Participatory action research has an eclectic range of researchers representing a number of different disciplines. Below are a list of some PAR researchers and their research centres as well as some course outlines and some of the journals that have articles that specifically concentrate on PAR as a method.
Current PAR Schools
- Action Research: Cornell University (Greenwood)
- Action Research: Scandinavia (Gustavsen)
- Action Research: Austria (Schratz)
- Action Learning: Australia (McTaggart)
- Participatory Research: International Council for Adult Education and Ontaria Institute for Studies in Education: Toronto (Hall)
- Participatory Action Research: Germany (Tillman)
- Participatory Action Research: Peru (Salas)
- Participatory Action Research: Colombia (Fals-Borda)
- Participatory Action Research: India (Rahman)
- Participatory Action Research: USA (Park, Whyte)
- Participatory Action Research: University of Calgary (Pyrch)
- Feminist Participatory Action Research: USA (Brydon-Miller, Maguire)
- Participatory Community Research: USA (Taylor, Jason, Zimmerman)
- Community-based Participatory Research: USA (Stoeker)
- Participatory Learning and Action (PLA): University of Sussex (Chambers)
- Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice: University of Bath (Reason)
Course Outlines
- Richard Couto & Nancy Stutts, University of Richmond, 2001 PAR Course Outline (PDF)
- Sue Sohng, University of Washington, 2005 Critical Methodology and PAR (PDF)
- Darcy Freedman (accessed from CU Expo 2005 – 2005 PAR syllabus
Leading Journals
Action Research, Action Research International, Qualitative Methods
