The CARN 2025 Conference took place at the University of Klagenfurt, from 13th to 15th of November 2025.
The conference page now shows conference results including the recorded keynote speeches, Book of Abstracts and the conference programme.
With global crises - ecological, social, and economic – posing challenges to societies and, at the same time, digitalisation transforming our lives by creating both opportunities and challenges, the motto chosen for CARN ’25 was “Digitalization, Social Justice and Transforming Societies” In which ways can action research help address these challenges?
The conference was open to action researchers from the entire spectrum of action research in the contexts of education, social work, community development, the arts and others. Approximately 150 participants from many European Countries as well as from Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Kazakstan, Liberia, South Africa, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Brazil, Canada and the USA followed the call and presented both conceptual and theoretical positions, reflected experiences as well as research results. In addition to papers, poster presentation and symposia, workshops were offered including participation and creative approaches.
The opening keynote by Julia Wittmayer was entitled “The Whole Family Approach - Multiplier Effects and Action Research”; Mohammed Anwar Shaheen delivered the second keynote closing the second day on “Addressing Challenges - Collective Problem-Solving” and the closing keynote was held by Allan Feldman covered "Long and Serious Conversations to Build Trust in Online Action Research Settings”. All keynotes are available here on the conference website.
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