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A new set of social research, evaluation and inquiry for systems change international book editions have just been released by Routledge London 22 April 2026 written by TASA Life member and longtime applied sociologist, Yoland Wadsworth.
In 1984 Yoland Wadsworth's Do It Yourself Social Research, followed in 1991 by Everyday Evaluation on the Run became Australia's best-selling research and evaluation texts for more than two decades. They were followed in 2010 by Building in Research and Evaluation: Human Inquiry for Living Systems that described the conditions for using 'full cycle' inquiry processes to achieve whole systems change for public good. All three books have never been out of print.
They have now been revised as an anniversary box set trilogy of new editions to show in particular how a meta-epistemic approach to systemic research can explain at a deep theoretical level, the integrative logic of all the major forms of research and evaluation (and associated human inquiry capabilities) in a ‘new, new paradigm’ 'full cycle social science’.
Fellow members Raewyn Connell and Lucinda Aberdeen carried out the Australian launches for the 4th edition of Do It Yourself Social Research, Leanne Kelly for the 4th edition of Everyday Evaluation on the Run, and France Bright of the Australasian Evaluation Society systems group for the 2nd edition of Human Inquiry for Living Systems: Building in Research and Evaluation for Life.
The global launch of the full box set trilogy as a magnum opus was by Cathy Sharp of Research for Real, Edinburgh and Michael Quinn Patton of St Paul/Minneapolis.
Michael Patton, a prominent applied evaluation sociologist, has published his tribute speech, available here.
The trilogy of books are available here.
If you would like the 30% off book launch discount form (for a limited time only to 20 May) please email living.systems.research@gmail.com.
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