Max van Manen regularly offers workshops on phenomenological human science research methods and pedagogy, as well as on related topics dealing with the phenomenology of professional practice in education, the health sciences, psychology, counseling, and human ecology.

For the last 30 years, Max has written profusely on phenomenological methodology, and has translated and published phenomenological studies by scholars such as Langeveld, Bollnow, Buytendijk and Mollenhauer from Dutch and German languages. He has conducted various studies on themes such as the tact of teaching, childhood secrets and identity, the pedagogy of recognition, and the phenomenology of writing.

Currently, Max van Manen teaches courses in qualitative research methods and pedagogy at the University of Alberta; and he is adjunct professor at the University of Victoria.

Max maintains the site: Phenomenology online.

Professor van Manen is an advisor to the journal and its Editorial Board.