TY - JOUR
T1 - The Status and Future of Action Research: An Interview with Professor David Coghlan
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2019
A1 - David Coghlan
A1 - Erik Lindhult
KW - action research
KW - David Coghlan
KW - insider action research
KW - interiority
KW - interview
KW - reflection
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 9
UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1248
IS - 6
U1 - Trinity College
David Coghlan is Professor Emeritus at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, and is a Fellow Emeritus of the College. He specializes in organization development and action research and participates actively in the both communities internationally. He has published over 180 articles and book chapters. Recent books include: Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization (5th ed. Sage: London, 2019); Conducting Action Research for Business and Management Students (with Rami Shani, Sage: London, 2018), Inside Organizations (Sage: London, 2016). He is co-editor (with Mary Brydon-Miller) of the SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research and (with Rami Shani) of the four-volume sets, Fundamentals of Organization Development (Sage: London, 2010) and Action Research in Business and Management (Sage: London, 2016). He is a member of the editorial advisory board of several journals, including Action Research, The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Action Learning: Research and Practice, Systemic Practice and Action Research, and OD Review.
U2 - Mälardalen University
Erik Lindhult (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at Mälardalen University in Sweden. He received his doctoral degree in Industrial Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, in the area of Scandinavian dialogue democratic approach to innovation and action research. His main area of research is participatory, collaborative, and democratic innovation and change management, as well as entrepreneurship for a sustainable development of society. His research interests also involve collaborative research methodologies, including action research and interactive research. He has been involved in a wide range of collaborative R&D projects in the private, public, and cooperative sectors, in areas such as organizational development, incubator and science park development, service innovation, societal entrepreneurship, sustainable innovation, and school development. He is a board member of the Swedish Participatory Action Research Society (SPARC) and the Swedish Interactive Research Association (SIRA), as well as an expert advisor to the EU SWAFS Horizon 2020 research committee.
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