Getting Started in Community Based Research

Overview

This training focuses on how and why to co-produce research with communities drawing on examples from across academia and the third sector.

The course explores the history and ethics of community research as well as the pragmatics of how to design community research projects, train community researchers, co-design questions, carry out fieldwork and co-analyse data.

The training is discursive and interactive and aims to support people new to this type of research by sharing examples of practice and resources to draw on as well as enabling those with more experience to build on their existing knowledge.

What will I achieve?

This training will support people to gain confidence, explore common challenges and gain the knowledge to plan and develop community research projects.

Who is this for?

This training is for people with a good knowledge of research theory and practice interested in developing a community research practice.

This course is aimed at researchers inside and outside of academia at all career stages. This could include PhD students, ECRs or established academics new to community research (or to supervising community research) it could also include researchers and practitioners in the charity sector, the NHS, arts and activist groups and local government who are interested in learning more about community-engaged and co-produced research methods.

What will I learn?

You will learn the basics of setting up a community research project, including relevant theory and the history of the field as well as the pragmatics of the work and areas to consider regarding ethics and safeguarding.

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