fwd: [announce] Action Research SIG for ISSS2015 Berlin
James Martin
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Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 4:18 AM
Subject: [announce] Action Research SIG for ISSS2015 Berlin
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Call for Papers: Action Research SIG of ISSS (International Society for the Systems Sciences)
The Action Research SIG invites ISSS members to submit papers for presentation at the conference associated with The 59th Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences will be held in Berlin, Germany, August 2 - 7, 2015, in Berlin.
An abstract to be considered for presentation at the conference should be submitted by end June 2015. Full papers to be included in the conference journal can be submitted after the conference.
If you want your paper to be blind refereed and accepted to be able to attend the conference please inform the SIG Chair and submit your abstracts by end of March 2015 and a full paper for review and acceptance May 15, 2015.
Please refer to http://isss.org/world/preparing-and-submitting-abstracts-and-papers on how to submit abstract and papers.
The focus of the AR SIG at ISSS is on the application of action research approaches to Systems Sciences where Action Research is defined as “a participatory, democratic process concerned with developing practical knowing in the pursuit of worthwhile human purposes, grounded in a participatory worldview which we believe is emerging at this historical moment. It seeks to bring together action and reflection, theory and practice, in participation with others, in the pursuit of practical solutions of pressing concern to people and more generally the flourishing of individual persons and their communities”. (Reason and Bradbury 2008, p. 4). The AR SIG session at ISSS 2015 welcomes contributions on the application of action research in communities, organisations and society. As action research integrates theory and practice we welcome a variety of submissions that can contribute to an interesting dialogue at the conference,
The theme for the 58th meeting is Governing the Anthropocene: the greatest challenge for systems thinking in practice? It would be good to keep this in mind while submitting your abstracts.
Papers are expected to be 3,500 to 5,000 words in length excluding references and appendices. APA referencing style is preferred. Full papers are to be submitted by September, 15 2015 to be included in the ISSS journal.
Presenters can therefore present their initial ideas in the Action Research SIG sessions at the ISSS 2015 meeting and develop their papers further for publication in the ISSS journal.
If you need more information please contact the SIG Chair Professor Shankar Sankaran at shankar....@uts.edu.au
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