2024
Ainhoa Arrona
https://doi.org/10.3224/ijar.v20i2.03
International Journal of Action Research, Vol. 20, Issue 2/2024, pp. 121–134
Abstract
The challenge of the climate emergency has highlighted the relevance of local transformative action for the development of new paths to sustainability, but also the relevance of the connection between the local and the global so that these paths have a real impact. Delving into this local-global connection is key for action research, and specifically, for Action research for territorial development (ARTD) and the Pedagogical approach (PA), two action research approaches that work from and for the territories, and which are the subject of analysis in this special issue. With the aim of contributing to deepening of this relationship, this article adapts the concept of transformative governance proposed by IPBES to build an actionable framework for reflection on the contribution of territorial development policies and research to transformative governance. It then analyses the IADT and the EP with this framework and suggests strengthening the critical dimension of facilitation so that these approaches are better adapted to the challenge of climate change.
- Keywords: action research, transformative change, governance, multilevel, sustainability, facilitation
