See below for the latest news from the Narrative Practice Research Network. You can also read our most recent newsletter here:

NPRN public seminars in Rwanda: May 2026
We look forward to being inspired and challenged by Professor Bagele Chilisa’s globally renowned postcolonial scholarship. We also look forward to hearing reflections from Rwandan and international scholars, including Dr Jane Awi from the University of Goroka in Papua New Guinea.

Calls for papers
International Family Therapy Association Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 11 to 13 March 2027Call for proposals by 31 October 2026 The International Family Therapy Association (IFTA) Congress

Calls for research participants
Current opportunities to contribute to research projects about narrative therapy and community work.

Online event: Meet the Author with Mark Mulkoff
Dulwich Centre’s Meet the Author session will feature Mark Mulkoff discussing his paper “How might one practice? Producing possibilities through co-research as a daily practice of a minor science”. This paper is from the special issue of The Qualitative Report curated by NPRN.

Launch: special issue of The Qualitative Report on narrative practice and research
The Narrative Practice Research Network is excited to be launching our special issue of The Qualitative Report exploring the generative possibilities of applying narrative therapy and community work to the theory and practice of research.

Online event: In conversation with Professor Bagele Chilisa
Professor Bagele Chilisa is a globally renowned postcolonial scholar, researcher, author and educator who has written extensively about decolonizing research
methodologies. She will be speaking to narrative practitioner-researchers about her work and responding to questions from participants.