Situating action research: A response to Gilbourne

This brief paper is intended to develop the epistemological and methodological discussion stimulated in the last edition of this journal. In the journal, our paper, "Intervention Strategies with Injured Athletes: An Action Research Study," was published in the Professional Practice section alongside a response from David Gilbourne, "Searching for the Nature of Action Research: A Response to Evans, Hardy and Fleming" (unless otherwise indicated, citations of Gilbourne's work in the present paper are from this source). In his critique of our paper, Gilbourne addressed a set of themes and issues relating to the fundamental under-pinning principles of action research.