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"THERE IS A TIME FOR EACH AND EVERY THING"
had a noticeable impact on the conference community. The atmosphere
was friendly, intellectually open and professionally compatible, enriched by
participating students of PHD- and Supervision Courses. The discussions were
strongly influenced by their contagious enthusiasm and thirst of knowledge,
desiring professional communication and transforming fleeting speeches into
enduring written texts. Being aware of this need strengthened our decision to
record the successful first ANSE European Research Conference on Supervision
and Coaching in a book to an interested public of professionals and students.
To collect, edit and publish pieces of European research, all of them
contributions to the Conference, took nearly two years; an astonishing long
interval in an ever accelerating time.
Moving from the conception phase up to the finished product took a long
time. As a first step presenters were asked to transform and complete their
spoken performances and the discussion into a text for this book, then the texts
had to be read and re-read, edited, printed and finally published.
To be honest, during the process of editing, when meeting many unforeseen
obstacles, we seriously considered to drop the plan but were convinced by
colleagues to carry on and learned that most of the articles are still fresh
and up to date. Indeed, the development of research output on the field is
not yet as dynamic as the fast development of the working world supervision
and coaching is dealing with. This collection of contributions of research —
representing various European countries — should therefore be understood as
an encouraging and inspiring step towards (further) professionalisation.
THE CONCEPTS OF STRUCTURING THE CONTENT
We structured the content of the book fitting the conference articles under
eight headings, each offering insight in relevant research topics, methods and
new (upcoming) independent and systematic research areas in different Euro¬
pean countries.
RESEARCH NEEDS DEMOCRACY —
THE ONLY GAME OF THE GLOBAL VILLAGE
Under this heading you are invited by Anton Pelinka’s historical and philosophical
overview On Democracy — Interpretations and Misinterpretations to reflect
on the relation of democracy and research. Does research need democracy? The
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