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The New York statement on the evolving definition of practice research designed for continuing dialogue: a bulletin from the 3rd International Conference on Practice Research (2014)

  • Irwin Epstein
    ,
  • Mike Fisher
    ,
  • Ilse Julkunen
    ,
  • Lars Uggerhoj
    ,
  • Michael J. Austin
    ,
  • Timothy Sim
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

This Statement on Practice Research is a work in progress. It emerges out of deliberations from three international conferences on defining and operationalizing practice research. It seeks to capture both a process and outcome in which practitioners, researchers, service users, and educators collectively engage in a negotiated process of inquiry. One of the goals of this form of research is to place equal emphasis on improving practice and improving services. Practice research also seeks to rebalance the power relations in terms of integrating the voices of service users, service providers, service researchers, and instructors preparing future and current service providers. This third statement emerges out of the most recent international conference in New York City (2012) and continues the construction of the social science and social philosophy foundation of practice research. It seeks to expand the dialogue on practice research to include more international voices while also searching for linkages with the evolving process of defining the mixed methods approach to evidence-informed practice. This Statement provides a platform for the 4th International Conference on Practice Research planned for Hong Kong in 2017.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 711

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Research on Social Work Practice (Volume 25, Issue 6)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 22/04/2015

Publication status

Published - 22/04/2015

ISSN

1049-7315

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/600882
  • Scopus: 84955065809

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