Wadsworth, Yoland2025-05-092025-05-091998Wadsworth, Y. (1998). What is participatory action research? Action Research International. http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/sawd/ari/ari-wadsworth.htmlhttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/22205For at least seventy years, some researchers around the world have been identifying what they do using terms like 'action research', or 'participatory research', or a combination of these. Some have stressed the action component, while others have focused more on the participatory process. Still others have come from the field of social science and have identified it as a means of inquiry or research per se. This paper came about in response to requests to speak about some of the collective wisdom that has been generated over many decades by people who have identified what they do using the term 'participatory action research'. It is the way I tell the story.enKnowledge Democracy / Participatory Research HubReport