Clare Roberta Louise Hildebrandt

• Karlsen, James Tommy & Hildebrandt, Clare Roberta Louise (2023). Temporality in Co-generative Processes: Reframing Time in Territorial Complexity. Systemic Practice and Action Research. ISSN 1094-429X. doi: 10.1007/s11213-023-09634-2. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Action research provides fertile grounds for co-generation of knowledge in complex contexts and to be present in the becoming of the process. Time and temporality warrant explanation and distinction, and in retrospective a process can be described with temporal phases, such as planning, observation, action, reflection, evaluation, and modification. Such a description may appear rational, sequential, and linear. However, an action research process is not that! This paper explores the various positionalities of the action researcher, as an insider in a process of becoming, showing how time and temporality can be made explicit in the evolution of an action research process. Our contributions to the action research literature concerning co-generation of knowledge when addressing territorial complexity are: (1) an explicit awareness of temporality provides the opportunity for research on evolvement of processes from the inside, (2) presence in the becoming of a process means there is a unique possibility for reflection and iteration, (3) research in the present tense allows for insight into unexpected developments that create the foundation for future action, as an alternative to retrospective process evaluation, and (4) modelling the process creates a narrative which tells the story of evolution of the process over time.

• Aslaksen, Hildegunn Mellesmo; Hildebrandt, Clare Roberta Louise & Johnsen, Hans Christian Garman (2021). The long-term transformation of the concept of CSR: towards a more comprehensive emphasis on sustainability. International journal of corporate social responsibility. 6(11). doi: 10.1186/s40991-021-00063-9. Full text in Research Archive
• Johnsen, Hans Christian Garman; Hildebrandt, Clare Roberta Louise; Aslaksen, Hildegunn Mellesmo; Ennals, Richard & Knudsen, Jon Paschen (2021). The Dialogical Approach to Workplace Innovation. In McMurray, Adela; Muenjohn, Nuttawuth & Weerakoon, Chamindika (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783030599157. p. 155–177. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59916-4_9. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter presents a Nordic-based research approach, aimed at encouraging dialogical processes and broad participation at work, in order to support workplace innovation. The approach has been implemented in Norway and Sweden. The chapter (a) presents the theoretical underpinning related to the dialogical approach to workplace innovation; (b) presents findings from three large successive workplace innovation programmes based on this foundation in Norway; (c) connects (a) and (b) by presenting the programme designs, evaluations and research output and finally (d) reflects upon learning points from this programme history. The overall thesis is that the dialogical approach to workplace innovation has taken a large step forward through the Norwegian programmes. There is potential to further develop both the theoretical foundation for this approach and the methodology of dialogical change.

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• Hildebrandt, Clare Roberta Louise (2025). Creating a Healthy Work Environment: Understanding the Challenges and Moderating Negative Consequences for Doctoral Candidates in a Norwegian University. Nord universitet. Full text in Research Archive

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