Are you an early career researcher at EUR and do you have an interest in action-oriented research? Then join our recently launched study group! The study group, hosted by the Design Impact Transition (DIT) platform, aims to enable early career researchers to use action-oriented research approaches, to ask questions, share experiences and discuss ideas in a community of peers. And we do all this in an informal safe-space.
When does action research start? Exploring learning questions with our new study group
During a PhD course on action-oriented research for social change, the wish emerged to continue discussions about the use of such research approaches and the challenges and tensions that come with them. This is why the DIT platform launched the ‘Early Career Researcher Study Group on Action Oriented Research’ at EUR. During the kick-off session, we brought together a range of early career researchers to share challenges and advice with an ‘intervision’ format. The group explored the broad question of 'When does Action Research start?'. First, participants dived into a smaller, similarly important learning question: 'What can I offer to potential participants?'. Not being able to answer this question can become a barrier for researchers to get started. The peer feedback provided insights such as the fact that there is not a one-size-fits-all solution, and the key take away from this discussion was to ‘jump the gun to just go talk to people’, and ask: ‘What do you think I can offer? Or what do you expect from this?’. After all, as a researcher you can offer space to reflect, offer analysis and evaluations, or connect them to different people, all of which can be enough motivation.
Join the study group
If this glimpse into the discussion has already sparked your interest and you are an early career researcher, then join us! Our goal is to connect more early career researchers at EUR, so we can exchange and learn from each other on the topic of action-oriented research. We use different formats – next to intervision, also more in-depth presentations and expert sessions. Attendance for every session is not compulsory, but efforts towards regular attendance are highly appreciated and will also serve the learning progress.
- Dates: September 8th, October 13th, November 3rd, December 1st
- Time: 10:30-12:00
- Location: hybrid (Q building & online).
- Host: Dr Julia Wittmayer (DIT platform)
- Signing up: send an email to j.m.wittmayer@drift.eur.nl or dit@eur.nl.
Organizers
Dr Julia WittmayerAssistant Professor (DIT platform)
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