Expertise
I was interested in whole systems and multiple perspectives before I knew what to call it. I have sought to combine learning, teaching, practice and research throughout my career. I have qualifications in four related professions, have taught in four discipline areas, practiced in social systems including families, schools, Australian Indigenous communities, churches, local governments and healthcare organisations. I have expertise in teaching, planning, facilitating and advised on participatory action research. Since the turn of the century my practice has been explicitly framed in complex adaptive systems theory.
I have always taken religion seriously. I was brought up in the Catholic church, attending a monastic school, and entering monastic training as a young adult. I became increasingly aware of gaps between the Church's teaching and practice, and between religious and scientific statements of truth. The energy driving my professional and research interests is both a drive towards well-informed and effective action for social justice, and a search for ways to reconcile objective scientific reality with spiritual experience. I find the Quaker way supports and provides opportunity for both inquiry and action.
Current projects
I am actively involved in facilitating or advising on these projects:
Action Research in Healthcare: For your copy of: Hughes, I. (2008). Action Research in Healthcare. In P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Action Research (2nd ed., pp. 381-393). London: Sage download 'Hughes_2008.PDF' from the link below.
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for published and unpublished papers.