The big picture: Implications and imperatives for the action research community from the SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research

Abstract

Stepping back from four years of work on the SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research, its editors here take an opportunity to reflect on what they’ve learned through the process about the current state of action research and to consider how this might inform what comes next for the broader action research community. This is the first in a series of three planned articles—this first focusing primarily on how we define and mobilize the community of action research. Subsequent articles will feature Davydd Greenwood’s reflections on the theoretical frameworks of action research and how they inform our understanding of change processes and Bob Dick’s thoughts on current and coming methodological issues and innovations of action research.