Practice Research in Social Work—Participation, Co-Creation, and Service Users' Positions: Introduction to the Articles from the Sixth International Conference on Practice Research.

Purpose: This special issue examines practice research in social work, focusing on participation, co-creation, and service users' positions in knowledge production and utilization. Practice research is advanced as a collaborative, context-sensitive approach that challenges hierarchical models of evi...

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Publicado en:Research on Social Work Practice Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 543 - 555
Autores principales: McBeath, Bowen, Kong, Sui Ting, Uggerhøj, Lars
Formato: Editorial
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Jul2026
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          McBeath, Bowen
          Kong, Sui Ting
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          School of Social Work & Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
          Department of Sociology, Durham University, Durham, UK
          Department of Society and Politics, Aalborg University, Aalborg Øst, Denmark
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        Corporate culture
        Interprofessional relations
        Social justice
        Human research subjects
        Conferences & conventions
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        Theory of knowledge
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        Patient selection
        Research methodology
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          Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
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          Patient selection
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        co-creation
        epistemology
        practice research
        rganizational support
        service user involvement
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      ab: Purpose: This special issue examines practice research in social work, focusing on participation, co-creation, and service users' positions in knowledge production and utilization. Practice research is advanced as a collaborative, context-sensitive approach that challenges hierarchical models of evidence and foregrounds co-produced knowledge. Method: Drawing on the Sixth International Conference on Practice Research at Aalborg University, Denmark, the 11 special issue articles explore service user involvement, positionality, and organizational conditions shaping inquiry. Results: The introduction synthesizes cross-cutting themes from the articles into an integrative framework linking epistemic justice, co-methodologies, and institutional supports for co-learning and improvements in practices, structures, and policies. Discussion: The introduction concludes by advancing implications for practice researchers, practice research processes and projects, and sustainable practice research pipelines. Collectively, the special issue highlights practice research's potential to inform knowledge development and support systemic transformation.
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