Writing an editorial for an academic journal is always a challenging endeavour, but especially so in turbulent times. We are aware that generations of scholars have tended to believe that they are facing unprecedented change, have seen theirs as a time of disruption, as being on the verge of something entirely new, still hidden in the fog. Without resorting to exaggeration or hysteria, however, we have good reasons to diagnose our current time as unsettled: enormous challenges lie ahead, for example, halting the destruction of our planet and providing a relatively safe space for generations of forcefully displaced people to live. All these challenges have an organizational dimension. They call for more research on the organizing, the organized and, indeed, the disorganized and the unsettled. They lay open massive fields of work for organizational researchers, not only to provide insights that positively contribute to addressing them, but also to help us comprehend what is happening.

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生活在后真相世界？研究、怀疑和组织研究

为学术期刊撰写社论始终是一项具有挑战性的工作，尤其是在动荡时期。我们知道，几代学者倾向于相信他们正面临着前所未有的变化，将他们的时代视为一个颠覆性的时代，正处于全新事物的边缘，仍然隐藏在迷雾中。然而，在不夸张或歇斯底里的情况下，我们有充分的理由将我们当前的时代诊断为动荡不安：巨大的挑战摆在面前，例如，阻止对我们星球的破坏并为几代被迫流离失所的人提供一个相对安全的生活空间。所有这些挑战都有组织层面。他们呼吁对有组织的、有组织的，甚至无组织的和不稳定的进行更多的研究。