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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 European 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 +13 +
