Systemic Practice and Action Research

2009 - 2026

Current editor(s): Robert Flood

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Volume 39, issue 2, 2026

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

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

Volume 39, issue 1, 2026

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

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

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

Roger James

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

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

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

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

Petter Øgland

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

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

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

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

Richard Bawden, Roger Packham and Robert Macadam

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

Ujjwal Kumar, Ravi Shankar and Jitender Madaan

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

Justyna Maciąg and Tammi Sinha

Soft Systems Practice and its Misconceptions pp. 1-12

Frank Stowell

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

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

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

Didi Kurniadi Halim, Dermawan Wibisono and Nur Budi Mulyono

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

James David Fox

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

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

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

Volume 38, issue 2, 2025

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

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

Krishna Chaitanya Balthu and Ben Clegg

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

Cathy Macharis

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

Russell Clemens

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

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

José-Carlos Mariátegui

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

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

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

Kristen M. Snyder

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

Hanne Finnestrand and Robert L. Flood

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