摘要：Practice research combines an interest in describing, explaining and theorizing practice, using knowledge as a means of improving practice and collaborative participation in testing and exploring new ways of working. In this article we reflect upon the methodological challenges in studying emergent practice and use a study on ICT-related change in child welfare as an illustrative case. The dual role of practitioner and researcher and the importance of the collaborative research community are discussed. A particular focus is on ontological and epistemological perspectives and the different phases of choosing methods and theorizing throughout the process. By this we want to highlight how these happen in time and how studying emergent practices raises the issue of being a reflective scientist who proceeds abductively, asks questions and forms hypotheses during the process and acknowledges human as well as nonhuman agency.
关键词：Practice research; agency; ICT-related change; implementation; semiotics; child welfare;researcher role
