PhD Action Research Workshop 2025

Contemporary action research is a robust approach for the co-creation of both practical knowledge and new theoretical concepts about, for instance, organizational  dynamics, social innovation, healthcare transformation and community development.

It is a pragmatic and participatory approach in which academic researchers collaborate with managers and professionals to inquire into issues of high mutual concern.

PhD students (and their supervisors) who participate in this Action Research workshop will obtain practical understanding of how to develop meaningful, original, and rigorous knowledge through studying the change processes that they also facilitate.

The two-day workshop will be conducted online. During and in between sessions there is ample opportunity for students to apply learnings to their own action research study and to subsequently reflect on those experiences in plenary conversation

Prerequisite:

• Access to an organization, group or community where one can conduct engaged, change oriented research with local actors as co-researchers.
• Group and change facilitation skills and/or possibilities to collaborate with others who can take the lead in such facilitation.
• Preferably students have followed a Philosophy of Science course before they start the Action Research course.

For more detailed information we kindly refer you to the brochure.

Cancellation policy 

To have a meaningful learning experience and form a learning community, a sufficient number of participants need to take part in the workshop and actively contribute. If, by October 9, 2025, there are not enough registrations, Nyenrode reserves the right to cancel the workshop. If Nyenrode cancels the workshop due to an insufficient number of participants or illness of the instructor, a full refund will be provided. In case of cancellation, Nyenrode will inform participants on October 13, 2025. In the event of cancellation by the attendee, the following cancellation fees will apply: 1) Free of charge, up to four weeks prior to the date of the first session of the workshop, 2) 50%, up to two weeks prior to the date of the first session of the workshop, 3) 100% for cancellations received within two weeks prior to the date of the first session of the workshop of 'no shows'.