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In this chapter, by Ottar Ness and Dina von Heimburg, the concept of Collaborative Action Research (CAR) is explored as an approach for addressing complex societal problems. The return to the interest of ‘the common good’ can be understood as a rebuttal to the individualist, neoliberalist approaches dominating contemporary societal research. Ness and von Heimburg argue that forms of collaborative research must be created in order to make participation in societal change processes easy, intuitive, and natural for ordinary citizens. Collaborative action research places meaning-making processes at the center of attention. When working with social change and social justice, one also needs to co-construct knowledge about how co-researchers live their everyday lives. What resources are available in the everyday life of the community such that, with the co-researchers, they can meet their social change goals in a sustainable way?