This book explores the potential of relational research as a creative and participatory endeavor to produce knowledge. Bringing together insights from social construction, intersectional feminist frameworks, decolonial practices, queer theories, and queer worldmaking, it prompts researchers to reimagine the theoretical underpinnings and methodological choices that shape their work. In doing so, it cultivates a community of practice in which scholars engage the complex terrain of research to advance plural and inclusive forms of knowing.

This edited collection offers a global perspective on what knowledge is and how it is created, situating research practices within diverse cultural, disciplinary, and relational contexts through contributions from authors from different corners of the world. It illustrates methods that support navigating pressing global challenges, such as sustainability transitions, the surge of populism, and the enduring legacies of colonialism, racial, gendered, and sexual marginalization. An ideal resource for those interested in applying decolonial, inclusive, and interdisciplinary relational research methods, it offers students and researchers concrete ways to engage with inquiry as a situated and relational practice.

Celiane Camargo-Borges  is a social psychologist working with relational and design approaches to foster transformative learning and future-forming practices. She is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands and a  member of the research group Sustainability Transitions. She is also an associate of the Taos Institute and international faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies. 

Maggie Slaska works in private practice and teaches with the Counseling and Social Change Program in the Department of Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies Programs at San Diego State University, USA. She has worked in the relationship violence and sexual assault victim advocacy field and is currently focused on developing social constructionist counseling practices with the local LGBTQ+ community.