Research for Real
@researchforreal.bsky.social
Cathy Sharp. Action Researcher. Honorary Professor School of Health Robert Gordon University. Appreciative action research. Facilitation. Learning by Doing. Future-focused. Based Edinburgh.
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Reflections on AI: what do people truly care about?
Research 'as if people were human' and other reflections on inquiring appreciatively. #Evaluation #ActionResearch #AppreciativeInquiry open.substack.com/pub/research...
Research 'as if people were human' and other reflections on inquiring appreciatively. #Evaluation #ActionResearch #AppreciativeInquiry open.substack.com/pub/research...
Reflections on AI: what do people truly care about?
Why appreciative inquiry matters
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December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reflections on AI: what do people truly care about?
Research 'as if people were human' and other reflections on inquiring appreciatively. #Evaluation #ActionResearch #AppreciativeInquiry open.substack.com/pub/research...
Research 'as if people were human' and other reflections on inquiring appreciatively. #Evaluation #ActionResearch #AppreciativeInquiry open.substack.com/pub/research...
“What it about ‘not knowing’ that the artist knows, that would be useful to percolate into the broader world?” #Curiosity
Links to some great radio & #CaringConversations #7Cs an #appreciative, #relational and #systemic approach. #actionresearch, #facilitation, #evaluation #systemsthinking
Links to some great radio & #CaringConversations #7Cs an #appreciative, #relational and #systemic approach. #actionresearch, #facilitation, #evaluation #systemsthinking
November 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“What it about ‘not knowing’ that the artist knows, that would be useful to percolate into the broader world?” #Curiosity
Links to some great radio & #CaringConversations #7Cs an #appreciative, #relational and #systemic approach. #actionresearch, #facilitation, #evaluation #systemsthinking
Links to some great radio & #CaringConversations #7Cs an #appreciative, #relational and #systemic approach. #actionresearch, #facilitation, #evaluation #systemsthinking
Whoever we are working with, efforts to amplify ‘voice’ are insufficient. What happens to the passion and motivation amongst practitioners when they return to their daily routines? Practitioners need connection and a sense of hope too. open.substack.com/pub/research...
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Whoever we are working with, efforts to amplify ‘voice’ are insufficient. What happens to the passion and motivation amongst practitioners when they return to their daily routines? Practitioners need connection and a sense of hope too. open.substack.com/pub/research...
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Whoever we are working with, efforts to amplify ‘voice’ are insufficient. What happens to the passion and motivation amongst practitioners when they return to their daily routines? Practitioners need connection and a sense of hope too. open.substack.com/pub/research...
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@MHLscotland are approaching a milestone 20th birthday next year as part of the UK wide social movement. Let us know your stories and reflections - and ideas for celebrations. More here www.linkedin.com/posts/cathy-...
#actionresearch #appreciativeinquiry #relationalpractice #leadership #caringconversations #humanrights #carehomes #health #socialcare | Cathy Sharp
My Home Life has been a huge influence on my thinking and practice of
#actionresearch #appreciativeinquiry #relationalpractice #leadership
#caringconversations #humanrights well beyond the important...
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August 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
@MHLscotland are approaching a milestone 20th birthday next year as part of the UK wide social movement. Let us know your stories and reflections - and ideas for celebrations. More here www.linkedin.com/posts/cathy-...
“Words create worlds. We believe that the language we use creates our realities, so we seek to pay attention to how our language might position people and the inter-play between language, power and emotion.” On language and being too busy for theory. open.substack.com/pub/research...
Worth 5 minutes of your time
Or thereabouts.....
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June 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“Words create worlds. We believe that the language we use creates our realities, so we seek to pay attention to how our language might position people and the inter-play between language, power and emotion.” On language and being too busy for theory. open.substack.com/pub/research...
Good to see measuring what matters featuring here. It’s no mean feat! wm2u.co.uk/resource/rep...
June 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Good to see measuring what matters featuring here. It’s no mean feat! wm2u.co.uk/resource/rep...
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Who’s marking our homework? #evaluation #actionresearch
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
Who’s marking our homework?
Reflections on quality
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May 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Who’s marking our homework? #evaluation #actionresearch
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
Who’s marking our homework? #evaluation #actionresearch
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
Who’s marking our homework?
Reflections on quality
researchforreal.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Who’s marking our homework? #evaluation #actionresearch
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
It’s never neutral to go about asking questions. Inquiry itself is a form of intervening. Perhaps unsettling? As ‘participants, not spectators’, let's shape that participation as #learning researchforreal.substack.com/p/whos-marki...
"We have been taught to be standing on the outside looking in....It is one thing to critique established ways of doing #evaluation, and quite another to turn entrenched ideas and dissatisfaction into something else...." #actionresearch researchforreal.substack.com/p/be-a-parti...
Be a participant, not a spectator
Be a participant, not a spectator
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May 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"We have been taught to be standing on the outside looking in....It is one thing to critique established ways of doing #evaluation, and quite another to turn entrenched ideas and dissatisfaction into something else...." #actionresearch researchforreal.substack.com/p/be-a-parti...
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Do With: A Call To Action | The King's Fund
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Do With: A Call To Action | The King's Fund
Do With is a network of people and organisations calling for a radical shift in the public sector from ‘doing to’ to ‘doing with’. Join the movement today.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Do With: A Call To Action | The King's Fund
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Report 4: #MeasuresthatMatter focuses on #Evaluation #ActionResearch A #SystemChange methodology includes thinking differently about defining & measuring success, challenging systemic taken-for-granted mindsets & reporting practices #GrowAsWeGo Reports here: research-for-real.co.uk/projects-and...
January 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Report 4: #MeasuresthatMatter focuses on #Evaluation #ActionResearch A #SystemChange methodology includes thinking differently about defining & measuring success, challenging systemic taken-for-granted mindsets & reporting practices #GrowAsWeGo Reports here: research-for-real.co.uk/projects-and...
Becoming Allies in Change, #Digest of key lessons so far. 4 accompanying reports address the 'how' of #SystemChange #Learning #EarlyHelp #Prevention #ActionResearch #CommunityLed @fbain.bsky.social
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Becoming Allies in Change | What Matters to You
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January 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Becoming Allies in Change, #Digest of key lessons so far. 4 accompanying reports address the 'how' of #SystemChange #Learning #EarlyHelp #Prevention #ActionResearch #CommunityLed @fbain.bsky.social
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*Online EVENT invitation* Join VHS March 26th at 10.30 am to explore Missingness in healthcare and the impact on Health Inequalities. Our guest speaker Andrea Williamson, Professor of General Practice and Inclusion Health @uofglasgow.bsky.social book at tinyurl.com/2dj5jf9n
January 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
*Online EVENT invitation* Join VHS March 26th at 10.30 am to explore Missingness in healthcare and the impact on Health Inequalities. Our guest speaker Andrea Williamson, Professor of General Practice and Inclusion Health @uofglasgow.bsky.social book at tinyurl.com/2dj5jf9n
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Giving this an extra wee push to get the word out.
Inverness Eden Court theatre- eden-court.co.uk/event/when-f...
Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival - www.celticconnections.com/event/1/when...
Directed by Morag McKinnon and Jim Sutherland
Score composed by Jim Sutherland
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Inverness Eden Court theatre- eden-court.co.uk/event/when-f...
Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival - www.celticconnections.com/event/1/when...
Directed by Morag McKinnon and Jim Sutherland
Score composed by Jim Sutherland
Please do share
December 2, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Giving this an extra wee push to get the word out.
Inverness Eden Court theatre- eden-court.co.uk/event/when-f...
Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival - www.celticconnections.com/event/1/when...
Directed by Morag McKinnon and Jim Sutherland
Score composed by Jim Sutherland
Please do share
Inverness Eden Court theatre- eden-court.co.uk/event/when-f...
Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival - www.celticconnections.com/event/1/when...
Directed by Morag McKinnon and Jim Sutherland
Score composed by Jim Sutherland
Please do share
“It is slow work that transforms the consciousness & relationships of those involved. It ripples into, rather than wrecks, the old systems. It is slow, relational work that improves lives."
#ActionResearch For a Trumpian Time
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#ActionResearch For a Trumpian Time
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Action Research For a Trumpian Time - AR + Action Research Plus
action participation transformation after Trump election is possible with action research orientation to participative democratic work
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November 22, 2024 at 8:57 PM
“It is slow work that transforms the consciousness & relationships of those involved. It ripples into, rather than wrecks, the old systems. It is slow, relational work that improves lives."
#ActionResearch For a Trumpian Time
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#ActionResearch For a Trumpian Time
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