Systemic Practice and Action Research

2009 - 2026

Current editor(s): Robert Flood

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Volume 39, issue 4, 2026

Correction: Sedimenting Death Literacy Through Affective Practice: A Cooperative Inquiry in a Hong Kong Compassionate Community pp. 1-1

Wing-sun Chan

Leading to Action & Transformation? How Researchers are Applying System Thinking to Overcome Food System Challenges pp. 1-30

Ana Elisa Peña-del-Valle, Matt Hare, Alison Karley and Elizabeth Dinnie

Improving Scrum Team Collaboration with Soft System Methodology: A Case Study pp. 1-28

Josef Kunhart and Jan Bartoška

A Structured Model for Designing and Evaluating Cross-Disciplinary Co-Creation Workshops pp. 1-36

Lucia Vazquez-Mendoza, Fergal Stapleton and Edgar Galván

Systemic Research Design as a Reflexive Architecture: Repositioning the Research Onion and the System of Systems Methodologies pp. 1-27

Mohammadjafar Nazari

Volume 39, issue 3, 2026

Correction: Introducing the eCanvas: A Visual Approach to Using EPIC to Explore a Situation of Interest pp. 1-1

Matt Lloyd and Graeme A. Forbes

Epistemic Mobility in Complex Intervention: Rethinking Knowledge in Systemic Practice pp. 1-12

Clas Mellby

Task Development for Employees with Visual Impairments: Clinical Action Research pp. 1-22

Hiroshi Takeshita

Systems Thinking in Practice (STiP): A Praxeology for Our Times pp. 1-26

Ray Ison and Kevin Collins

Critical Examination and Assessment of Government Policies on Green Hydrogen: Entrepreneurial Challenges in Renewable Energy Sector pp. 1-26

Moein Khazaei, Samira Ebrahimi, Hamed Samarghandi, Mahsa Boloorchian and Soroush Abbasabadarabi

Introducing the eCanvas: A Visual Approach to Using EPIC to Explore a Situation of Interest pp. 1-24

Matt Lloyd and Graeme A. Forbes

Producing Models Without Systemic Inquiry?: A Response to West (2026) pp. 1-6

Katharina Burger

Regenerative Spirits: A Systems Thinking Analysis of Circular Economy Implementation in the Distilling Industry pp. 1-23

Kristin Lemura and Robert Faggian

Sedimenting Death Literacy Through Affective Practice: A Cooperative Inquiry in a Hong Kong Compassionate Community pp. 1-17

Wing-sun Chan

The Need for Ethics in Operations Research pp. 1-20

Elias Olivares-Benitez, Jose Humberto Ablanedo-Rosas, Aaron Guerrero-Campanur, Samuel Nucamendi-Guillén and Abraham Mendoza

Unveiling Power Asymmetries and Stakeholder Legitimacy in Indonesia’s Electric Vehicle Transition: A Critical Systems Heuristics Analysis pp. 1-29

Rachman Phasadaon Hutasuhut, Pri Hermawan and Santi Novani

Volume 39, issue 2, 2026

Bioindustrialization by Native People: A systemic Management Approach to Foster Coevolution pp. 1-38

Raizza Miranda, Markus Schwaninger, Mischel Carmen N. Belderrain, André Baniwa, Carlos Nobre, Tereza Carvalho, Alejandro Ochoa-Arias, Renato Sato, Ismael Nobre and Paulo Nobre

Where Does Theory of Change Break Down in Indonesia’s Creative Economy Governance? A Critical, Soft, and Drama Systems Lens pp. 1-38

Aghnia Nadhira Aliya Putri, Pri Hermawan, Isti Raafaldini Mirzanti, Maureen Meadows and Folajimi Ashiru

Leveraging Participatory Action Research for Enhancing Teacher Professional Development and Strengthening Reciprocal University-School Partnerships pp. 1-22

Mulugeta Yayeh Worku and Asrat Dereb

Systemic Organizational Constellations (SOC) as a Soft Methodology for Complexity Reduction and Change: Epistemological and Theoretical Foundations pp. 1-26

José Antonio Moncho Muñoz, Francisco Gómez Gómez and Fernando González-Ladrón- de-Guevara

Rethinking Quality Assurance in Information and Computer Science Degree Programs at Utrecht University: A Critical Systems Heuristics Perspective pp. 1-26

Sietse Overbeek

Beyond the Cycles: Rethinking Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation in Action Research in Organisational Setting: Implications for QuARC pp. 1-14

Mary Casey and David Coghlan

How May the ‘Anthropocene’ Enable and Constrain Cybersystemic Governance? The ‘Anthropocene Problematique’ pp. 1-25

Houda A. Khayame, Kevin B. Collins and Ray L. Ison

A Complementary use of Soft Systems Methodology and Viable System Model for Digital Banking Transformation pp. 1-39

Mohammad Mehrabioun, Kazem Chavoshi, Vahid Esmaeili and Mojtaba Farrokh

Invisible Textile Waste, Circular Solutions: An Action Research Experience in the Energy Industry pp. 1-27

Danívia Mariana Silva Paula, Maria Rita Raimundo e Almeida, Jeniffer de Nadae, Andreza de Aguiar Hugo and Carlos Henrique Pereira Mello

Special Issue, Soft Systems; Theory and Practice pp. 1-6

Frank Stowell

Implementing Cross-sector Hospital-at-home Treatment: Challenges, Opportunities and Action Research Insights pp. 1-21

Iben Duvald, Camilla Palmhøj Nielsen and David Coghlan

Diagnosing Urban Anarchy: A Systemic Framework for Reflective Practice in Urban Planning pp. 1-30

Rihab Ben Jomaa and Abdallah Farhi

Volume 39, issue 1, 2026

A Future for SSM - New Solutions for Old Problems pp. 1-24

Roger James

A Systems Approach to the Dynamic Capabilities View: Putting the Pieces Together pp. 1-36

Omar Sacilotto Donaires, Luciana Oranges Cezarino and Lara Bartocci Liboni

A Study on the Dynamic Mechanism and Synergistic Effects of Enterprise Participation in University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) Under Digital Transformation: Based on Symbiosis Theory pp. 1-32

Jun Liu

Creating Viable Pockets of Sustainable Change – Infusing Soft Systems Methodology with Cybernetic Principles pp. 1-25

Xinlu Qiu, Luitzen de Boer, Raymond Andreas Stokke, Ottar Michelsen and Magnus Sparrevik

Systemic Project Management and the Impact on Soft Factors in the Organisation pp. 1-25

Andrej Schneider and Ján Papula

Declaring Worldviews in SSM for Sustainability & Community Learning pp. 1-23

Miles W. Weaver, Rebecca J. M. Herron, Kamila Pokorna, David E. Salinas Navarro and Eliseo Vilalta-Perdomo

The Future of SSM Given Generative AI: the Power of ‘purpose’ and its Context (or “A Grok 3 Enabled Story Regarding a Future for Systems Thinking and practice”) pp. 1-21

Daune West

From Fixing Women to Transforming Systems: A Power-Critical Application of Soft Systems Methodology in STEM pp. 1-18

Bernadette Rohlf, Sophie Seelinger and Maja Dshemuchadse

Volume 38, issue 4, 2025

Systems-Based Approach to Enhancing Performance Management in Indonesian Government pp. 1-25

Didi Kurniadi Halim, Dermawan Wibisono and Nur Budi Mulyono

Soft Systems Thinking, Soft Systems Practice and the Evolution of Systemic Development pp. 1-14

Richard Bawden, Roger Packham and Robert Macadam

Soft Systems Practice and its Misconceptions pp. 1-12

Frank Stowell

Navigating Heteronormative Health Systems: A Rich Picture Exploration of the Challenges of 2SLGBTQ + Older Adults and Implications for Community Engagement in Research pp. 1-18

Steven Hall, Darien Dyck, Devangi Rabari and Natasha Hubbard Murdoch

Investigating Issues in Managing Sustainability Through Digital Servitization: A Soft Systems Approach pp. 1-24

Ujjwal Kumar, Ravi Shankar and Jitender Madaan

Undertaking ‘soft’ and ‘whole’ Systems Approaches in Realistic Policy Contexts: a Comparative Case Study pp. 1-28

Sandy Whitelaw, Hannah Robinson, Nick Cavill, Kimberley McLean-Guthrie, Flora Jackson and Chris Topping

Developing Transformation Agenda Towards Sustainable Mining Supply Chain Using Soft System Methodology in Emerging Country: Case Study in Bauxite Mining at Mempawah, West Kalimantan, Indonesia pp. 1-26

Leonard Manurung, Gatot Yudoko, Yuanita Handayati and Mursyid Hasan Basri

Moving from Systems Modelling to Soft Systems Methodology to Enable a Critical Systems Thinking Stance to Address Complex Social Concerns pp. 1-20

Shankar Sankaran

Applying SSM to Reinvent Education for Sustainable Development for Future Managers: A Tale of Two Universities pp. 1-31

Justyna Maciąg and Tammi Sinha

A Participatory Systems Inquiry into Land use Planning in Regional Victoria: Insights from Causal Loop Diagramming pp. 1-23

By Lelanga Dissanayake, Robert Faggian and Matt Healey

The Contribution of Soft Systems Methodologies to Managing Complexity pp. 1-13

Harry Kogetsidis

Insider-outsider Positionality in Participatory Action Research Exploring Informal Social Support of Pakistani Families with an Intellectually Disabled Child pp. 1-11

Arusa Lakhani, Dilshad Ashraf, Debbie Kramer-Roy and Tazeen Saeed Ali

System Dynamics Modeling for Managing Capacity and Demand for Human Services pp. 1-11

Brian J. Biroscak

Reflective Applications of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) Across Contexts pp. 1-11

Saminda Wattuhewa and Sebamalai Pheerathan

How to AIM for the Future of Soft Systems Thinking pp. 1-37

Petter Øgland

Reflections on ‘Stepping Back from the Brink’: Recognising we are Systemic Interbeings and the Implications for Ethics, Democracy and Governance pp. 1-29

Janet J. McIntyre-Mills

The Development of Soft Systems Methodology through the Lens of the FMA Framework pp. 1-29

Michael Christopher Jackson

Volume 38, issue 3, 2025

Dis/Agreement and Recounting Variety in a Self-Managing Cola Collective pp. 1-19

James David Fox

The Participatory Action Researcher: A Starling in the Murmuration pp. 1-18

Annet Harten, Theo J.H. Niessen, Jur J. Koksma and Tineke A. Abma

Shifting Towards Sustainable Mobility: Challenging the Predominance of the Private Car Regime pp. 1-16

Khadija Al-Omran, Naser Naser, Zahra Alomran, Husain Alawi and Hacene Manaa

Storying Systems Change: Learning and Living with Complexity pp. 1-16

Derek Gladwin and Naoko Ellis

Service Units in VSM: Rethinking Viability in Action pp. 1-12

Angus Jenkinson, Martin Pfiffner, Jose Perez Rios and Stephen J. Brewis

The Role of Language in Policing: Sociological Perspectives on Law Enforcement pp. 1-31

Ramos Asafo-Adjei, Ronald Osei Mensah and Gifty Osei-Bonsu

Integrating System Thinking and Network Analysis To Transform Village Tourism: Evidence from Riau Province, Indonesia pp. 1-23

Robert Saputra, Tomáš Havlíček, Detri Karya and Dia Meirina Suri

Climate Change and Three Models of Governance to Deal with it: Polycentricity, Experimentalist, and the Viable System Model pp. 1-51

Brian Lederer, Jon Walker and Ed Winden

Design-Driven Conflicts: The Emergence of a Cooperative Culture During Times of Crisis — a Narrative Simulation Approach pp. 1-42

Moein Nedaei and Alexis Jacoby

Volume 38, issue 2, 2025

Morten Levin Festschrift: Bridging Theory and Practice in Action Research pp. 1-8

Hanne Finnestrand and Robert L. Flood

Action Research for the Simultaneous Transformation of Governments and their Territorial Governance pp. 1-25

Miren Estensoro, Claudia Icaran-Díaz de Corcuera and Miren Larrea

The Viable System Model to Support Sustainable Self-Governance in Communities: Learning from Case Studies pp. 1-28

Angela Espinosa and Andrea C. Martinez-Lozada

Managing Health Challenges Among Media Entertainment Practitioners in Nigeria: A Systems Dynamics Conceptual Model pp. 1-22

Daniel E. Ufua, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan and Oremire J. Ehibor

Combining the Viable System Model and Nature Futures Framework pp. 1-38

Russell Clemens

Beyond Project Cybersyn: Tracing the Influence of Stafford Beer Projects and Ideas in Latin America pp. 1-24

José-Carlos Mariátegui

Climate Constellations: A Systemic Tool for Exploring Sustainability Transitions pp. 1-17

Cathy Macharis

Making Circular Strategies Work: Advancing an Adaptable Building Framework through Action Design Research pp. 1-31

Mohammad B. Hamida, Angela Greco, Hilde Remøy, Vincent Gruis and Brian Laar

Exploring the Value of Arts-Based Interventions in Organizations from a Systems Perspective pp. 1-20

Kristen M. Snyder

From Canonical to Emancipatory Action Research: Using PrOH Modelling to Enhance Reflexivity pp. 1-29

Krishna Chaitanya Balthu and Ben Clegg

Volume 38, issue 1, 2025

Using a Theory of Change Approach for Inclusive and Resilient Urban Food Systems in Uganda pp. 1-24

Frank Mugagga, Paul. I. Mukwaya, Peter Kasaija, Patricia Nagawa Kiggundu, Ritah Nakanjako, Allen Kiiza, Eunice Muyama, Juma Wepukhulu, Mary Kemigisha, Heather Mackay and Magnus Jirstrom

Going in or Going out– Practicing Embedded Research as a True Insider pp. 1-24

Mattias Berglund

Building Democracy at Work: The Contributions of Morten Levin to Action Research and Organizational Development pp. 1-24

Hanne Finnestrand

The Use of Critical Social Heurstics to Explore Enhancement of Benefits Realization of a Knowledge Management System pp. 1-19

Phora Mmatloa and Carin Venter