Shining light on the dark side of action research: power, relationality and transformation

The six articles in this themed issue all carry on ARJ’s tradition of honest and critically reflexive reporting on the dark side of action research, including dilemmas of participation, power inequalities, and complex relational dynamics. In putting together this themed issue, we looked for accepted, but not yet published, articles that shed light on the dark side. The dark side is not necessarily the central theme of each article, but the authors all found themselves ‘between a rock and a hard place’ in trying to advance transformative change.