Hilary Bradbury
Biographic Data
| ID | 3431482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hilary Bradbury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hilary |
| FAMILY NAME | Bradbury |
| SIGNATURE | BRADBURY H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5749-5150 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 337 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 37 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Mindsets of Transformation
Culturing Developmental Friendship for a Politics of Love
When political decision makers become aware of their habitual use of unilateral power, transformation starts. The thesis is this: through self-inquiry regarding habitual power-hoarding, feedback avoidance, and resistance to inquiry, a more participative and inclusive politics is cultured. Though a collective process, the new culture begins with “inner” work of individual politicians. The natural resistance of conventional political structures is …
In Memoriam Bill Torbert
Seven quality choicepoints for ARJ
New Methodology Allowed
Reconfiguring Relationships
Developmental Sensemaking for Transformative Action Taking
The article refreshes the concept of learning from experience, by emphasizing how experience is primarily anchored by emotion not rational thinking alone. It then inquires into the potential value of engaging emotions as a resource that gives vitality to action research. The proposition is that by including disappeared and denied emotions, perhaps especially at this moment when we confront planetary crisis, we may find greater perspective and ima…
Methodology for a time of eco-social planetary crisis
Action Researching for Transformations
Bibliography: Bradbury, Hilary/Streck, Danilo/Larrea, Miren: Action Researching for Transformations: Interview with Hilary Bradbury, IJAR – International Journal of Action Research, Vol. 19, Issue 2-2023, pp. 174-178. https://doi.org/10.3224/ijar.v19i2.07
What we carry within us shapes our action research
Bright action researching lights amidst the turbulent darkness
Action Researching for Transformations is Anti Patriarchy Work
Action research
Action research and politics
Motivated by a real case of action research with political aims, we focus attention on the importance of power dynamics and emotional work for all involved in the facilitation and manifestation of new policy. The paper introduces an extension of contemporary action research called Action Research Transformations (ART). In ART, reflexive co-agency operates as a core concept and practice, because it furthers the possibility of moving toward mutuali…
Caring in action research
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems
Expertise in research integration and implementation is an essential but often overlooked component of tackling complex societal and environmental problems. We focus on expertise relevant to any complex problem, especially contributory expertise, divided into ‘knowing-that’ and ‘knowing-how.’ We also deal with interactional expertise and the fact that much expertise is tacit. We explore three questions. First, in examining ‘when is expertise in r…
Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth
Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge sy…
Action methods for faster transformation
Action Research Journal’s seven quality choicepoints for action oriented research for transformations
Action Research Journal’s seven quality choicepoints for action oriented research for transformations
What is good action research
Refreshing our purpose with Action Research journal Our purpose since inception with this international, peer-reviewed journal is to offer a forum for participative, action-oriented inquiry into questions that matter-questions relevant to people in the conduct of their lives, that enable them to flourish in their organizations and communities, and that evince a deep concern for the wider ecology. Our purpose has not changed. The world around the …
A call to Action Research for Transformations
Professor Bjorn Gustaven
Sex, money, power
Liberating academia. Hopefully
Only connect
The Sage Handbook of Action Research
Introduction: How to Situate and Define Action Research - Hilary Bradbury PART ONE: PRACTICES Introduction to Practices - Alfredo Ortiz Aragon and Maria Teresa Castillo-Burguete The Practice of Learning History: Local and Open System Approaches - Hilary Bradbury, George Roth, Margaret Gearty PRA, PLA and Pluralism: Practice and Theory - Robert Chambers Developing the Practice of Leading Change through Insider Action Research: A Dynamic Capability…
A call to Action Research for Transformations
Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research
The most critical question for climate research is no longer about the problem, but about how to facilitate the transformative changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate-induced change. Addressing this question, however, will require massive upscaling of research that can rapidly enhance learning about transformations. Ten essentials for guiding action-oriented transformation and energy research are therefore presented, framed in relation to…
Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth
Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge sy…
Action methods for faster transformation
What is good action research
Refreshing our purpose with Action Research journal Our purpose since inception with this international, peer-reviewed journal is to offer a forum for participative, action-oriented inquiry into questions that matter-questions relevant to people in the conduct of their lives, that enable them to flourish in their organizations and communities, and that evince a deep concern for the wider ecology. Our purpose has not changed. The world around the …
Action Research Journal’s seven quality choicepoints for action oriented research for transformations
Action Research Journal’s seven quality choicepoints for action oriented research for transformations
Sustaining the Heart of Action Research(ers)
In designing the new Action Researchjournal Peter Reason and I agreed to introduce influential thinkers using an interview format. Our goal is to connect journal readers with people whose work is not often cited within the action research community, but which we believe can benefit reflection and practice among action researchers. My first interview is with Joanna Macy, an eco-philosopher and experiential educator. In particular I believe that Ma…
Seven quality choicepoints for ARJ
Action research
Methodology for a time of eco-social planetary crisis
Culturing Developmental Friendship for a Politics of Love
When political decision makers become aware of their habitual use of unilateral power, transformation starts. The thesis is this: through self-inquiry regarding habitual power-hoarding, feedback avoidance, and resistance to inquiry, a more participative and inclusive politics is cultured. Though a collective process, the new culture begins with “inner” work of individual politicians. The natural resistance of conventional political structures is …
Reconfiguring Relationships
What we carry within us shapes our action research
Action Researching for Transformations is Anti Patriarchy Work
Action research and politics
Motivated by a real case of action research with political aims, we focus attention on the importance of power dynamics and emotional work for all involved in the facilitation and manifestation of new policy. The paper introduces an extension of contemporary action research called Action Research Transformations (ART). In ART, reflexive co-agency operates as a core concept and practice, because it furthers the possibility of moving toward mutuali…
Sex, money, power
Love is how we invest our attention
Enough with Lewin already
Relationality in Organizational Research
Relationships and interactions should be an important focus of attention in organizational scholarship. In contrast to traditional research approaches that focus on independent, discrete entities, methodologies oriented to relational concerns in organizations allow researchers to study the intersubjective and interdependent nature of organizational life. In addition to providing historical and philosophical bases for a perspective which emphasize…
Action Research
In this overview the authors describe the underlying principles of action research as: (1) grounded in lived experience, (2) developed in partnership, (3) addressing significant problems, (4) working with, rather than simply studying, people, (5) developing new ways of seeing/theorizing the world, and (6) leaving infrastructure in its wake. We refer to the role of social workers as frontline implementers of important social policies and suggest h…
Introductory Comments
Sustaining the Heart of Action Research(ers)
In designing the new Action Researchjournal Peter Reason and I agreed to introduce influential thinkers using an interview format. Our goal is to connect journal readers with people whose work is not often cited within the action research community, but which we believe can benefit reflection and practice among action researchers. My first interview is with Joanna Macy, an eco-philosopher and experiential educator. In particular I believe that Ma…
Doing Work That Matters Despite the Obstacles
This is the third interview for the journal section we call ‘ influential ideas’. Here we introduce (and invite others to introduce) influential thinkers in a digestible format so that action researchers may be inspired to enrich their own research and practice. This interview is with Riane Eisler, who is known primarily as an author. Her best known book, The Chalice and the Blade, was published by Harper and Row in 1988 and became a bestseller w…
The Sage Handbook of Action Research
PART ONE: GROUNDINGS Introduction to Groundings - Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury Living Inquiry - Patricia Gaya Wicks, Peter Reason and Hilary Bradbury Personal, Political and Philosophical Groundings of Action Research Practice Participatory Action Research as Practice - Marja Liisa Swantz Some Trends in the Praxis of Participatory Action Research - Md. Anisur Rahman Action Research and the Challenge of Scope - Bjorn Gustavsen, Agneta Hansson …
Introduction to groundings
The integrating (feminine) reach of action research
The practice of learning history
The Sage Handbook of Action Research
Introduction: How to Situate and Define Action Research - Hilary Bradbury PART ONE: PRACTICES Introduction to Practices - Alfredo Ortiz Aragon and Maria Teresa Castillo-Burguete The Practice of Learning History: Local and Open System Approaches - Hilary Bradbury, George Roth, Margaret Gearty PRA, PLA and Pluralism: Practice and Theory - Robert Chambers Developing the Practice of Leading Change through Insider Action Research: A Dynamic Capability…
Enough with Lewin already
Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research
The most critical question for climate research is no longer about the problem, but about how to facilitate the transformative changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate-induced change. Addressing this question, however, will require massive upscaling of research that can rapidly enhance learning about transformations. Ten essentials for guiding action-oriented transformation and energy research are therefore presented, framed in relation to…
Love is how we invest our attention
Liberating academia. Hopefully
Only connect
What is good action research
Refreshing our purpose with Action Research journal Our purpose since inception with this international, peer-reviewed journal is to offer a forum for participative, action-oriented inquiry into questions that matter-questions relevant to people in the conduct of their lives, that enable them to flourish in their organizations and communities, and that evince a deep concern for the wider ecology. Our purpose has not changed. The world around the …
A call to Action Research for Transformations
Professor Bjorn Gustaven
Sex, money, power
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems
Expertise in research integration and implementation is an essential but often overlooked component of tackling complex societal and environmental problems. We focus on expertise relevant to any complex problem, especially contributory expertise, divided into ‘knowing-that’ and ‘knowing-how.’ We also deal with interactional expertise and the fact that much expertise is tacit. We explore three questions. First, in examining ‘when is expertise in r…
Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth
Formalised knowledge systems, including universities and research institutes, are important for contemporary societies. They are, however, also arguably failing humanity when their impact is measured against the level of progress being made in stimulating the societal changes needed to address challenges like climate change. In this research we used a novel futures-oriented and participatory approach that asked what future envisioned knowledge sy…
Action methods for faster transformation
Action Research Journal’s seven quality choicepoints for action oriented research for transformations
Action Research Journal’s seven quality choicepoints for action oriented research for transformations
Action research and politics
Motivated by a real case of action research with political aims, we focus attention on the importance of power dynamics and emotional work for all involved in the facilitation and manifestation of new policy. The paper introduces an extension of contemporary action research called Action Research Transformations (ART). In ART, reflexive co-agency operates as a core concept and practice, because it furthers the possibility of moving toward mutuali…
Caring in action research
Sociology (29 works) · Action research (23 works) · Action (physics (20 works) · Pedagogy (20 works) · Epistemology (18 works) · Political science (17 works) · Philosophy (14 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · Engineering (12 works) · Psychology (11 works)