{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Action research and industrial democracy in Norway","provider_url":"https:\/\/action-research.online\/nb","author_name":"sven","author_url":"https:\/\/action-research.online\/nb\/author\/sven\/","title":"The AFI Ship Program 2026 - Action research and industrial democracy in Norway","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IBTMXH01kJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/action-research.online\/nb\/the-afi-ship-program-2026\/\">The AFI Ship Program 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/action-research.online\/nb\/the-afi-ship-program-2026\/embed\/#?secret=IBTMXH01kJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&laquo;The AFI Ship Program 2026&raquo; &#8212; Action research and industrial democracy in Norway\" data-secret=\"IBTMXH01kJ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/action-research.online\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/action-research.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/environmental-nonprofit-20.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":368,"description":"Here is the next section formatted for your blog. Just like before, I have broken it into smaller paragraphs, added strategic bolding, and used a blockquote to make it more visually appealing, while keeping every single word exactly as you wrote it: The AFI Shipping Program story presents a reflective, historically grounded account of the AFI Ship Program from the late 1960s through the mid1980s, situating it within the Norwegian Industrial Democracy Program and sociotechnical action research tradition. It traces experiments with pilot ships, selfmanaged and decentralized ship operations, and expanded concepts of safety at sea that challenged \u201chuman error\u201d explanations by emphasizing organizational, cultural, and educational factors, while also examining employee representation, changing qualification requirements, and reforms in maritime education. A central case study is \u201cThe Process\u201d at Agder Maritime College, where AFI researchers engaged in actionoriented collaboration to reshape pedagogy, governance, and industry links, achieving notable innovations but also encountering tensions, fragmentation, and mixed outcomes amid adverse political and economic conditions such as outflagging and sectoral restructuring. The AFI Ship Program contributed enduring ideas, networks, and learning practices to later regional development and action research initiatives, even as it acknowledges methodological limits in assessing causal impact and the constraints of the broader institutional context. It exemplifies an often-overlooked feature in historical reviews of the Norwegian Democracy Program \u2013 a commitment to transform both working life democracy and foundational institutions such as education and public life in a more participative direction."}